Casting a Cultural Spotlight on History of Internet

The Internet has been understudied as a political and cultural formation, Stephanie Ricker Schulte argues in her new book, Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture.

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How to Get More Followers on Twitter

What do all Twitter users want? Followers – and lots of them. Looking at a half-million tweets over 15 months, a first-of-its-kind study from Georgia Tech has revealed a set of reliable predictors for building a Twitter following.

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Boston Bombings Unhappiest Day in Five Years, New Sensor Shows

The day of the Boston Marathon was the saddest day in nearly 5 years of observations by a team of scientists from the University of Vermont and The MITRE Corporation. For the first time, results from their "hedonometer" are being made available to the public for free at a new website.

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Study Examines Why People Quit and Come Back to Facebook

With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don’t use Facebook. A study by Cornell University researchers suggests that “non-use” of the social networking site is fairly common – a quarter of Facebook users take breaks from the site by deactivating their account, and one in 10 completely quit.

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AP Twitter Hack Proof That ‘Kids’ Social Media Is All Grown Up

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What Drives Activity on Pinterest?

Researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors that distinguish Pinterest from other popular social networking sites.

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New Study About Facebook and Romantic Relationships

A Western Illinois University faculty member who published a widely covered study about Facebook and narcissism last year has authored another study about Facebook and romantic relationships.

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Secondhand Shops Thrive in eBay Age

Chicago's neighborhood secondhand stores thrive while competing with eBay because their patrons seek "intangible satisfactions," not just bargains. Secondhand retail also boosts other retail, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Like It? We Love It! Facebook Assures Us We're Good Enough

Facebook profiles reassure our self-worth because they offer a place where we can display the personal characteristics and relationships we value most, says a Cornell University communication expert in the March 2013 edition of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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Quantum Cryptography Put to Work for Electric Grid Security

Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.

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