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Community and Customer Journeys: Inside Brands’ Strategies on Threads

Threads, Meta’s highly publicized “Twitter killer,” has seen dwindling engagement rates over the past few weeks. But that hasn’t stopped brands of all sizes and across categories from building out ...

USI earns 2026 Carnegie honor for community engagement work

The University of Southern Indiana has again been recognized for its commitment to community engagement.

Strategies to promote belonging from the first day of term – and beyond

Create a supportive learning environment for a sense of community among your students, by deploying strategies to lay the foundations and build on them

Evolution of Information and Communication Technology in NIHORT

Evolution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in NIHORT** Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ...

In-Group and Out-Group Dynamics: A Psychological Perspective

The in-group/out-group divide. Source: TherapyEverywhere/Open AI Human beings need to belong. From our earliest cave-dwelling ancestors, membership in a clan or tribe was a requirement for survival.

State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over history lessons

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...

What Does It Mean to Teach Social Studies?

Chloe Hunt is an investigative reporter for Defending Education. This week, the National Council for Social Studies—the largest professional association dedicated to social studies education—is ...

Social Studies and Embracing Uncertainty

Manuel A. Yepes ’24, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Cabot House. The phrase “Social Studies” means many things to many people. For some, it evokes images of fourth ...

Social Media and Protest Used to Go Together. Not Anymore.

Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days of platforms like Twitter, this was intuitive. Protest movements want attention, but mainstream media outlets ...

Opinion: Australia’s social media ban, a month later

Since 11 December 2025, the under-16 social media ban has been in effect at least nominally. This article from SBS News pretty much defines what’s working and what isn’t.To be strictly fair, the ...

Why Facebook continues to shape digital society

Facebook has been one of the most transformative platforms in the history of digital communication, redefining how people connect, share information, ...

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure Enters 2026 with 1.8GW of Data Center Capacity Delivered or Under Development

Notable achievements in six categories position company for continued rapid expansion in support of the AI revolution ...

Can NIKE's Digital Expansion Strategy Reignite Consumer Engagement?

NIKE, Inc.’s NKE digital ecosystem remains a powerful engagement engine and has long been positioned as a core pillar of its growth strategy. However, the company has been experiencing a sustained ...

AI Californication

I am not American, I come from a whole other culture that is the opposite of what the West is all about. Not saying that to antagonize you, but to say that as an outsider I can somewhat see how much the culture of California has impacted the worldview of most people over the past 50 year! But what is to come is even more impactful, either good or bad ..... it will result in much much less limitations to thought patterns.It started with Hollywood of course, which made the other third of the plane

Researchers explore how beluga whale melon changes shape during social interaction

A trio of animal science researchers at the University of Rhode Island, in the U.S., has identified five major shapes displayed by the beluga whale melon. For their study published in the journal ...

How facial mimicry guides unconscious human decisions

Facial mimicry refers to automatic copying of another person’s facial expressions. When one person smiles, a listener may ...

New research suggests people make sense of disturbing places together, not alone

New research shows that visits to prison museums and other dark heritage sites are shaped less by labels, displays or audio ...

Group Dynamics and Social Interaction Detection

Recent advances in computational methodologies and sensor technologies have invigorated research into group dynamics and social interaction detection. This field focuses on deciphering the complex ...

Research reveals a surprising physiological reaction to viewing social bonding

A new study suggests that passively observing strangers engage in affectionate social interactions triggers a physiological ...

The Hidden Mental Health Cost of News on Social Media

News doesn’t just inform; it affects how we feel. What are the psychological trade-offs of consuming news on social media?