Social Media
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The Facebook prime minister: how Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most successful political influencer
So begins a 2020 campaign message posted by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She speaks directly into her phone at day’s end, in a comfor...
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What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within
Suddenly and inexplicably, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus services were gone. And it was no local disturbance. In a blog post,...
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Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
A seminal 2004 study was among the first to investigate the connection between deception rates and technology. What does a 2021 update show?