MEDIA

Nov 26 2024POLITICS

Unions' Secret Cash: The Inside Scoop

Did you know that three big-name publications have been quietly pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from teachers' unions? These outlets—The New Republic, American Prospect, and Courier Newsroom—have collectively grabbed $905, 000 from the American Federation of Teachers and the National Educ

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Nov 26 2024CRIME

Spotting Trouble Online: AI and Persian Social Media

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in domestic violence discussions on Persian social media. Experts didn't want to miss any signs, so they turned to AI for help. First, they used topic modeling to figure out what people were talking about. Then, they combined multiple algorithms to create a power

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Nov 26 2024TECHNOLOGY

How the Pandemic Changed Social Media and Marketing

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up how people interact on social media. This has been a big challenge for marketers trying to reach customers online. But it's also opened up new ways to use social media data to gain a competitive edge. This study introduces a fresh approach to social media intellig

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Nov 25 2024POLITICS

The Shifting Role of Media in a Polarized World

Last week, people reacted strongly to news that MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosts, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, met with President-Elect Donald Trump. Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Axios and Politico, defended the meeting, saying journalists need more information to share and report. However, critic

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Nov 25 2024HEALTH

Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy in Saudi Arabia: A Social Media Approach

Saudi Arabia has faced significant challenges in encouraging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The country has been heavily impacted by the pandemic, making vaccine hesitancy a critical issue. To tackle this problem, researchers have turned to social media surveys and interventions. These t

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Nov 25 2024CRIME

Texas Influencer's Online Feud Leads to 10-Year Prison Sentence

Ashley Grayson, a 35-year-old influencer from Dallas, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She tried to hire someone to kill three people, including a business rival and a social media critic. Grayson ran a successful online business and had a large following. In 2022, she asked a friend from Memphi

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Nov 25 2024HEALTH

Medial Coracoclavicular Ligament: A New View with MRI

The medial coracoclavicular ligament, also known as Caldani's ligament, has been studied in detail anatomically. Yet, there's scarcely any mention of its imaging identification. So, researchers developed a unique MRI technique to spot this ligament. They scanned seven volunteers without known should

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Nov 24 2024HEALTH

Social Media Obsession: A Look at Tunisia's College Students

Ever wondered how social media affects the daily lives of college students in Tunisia? It turns out, many students are spending hours scrolling through their feeds, and this could be leading to a serious problem: social media addiction. Researchers recently took a close look at how widespread this i

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Nov 24 2024POLITICS

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Maher Spar Over Gender Bias in Sports

On a recent episode of "Real Time, " host Bill Maher and guest Neil deGrasse Tyson got into a heated debate about a controversial article published by Scientific American. The article argued that the discrepancies in performance between male and female athletes weren't due to inherent biological dif

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Nov 24 2024HEALTH

Tweets Reveal Public Opinions on COVID-19 Drugs

Scientists have turned to Twitter to figure out what people really think about medicines used to treat COVID-19. They dug through over 600, 000 US tweets from January 2020 to November 2021, focusing on four drugs: Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, which had some anecdotal support, and Molnupiravir

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