If you want to give and get help from your online network, new research suggests keep your “friend” count low.
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Ireland is under pressure to investigate, and potentially fine, Facebook for alleged data breaches under GDPR.
For trans youth who couldn’t be themselves in real life, the internet became a place for connection and self-expression.
The claim that our brain size limits us to 150 meaningful friendships has been challenged by a recent paper.
It is important to remember in this time of crisis that the need for social connection is vital.
While AI is intended to help us, it tempts us to abandon judgment and moral responsibility. And without a proper understanding of how it works, we cannot circumvent its negative effects.
With mountains of digital evidence, advanced computing techniques could help judges and jurors better understand how criminal syndicates operate — potentially allowing fairer sentencing.
Social relationships are generally good for mental health, but too much social activity can backfire, leading to fatigue and feelings of guilt when there isn’t enough time to nurture relationships.
The need to keep a physical distance conflicts with adolescents’ natural desire to connect with friends - their regular source of distraction and emotional support.
How are startup entrepreneurs getting through the COVID-19 pandemic? Talking to each other to offer tips, expertise and a sympathetic ear is helpful, according to an ongoing study.
The Covid-19 epidemic has given rise to an avalanche of fake news, and accounts managed by Russian interests lead the way. How does this misinformation work, and what are its aims?
People are turning to quarantine bubbles as a way to see friends and family while limiting the risk from the coronavirus. Research shows that this can work, but it’s not easy to be in a quaranteam.
In the current health crisis, authorities use our need for security and private firms our desire for entertainment to encourage us to give up our civil rights.
Special steps need to be taken to blunt the impact of school closures, particuarly on girls.
The community networks that social platforms host go much deeper than the technology. They have enabled a shift in the way we communicate with each other – especially in a crisis.
The survival resource of the world’s most vulnerable people – their social networks – may become compromised
From Bollywood to Hollywood, which actors are best the connected?
Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
Does it seem like your friends have better lives than you do? Mathematics, in the form of the “majority illusion,” can help explain why.
How Whatsapp supports nurse students in Nigeria and helps them transition into the workplace.
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
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Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Experimental Psycology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Digital Culture, Business and Computing, Durham University