Fighting the Child-Porn Problem With Digital Technology
Governments and tech companies experiment with filters to protect kids from exposure and exploitation.
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On Twitter, Christians Are Happier Than Atheists
Followers of major Christian figures tend to express more positive emotions in their tweets than followers of well-known atheists.
‘The Internet Made Me Do It’: Stop Blaming Social Media for Our Behavioral Problems
At the most fundamental level, all the Internet really does is make it possible for people to share information and ideas faster and more efficiently than earlier modes of communication.
When Research Turns Ugly: Beyond Geoffrey Miller’s Fat-Shaming Tweet
A University of New Mexico evolutionary psychologist ignited a firestorm of angry response with a crude observation that he's claiming was research. But Miller's tweet is representative of a bigger problem.
We Are All Internet Addicts Now—Just Don’t Call It That
New research has many (on the Internet) talking about the evolutionary causes of our "addiction" to the Internet, but it's not an addiction, at least not in the way we're used to applying the label.
Best Tweets in the House
In a desperate attempt to engage with younger audiences, arts organizations are scrambling to make their productions more interactive. But who really is more engaged: A live-tweeting audience member, or someone staring silently at the stage?
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…
Not Twitter Revolutions, But Twitter-Assisted Revolutions
Despite the fervent hopes of its boosters, the Internet by its lonesome doesn’t drive democratic change, but it can reinforce existing impulses.
Can Obama Keep His Technology Edge in 2012?
The Obama campaign's adept use of technology in the 2008 election created not a permanent edge but a permanent path for others to follow, suggest two professors.