Women entrepreneurs have limited chances to lead their new businesses
Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according to sociologists at the University of North Carolina at … Read more
Where to Get Viagra News? (Really, this isn’t spam)
Do you want information on Viagra or ibuprofen? Check out general social networks such as Twitter and Pinterest. Interested in sleep disorders or depression? You’re … Read more
‘Ivory Tower’ bucking social media
University scholars are largely resisting the use of social media to circulate their scientific findings and engage their tech-savvy students, a Michigan State University researcher … Read more
‘Cyberasociality’: Sociologists find emerging condition
Not every single user – among the billions collecting friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and other social media platforms – is perfectly … Read more
How Twitter shapes public opinion
Dominant, majority viewpoints emerge quickly on Twitter and, once stabilized, become difficult to change How exactly does Twitter, with its 241 million users tweeting out … Read more
Twitter ‘big data’ can be used to monitor HIV and drug-related behavior
Studying link between HIV, drug use could help prevention, detection efforts Real-time social media like Twitter could be used to track HIV incidence and drug-related … Read more
Suicidal talk on Twitter mirrors suicide rates
Heart-breaking accounts of cyber bullying and suicide seem all too common, but a new study offers hope that social media can become an early warning … Read more
Excellent scientists that you probably haven’t heard of
There are some scientists that everyone has heard of; Darwin, Newton and Curie all spring to mind. Of course, their scientific discoveries were all legendary. … Read more
Twitter predicted to become a big TV screen
New research from scholars at Columbia Business School and the University of Pittsburgh questions the sustainability of Twitter, the social network that has more than … Read more
Wealth of words: Tech analyzes social-media conversations about TV
Social-media commentary regarding television shows and commercials contains valuable data that can be used by networks and advertising agencies to improve programming or reach desired … Read more
Seeing Data: Using visual arts to represent big data
More data are being created, consumed, and transported than ever before, and in all areas of society, including business, government, health care, and science. The … Read more
