Article ID: 692901 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health SciencesUCLA-led research finds that internet search terms and tweets related to sexual risk behaviors can predict when and where syphilis trends will occur. Channels: All Journal News, Infectious Diseases, Internet Trends, Social Media, Local - California, Local - LA Metro Syphilis, syphilis trends, Google, search engines, Disease Tracking, Social Media, Twitter, STI, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual risk behaviors, STD, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, CDC, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention |
Article ID: 692724 American Physiological Society (APS)A new study finds that social media distraction in the classroom interferes with visual, but not auditory, learning in college students. The paper is published in Advances in Physiology Education. |
Article ID: 692699 Northwestern UniversityFindings suggest real news is failing as a corrective to false information perpetuated by fake news |
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Article ID: 692680 University of KentuckyIf you're unaware that your tweets could be analyzed by researchers and published in studies without your consent, you're not alone. A majority of Twitter users don't know that researchers often gather and study their tweets according to a new study. |
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Article ID: 692617 West Virginia UniversityWhile West Virginia University social media expert Elizabeth Cohen says dramatic changes may not occur in Facebook’s business model—or even in people’s online behaviors—she says Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony is a societal turning point for data privacy discussions. Further, she says, it’s time to classify social media companies like Facebook so the need for regulatory rules—if any—can be determined. |
Article ID: 692564 University of Alabama at BirminghamGary Warner, cybersecurity expert and director of Research in Computer Forensics at UAB, offers tips on which Facebook settings to pay close attention to. |
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Article ID: 692469 Homeland Security's Science & Technology DirectorateLess than a month after S&T provided training to teach volunteers how to distinguish relevant pieces of information amid a squall of tweets, news releases and other items that needed vetting before they could be considered actionable, they used their skills in a real-world emergency. |
Article ID: 692400 UC Davis HealthWhat You Can Do, launched today by the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, offers information and support for providers looking for ways to reduce firearm injury and death, particularly among patients at elevated risk. Law and Public PolicyChannels: Behavioral Science, Bullying, Crime and Forensic Science, Emergency Medicine, Family and Parenting, Government/Law, In the Home, In the Workplace, Mental Health, Military Health, Patient Safety, Psychology and Psychiatry, Public Health, Social Media, Trauma, Guns and Violence, Local - California |
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Article ID: 692385 University of Alabama at BirminghamA UAB pediatrician offers her advice for handling tricky conversations with your children about appropriate digital device use and sexting. |