Social Justice Can Facebook Promote Safe Sex? New research shows mixed results when high-risk teenagers are targeted with online public health initiatives. Kevin Charles Fleming
News in Brief Predicting House Races by Weight of Tweet With the presidential prediction game dreadfully same-y, surely there’s another constantly changing fix for political junkies. How about… Michael Todd
Economics For Teens Online, Hundreds of ‘Friends’ and No One to Turn To A tragic suicide underscores just how easy it is for teenagers to find trouble on the Web—and how hard it can be to escape the past. Kevin Charles Fleming
Economics Facebook at One Billion: Too Big to Fail? With Zuckerberg’s Blob having now engulfed 10 figures worth of followers, it’s well worth reading this fascinating analysis… Vince Beiser
Economics Your Own Personal Voting Advisors The new(ish) site PollVault.com (tagline “Elections made easy”) aims to use social media to help you go vote. They… Maria Streshinsky
Social Justice Ugly Facebook Photos? Blame Your Friends Ladies, it may be no coincidence that unflattering photos of you keep showing up on your Facebook friends’… Vince Beiser
News in Brief Social Media – The U.S. Government’s Conflicted Response The U.S. government has an awkward relationship with social media, praising its use in Egypt and suing in its use for WikiLeaks. Emily Badger
Social Justice A Friends and Family Plan for the Flu The Friendship Paradox may provide a handy predictor for whether a flu bug will result in a mass outbreak or a few cases of the sniffles. Joan Melcher
Economics Offline Values in an Online World Looking at the social media tsunami, academics and journalists opine on whether we should be doing a threat assessment or kissing our BlackBerries. Ben Preston