Category Archives: Social media

The Psychology Behind Social Media Interactions

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

Why is digital communication so often easier than communicating face-to-face? In fact, the creators of virtual war games argue that the virtual experience is better than the real one, because the dangers connected to the real experience are removed. In … Continue reading →

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Could social media be used to detect disease outbreaks?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

New research has looked at whether social media could be used to track an event or phenomenon, such as flu outbreaks and rainfall rates. The study by academics at the University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory is published online in … Continue reading →

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