Tiktoks about IUDs tend to focus on pain

"I don't want getting an IUD to be a traumatic experience for patients," says study coauthor and resident Jenny Wu.

Alexis Porter - Duke • futurity
Dec. 8, 2022 ~4 min

More likes up the chance people believe fake news

New research digs into how the social part of social media can affect what people think about fake news stories.

Shelly Leachman-UCSB • futurity
Dec. 1, 2022 ~7 min


Expert: Musk’s engineer ideas can’t fix Twitter

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, "My expectation was that it would eventually kill the platform," says Cliff Lampe.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 22, 2022 ~4 min

Expert: Musk’s engineer ideas can’t fix Twitter

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, "My expectation was that it would eventually kill the platform," says Cliff Lampe.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 22, 2022 ~4 min

Police Facebook pages overreport Black suspects

Researchers examined close to 100,000 crime-related posts from 14,000 police Facebook pages to find disproportionate sharing of Black suspects.

Stanford • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~6 min

Facebook reveals the language of loneliness vs. depression

Researchers looked at Facebook posts to sort out differences in the language people who are lonely and people who have depression use.

Marilyn Wilkes-Yale • futurity
Nov. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Teachers have 5 areas of concern for kids’ online safety

To be effective, digital safety education has to be ongoing and reinforced, "not only for the kids, but also for teachers and parents."

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Oct. 26, 2022 ~7 min

Fewer people blame sharks for bites after watching positive videos

After watching positive videos about sharks, fewer people blamed them for bites and more approved of nonlethal response strategies.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Oct. 25, 2022 ~5 min


Climate change tweets declined as COVID worries rose

Can a global problem like COVID lead to less concern for other problems like climate change? A look at Twitter suggests the answer is yes.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Oct. 21, 2022 ~5 min

How would the internet differ without Section 230?

Without Section 230, platforms may be more risk-averse in the content they host, warns expert Evelyn Douek.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 12, 2022 ~5 min

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