Category Archives: Social Media

Mental Health, the Metaverse, and Text-to-Video AI

Posted on October 10, 2022 by GilPress

Are we already living in a “metaverse”? Read more

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Ranking of Social Networking Sites, January 2018

Posted on April 8, 2018 by GilPress

Source: Statista

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Distracted: Millennials Addicted to Social Media

Posted on June 14, 2017 by GilPress

eMarketer:  A new study from private software research company Qualtrics and venture capital firm Accel looked at how plugged in to social media internet users in North America, the UK and Australia really are. It found that many millennials haven’t … Continue reading →

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13-Year-Old Facebook Dominates Social Media

Posted on February 3, 2017 by GilPress

  Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 when Thefacebook.com went live. Its home screen read, says David Kirkpatrick in The Facebook Effect, “Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people though social networks at colleges.” Zuckerberg’s classmate Andrew McCollum … Continue reading →

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Acquisitions and Investments by Media Companies Since 2010

Posted on December 8, 2016 by GilPress

  Source: Columbia Journalism Review

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Fake News on Social Media: What Difference Does it Make?

Posted on November 28, 2016 by GilPress

Pew Research Center: Among social media users, Democrats – and liberal Democrats in particular – are a bit more likely than Republicans to say they have ever modified their views on a social or political issue, or on a particular … Continue reading →

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The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign

Posted on November 22, 2016 by GilPress

Pew Internet: January 11, 2008 The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost … Continue reading →

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Using Social Media at Work

Posted on June 28, 2016 by GilPress

Pew Research Center: A Pew Research Center survey of 2,003 American adults (including 795 who are currently employed on a full- or part-time basis) conducted Sept. 11-14 and 18-21, 2014, finds that social media plays some role in the lives … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Social Bots

Posted on June 27, 2016 by GilPress

CACM: …nobody knows exactly how many social bots populate social media, or what share of content can be attributed to bots—estimates vary wildly and we might have observed only the tip of the iceberg. These are important questions for the … Continue reading →

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News Media: Where the Ad Dollars Are Going

Posted on June 18, 2016 by GilPress

PewResearchCenter: It has been evident for several years that the financial realities of the web are not friendly to news entities, whether legacy or digital only. There is money being made on the web, just not by news organizations. Total digital … Continue reading →

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