A recent study examined the relationship between online social interaction, perceived social support, self-esteem and psychological distress among teens. Millions of users connect daily on social networking platforms. Traditional interaction is replaced by internet facelessness. The internet is used in many ways, but teens have found …
Facebook’s ad hoc groups, which sporadically form on social network sites for pursuing societal change, earn more news media coverage compared to the groups oriented toward entertaining topics. Three academics from University of Jyväskylä analyzed 27 open Facebook groups and pages selected according to their different …
An increasing number of readers in the United States are consuming news through social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter. A recent Pew Research Center study found that 67 percent of American adults get at least some of their news on social media. Because of …
People now have various types of social media platforms available to them that they use to quench their thirst for sharing and getting information. But not all the platforms are the same in terms of the features they offer. Users also attribute different meaning to …
