From the Penn State press release: According to the Pew Research center, the majority of adults on the internet have more than one social networking profile on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Although the…
From the International Communication Association press release: Your food, your vacation, your carefully curated life — all posted for your friends in a filtered image. Some may scoff at adolescents’ use of social media networks…
From the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences press release: The more time a young adult uses social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated, according to a national analysis led…
From the NC State University press release via EurekAlert!: Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State…
From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Facebook connections can help first-generation college applicants believe in their abilities to both apply to school and excel once they’ve enrolled, according to a new study…
From the Health Behavior News Service press release via MedicalXpress: Teenage victims of cyberbullying, defined as the use of the internet or cell phones to send hurtful and harassing messages, are more likely to develop…
From the University of Missouri press release via HealthCanal: Facebook and other social networking web sites have revolutionized the way people create and maintain relationships. However, new research shows that Facebook use could actually be…
From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Facebook is a mirror and Twitter is a megaphone, according to a new University of Michigan study exploring how social media reflect and amplify the culture’s…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: In a recent study by Routledge Journal’s Media Psychology, entitled “Feeling better but doing worse: Effects of Facebook self-presentation on implicit self esteem and cognitive task…
From the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. press release via HealthCanal: More than 800 million people worldwide use the social networking site Facebook, and 93% of college students have an active Facebook account, according to a…