From the BYU press release via EurekAlert!: When it comes to posting on social media sites, there are few areas of our lives that are off limits. We post about eating, working, playing, hunting, quilting…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Intense Facebook usage is found to have a positive effect on psychological well-being. A recent study in Behaviour & Information Technology investigated the role Facebook use…
From the Santa Fe Institute press release via ScienceDaily: Men and women socialize differently, and it turns out these gender differences hold true in online games that involve social interaction. A new quantitative study of…
From the University of Helsinki press release via HealthCanal: “Most people think if you are not an engineer you have nothing to say about technology“, regrets social scientist Suvi Silfverberg, “I think it’s quite the…
From the Kansas State University press release via ScienceDaily: Businesses must deal with weary-eyed office workers who are sitting behind computer screens and watching cat videos, shopping online and updating their Facebook statuses. A Kansas…
From the Baylor University press release via ScienceDaily: By allowing employees to participate in a work-sponsored internal social networking site, a company can improve morale and reduce turnover, according to a Baylor University case study…
From the University of Michigan press release via ScienceDaily: Young adults in Generation X are as likely to connect with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a University of…
From the UC Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button, but a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the repercussions often reach…
From the Columbia Business School press release via EurekAlert!: Users of Facebook and other social networks should beware of allowing their self-esteem—boosted by “likes” or positive comments from close friends—to influence their behavior: It could…
From the Duke University press release via ScienceDaily: Two years of painstaking observation on the social interactions of a troop of free-ranging monkeys and an analysis of their family trees has found signs of natural…