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Social media caused many controversies during the 2020 election. During the 2020 election, social media was the primary source of the spread of false information. Social media users also faced polarization due to social media algorithms, creating an echo chamber for social media users and only exposing themselves to their own beliefs.
Inger Mewburn (born 1970) is a Professor and Director of Research Training at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. [1] She has published on academic identity, writing, and digital scholarship. [2][3] She is known as "The Thesis Whisperer" on social media, [4] and has been named as an "Australian social media influencer in ...
In July 2018, JMIR Mental Health published a systematic review of 11 studies investigating social media use and depression among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) users that found that while qualitative research found that social media use could lead to greater social support and less loneliness for LGB users, LGB users were more likely to be ...
The Social Dilemma. The Social Dilemma is a 2020 American docudrama film directed by Jeff Orlowski and written by Orlowski, Davis Coombe, and Vickie Curtis. The documentary covers the negative social effects of social media and is interspersed by a dramatized narrative surrounding a family of five who are increasingly affected by problematic ...
The influences of mass media (or 'media effects') are observed in various aspects of human life, from voting behaviors [2] to perceptions of violence, [3][4] from evaluations of scientists [5] to our understanding of others' opinions. [6] The overall influence of mass media has changed drastically over the years, and will continue to do so as ...
The role of social media in the Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests in the Middle East and North Africa between 2010 and 2012, remains a highly debated subject. [1] Uprisings occurred in states regardless of their levels of Internet usage, with some states with high levels of Internet usage (such as Bahrain, with 88 ...
The thesis was the 5th most downloaded thesis of all time from the Curtin University library repository as of July 2022. Raynes-Goldie spoke at SXSW in 2007 on a panel with danah boyd on young people’s use of social media, amidst the then ongoing moral panic around young people “over sharing” online.
Social media can have both positive and negative impacts on a user's identity. Psychology and Communication scholars study the relationship between social media and identity in order to understand individual behavior, psychological impact, and social patterns. [1] [2] [3] Communication within political or social groups online can result in ...