News tagged with social networking sites
Feeling sick makes us less social online too
(Medical Xpress)—When it comes to posting on social media, there are few areas of our lives that are off limits.
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Mar 22, 2013 |
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Teen sexting, the gender gap
A survey of US adolescents reveals a gender gap in attitudes towards sexting and perceived harm.
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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First lady announces healthy recipe search effort
(AP)—Michelle Obama says five media companies and a social media website are working together to make it easier to find nutritious recipes.
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Feb 26, 2013 |
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Nursing professor claims teens are "sleep texting"
Nursing professor Elizabeth Dowdell, of Villanova University has reported in an interview with a CBS news affiliate in Philadelphia, that she has discovered a new phenomena she calls "sleep texting." She says it's just like ...
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Feb 18, 2013 |
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Social media may prove useful in prevention of HIV, STDs, study shows
(Medical Xpress)— Facebook and other social networking technologies could serve as effective tools for preventing HIV infection among at-risk groups, new UCLA research suggests.
HIV & AIDS
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Twitter can help people lose weight
(Medical Xpress)—Using Twitter can help you achieve a healthy weight. A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network ...
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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30 percent of teen girls report meeting offline with someone they met online
A new study highlights the risk that female teenagers face when they go online – a risk heightened for teen girls who have been victims of abuse or neglect.
Pediatrics
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Social networking: Is the igeneration a 'we' generation?
(Medical Xpress)—Social networking sites may increase the bonds of friendship for nine to 13-year-old boys, according to researchers from the University of York.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Is Facebook a factor in psychotic symptoms?
As Internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so do related psychopathologies such as Internet addiction and delusions related to the technology and to virtual relationships. Computer communications ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Social networking info will increasingly influence med student and trainee doctor selection
The use of social networking sites is set to increasingly influence the selection of medical students and trainee doctors in the US, suggests the largest study of its kind published online in Postgraduate Medical Journal.
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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Friendship 2.0: Teens' technology use promotes sense of belonging, identity
(Medical Xpress)—With adolescents seemingly glued to cell phones and social networking websites, experts are investigating whether the near-constant digital activity changes youths' development.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2012 |
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German doctors warn against Internet trade in breast milk
German pediatricians have warned new parents against obtaining breast milk to feed their babies via social networking sites such as Facebook, cautioning the milk could be harmful.
Pediatrics
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Peer influence: Facebook, Twitter, alcohol and drugs
(Medical Xpress)—When it comes to alcohol and drug use, peers can be just as influential online as they are in person, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health say.
Addiction
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Are you addicted to the internet?
People worried about the amount of time they spend online are invited to take part in a study about internet addiction.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Surfing the net helps the elderly stay connected
The internet is giving older people in rural areas a new lease on life, according to a report released today by the University of Adelaide.
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Social network service
A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.
Social networking has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people.
While it could be said that email and websites have most of the essential elements of social network services, the idea of proprietary encapsulated services has gained popular uptake recently.
The main types of social networking services are those which contain category divisions (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these, with Facebook widely used worldwide; MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn being the most widely used in North America; Nexopia (mostly in Canada); Bebo, Hi5, StudiVZ (mostly in Germany), Decayenne, Tagged, XING;, Badoo and Skyrock in parts of Europe; Orkut and Hi5 in South America and Central America; and Friendster, Multiply, Orkut, Wretch, Xiaonei and Cyworld in Asia and the Pacific Islands.
There have been some attempts to standardize these services to avoid the need to duplicate entries of friends and interests (see the FOAF standard and the Open Source Initiative), but this has led to some concerns about privacy.
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