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Bridging The Health Equity Gap: Strategies To Create An Equitable Health System For Latinx Communities
Existing disparities in access to health care and other predictors of health status have led to two key effects among Latinx communities during the pandemic: increased risk of COVID-19 disease burden ...
How to Redeem Social Media
The slow collapse of Twitter has inspired a host of would-be successors. Millions of people are trying out new social-media platforms such as Meta’s Threads in a textbook triumph of enthusiasm over ...
Extreme social media forecasts cause concern for emergency managers, meteorologists
As the holiday travel season ramps up, you may have begun seeing forecasts for snow on your social media feeds. However, just ...
Satire, data-driven content trends on social media platforms
“When Mutumwa speaks, we listen. We are Shadaya lites, we wait for every sermon eagerly,” said a fan of Shadaya identified as Mukomana WekuBikita.
How To Nurture Your Social Media Community For Business Growth
Struggling with social media engagement in an age dominated by AI and automation? Perhaps we've been overlooking one crucial element: the human factor. As we navigate the digital future, the focus ...
While social media changes over decades, conversation dynamics stay the same, new study suggests
A new study has identified recurring, 'toxic' human conversation patterns on social media, which are common to users irrespective of the platform used, the topic of discussion, and the decade in which the conversation took place.
Why forced gratitude might make some teens meaner online
A recent study conducted in Polish schools suggests that attempting to teach gratitude to adolescents may have complex and ...
Exploring virtual and abstract methods in C#
The C# programming language provides support for both virtual and abstract methods, each of which has distinct advantages. You use virtual methods to implement late ...
Companies are using virtual reality methods to train their employees, and two Lafayette companies are out front of that trend
Virtual reality workforce training is the latest trend for numerous industries, and Lafayette is the home of two businesses and an educational institute that is on the forefront. Tantrum Lab and ...
CB Insights Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding
CB Insights, a nearly six-year-old, New York-based research outfit whose private company data and analysis has become oft-cited in media reports about the startup industry, has raised $10 million in ...
First-of-its-kind cyberpsychology course leads tech research
How much time do you think you spent on your phone last week? Chances are your guess is less than the actual amount. But why? The answer is one of the many graduate students at Norfolk State ...
Get tips on social-media etiquette
The importance of manners in social media will be discussed at 7 p.m. Thursday at a free presentation on "Social Networking Etiquette" during the weekly Independent Scholars' Evenings on the second ...
5 social media etiquette rules to follow for constructive interactions
Engaging positively on social media makes for a healthy online community. Focus on constructive feedback, avoid arguments, ...
Kiva.org: The Dynamics of Group Lending
On March 24, Stanford Social Innovation Review columnist Sean Stannard-Stockton wrote a propitiously timed article entitled “Kiva.org: Made to Stick,” wherein he referred to Kiva.org as the gateway ...
The Social Science of Online Radicalization
As Charlie Winter noted recently at War on the Rocks, the Islamic State’s robust social media apparatus has been propagating a remarkably effective, multi-faceted communications strategy that ...
7 Dining Etiquette Rules Social Scientists Say Are Being Redefined
The landscape of dining etiquette is shifting beneath our forks. Traditional rules that once governed proper table behavior ...
Digital status signals: 7 essential etiquette rules for modern messaging
Vector chat and speech bubbles with a backdrop of city buildings. Modern digital communication is more than just words on a screen. Even tiny status indicators in our messaging apps carry more weight ...
Should You Send A Digital Invitation For Thanksgiving Dinner?
If you want something to help preserve the memory, a paper invite is the way to go. “Receiving a beautiful digital invitation is perfectly acceptable; the only downside is that you can’t hang it on ...
The importance of etiquette in the real and digital world
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Before, during, and now after the election, there have been a lot of questions about the lack of civility in the process. The same could be said about everyday life. Where has ...
Digital Etiquette Dos and Don’ts Everyone Needs to Know
In an increasingly digital world, we encounter countless moments each day that require a new etiquette rulebook. Whether it’s communication via email or the comments section (more on that below), ...