U.S. news has shifted to opinion-based content that appeals to emotion; newspapers have shifted less than TV has.
A new study claims that reading literary fiction can increase people's ability to understand others' emotions. But what about reading genre fiction?
Has the internet become so influential that it's evolved into a basic necessity? According to a new study that is sure to incite debate, the answer is yes!
The majority of Americans use the internet with at least some regularity, but according to a new study from the Pew Research Center, there are still many who see no use for it in their everyday...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is an emoji worth? Perhaps a really good sex life. According to a pair of studies conducted by The Kinsey Institute (yeah, that one), texters who used emojis more often tended to have more dates, more romance, and more sex.
It's like if you give a mouse a cookie, but in 140 characters or less.
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Clickbait journalism has become so common in recent years that Facebook created an algorithm. But one thing is clear: click-baiting does not work.
Millennials span 20 years. In the past, this tended to correspond with the periods of major technological innovation, but no longer.
Search and autocomplete algorithms prioritize sites with rightwing bias, and far-right groups trick it to boost propaganda and misinformation in search rankings
In these waning days of summer, my Instagram feed looks like a Lonely Planet top 10 list. I don’t know how, but it seems like the 300+ people I’m following have all conspired to be someplace awesome, while I’m toiling away in the office. It can feel frustrating when it...
Today’s consumers are “search-a-holics,” but their search behaviors aren’t one-size-fits-all. According to a research study conducted by IDC, thirty-six percent of local searchers start their journey on a search engine while more than fifty percent begin elsewhere online (customer reviews, online di
FOMO, or the Fear Of Missing Out, is a psychological addiction where the fear of missing out on something (or somebody) more interesting, exciting or better than what you’re doing [...]
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There’s no doubt that people, companies and even governments are weaponizing social media platforms by paying to game the system: the…
This is a list of 25 examples of biased language along with suggestions for alternatives to use.
One way to get readers to engage with longform journalism online is to use multiple elements and platforms to tell the story.
To be perfectly honest I rarely open email Press Releases with genuine fervour. This time, however, I couldn’t open it fast enough. Are you suffering email overload? Work smarter not harder…and get your inbox to zero. The subject alone felt like a glorious gift from the universe. For every 800 emails you have, there will be …