TikToks on endometriosis focus on pain and infertility

TikTok videos related to endometriosis focus on people's experiences with chronic pain and infertility, specifically in vitro fertilization, researchers report.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
June 5, 2023 ~4 min

What gets people to share articles on social media?

Social media users are likely to share posts that contain information that they feel has value to themselves or to the people they know, research finds.

Hailey Reissman - Penn • futurity
May 24, 2023 ~5 min


Words in teen girls’ texts say a lot about their mood

What teen girls post on social media can reveal a lot about their mental health. Pronouns like "I," "me," and "my" may be a red flag.

U. Oregon • futurity
May 22, 2023 ~5 min

AI and Twitter could help predict opioid deaths

A new approach that uses artificial intelligence and Twitter language predicts opioid death rates much more accurately than current methods.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
March 23, 2023 ~6 min

Why volunteer moderators burn out and quit

Online communities thrive thanks to volunteer content moderators. New research identifies what drives them to quit.

Jared Wadley-Michigan • futurity
March 13, 2023 ~3 min

TikTok holds useful info about medication abortion

Researchers say they expected TikTok videos to contain misinformation about medication abortion, but that wasn't the case at all.

Alexis Porter - Duke • futurity
Feb. 2, 2023 ~4 min

3 out of 4 parents agree social media distracts students

The vast majority of parents of K-12 students say social media is a distraction for their kids, according to a new survey.

Avery Ruxer Franklin - Rice • futurity
Jan. 30, 2023 ~4 min

2016 election Russian disinformation mainly reached Republicans

New research finds that Russian disinformation on Twitter during the 2016 election primarily reached a small subset of users.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Jan. 10, 2023 ~6 min


Expert: TikTok could be a risk to national security

Cybersecurity expert Anton Dahbura explains the concerns about TikTok, security, and the Chinese government.

Lisa Ercolano-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 4, 2023 ~6 min

Tweets could track the spread of invasive insects

Twitter and online news articles could help track the timing and location of spreading invasive insects in the US and around the world.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Jan. 4, 2023 ~6 min

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