A current research project in the College of Engineering and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their ...
Feb 8, 2018
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Social media apps are useful sources of information. They help us catch up with the activities of friends, news, current affairs, government COVID updates and the latest happenings in celebrity and sport.
Apr 16, 2021
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Frequent use of social media may not amount to the same as addiction, according to research at the University of Strathclyde.
Apr 20, 2021
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The term "addiction" is often bandied about when we think someone spends too much time on something we deem detrimental to their health and well-being. From checking our phones repetitively, to playing with specific apps ...
Feb 23, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Young adults who use the popular dating app Tinder may have lower self-esteem and be less satisfied with their looks, a new study suggests.
Aug 4, 2016
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Within six months, your iPhone or Android mobile device could supply a real-time estimate of your likelihood of contact with the deadly Ebola virus. To create the digital tool, researchers at the University of Kansas recently ...
Jan 7, 2015
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There are growing calls for young people under the age of 16 to be banned from having smartphones or access to social media. The Smartphone Free Childhood WhatsApp group aims to normalize young people not having smartphones ...
Feb 24, 2024
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The United States government is considering a national ban of TikTok, a social media application used by over 150 million Americans. Although the primary reason for the ban is privacy concerns, it presents an opportunity ...
Apr 7, 2023
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A new study finds that while user-generated content and advertising content related to illegal muscle-building drugs is prohibited across all social media platforms, legal muscle-building dietary supplements have faced few ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Ella, who is in her early 20s, has depression. When her sleep started to fall away after a stressful term at school, her smartphone was programmed to note the late-night texts and phone conversations indicating her insomnia. ...
Jan 30, 2019
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