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Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
The AI is helping Twitter users plot movies, design meal plans, and more.
For decades, cinemas have earned more from concessions than ticket sales. But can their current business model survive in the streaming age?
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Brown noise, the better-known white noise, and even pink noise are all sonic hues.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
If you believe that you're perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
You can buy over 400,000 products tagged “witch” on Etsy, from candles to spell bottles to pentagram necklaces.
Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone.
Queen Elizabeth II has died. How is this loss different from that of a loved one?
Cable news has a bigger effect, study finds.
You open an app and start scrolling, then suddenly it's an hour later. Sound familiar?
One study estimated that 80% of people include “deviations” from the truth in their online profiles.
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
Yes, there are reasons to worry about Twitter, but it's not about the bots.
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
We know sleep is more important than aimlessly scrolling on social media or checking our email for the 50th time. So, why do we do it?
Polarization or misunderstanding?
What responsibility do social media companies like Twitter have to free speech? It depends on whether they are "landlords" or "publishers."
Elon Musk's successful bid to take over Twitter has fragmented the internet along predictably partisan lines. But only time will tell whether this is a good or bad thing.
Moral dilemmas reveal the limitations of ethical principles. Oddly, the most principled belief system might not have any principles at all.
If the metaverse is money, then companies will certainly want to play, too.
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
Outrage is a useful emotion that helped our ancient ancestors survive. Today, it leaves us feeling angry, tired, powerless, and miserable.
When actual people correct misinformation online, it can be as effective, if not more so, as when a social media company labels something as questionable.
Step one, start with a trial separation.
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.