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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Apr-2025 22:08 ET (28-Apr-2025 02:08 GMT/UTC)
Automated social media profiles are a powerful tool for spreading propaganda. They often feature AI-generated profile pictures. Researchers are currently looking into ways of identifying such images.
A new Curtin University study has challenged the perception heavy social media use has a significant impact on mental health, finding little to no relationship between the two.
In fact, not only does the research indicate the amount of time spent on social media has a negligible effect on mental health indicators such as depression, anxiety and stress — the result isn’t always negative, either.
“Tell me how you read and I’ll tell you who you are.” By analyzing online reading behavior across millions of firms worldwide, a new study out of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) connects how much information companies consume and how the consumption relates to their size.
New research led by Athabasca University challenges long-held assumptions about what drives conspicuous consumption and the desire to be seen with consumer products.
Intersectionality exposes the power structures within the marketplace and increases marketing’s benefit to society and its ability to reflect and address the complexities of real-world behavior.
The study of Arab tribes should not be abandoned because Middle East and North African citizens continue to insist on the relevance of the term in their daily lives, a new study says.