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A simple social gesture can make people more likely to engage with online fact-checks

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Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action

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Social messaging in soap operas can prevent violence and intergroup conflict

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Soap operas are known for outrageous schemes and scandalous affairs, but an NYU researcher finds that they can also serve as effective interventions for preventing intergroup violence in conflict-ridden areas by shaping social norms, promoting understanding of different perspectives, and encouraging people to create change. In an analysis of research on

How a ‘social good’ firm is defined can impact its value creation and value capital

Strategic business model choices and a typology of social business models. Credit: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1002/sej.1502 Ventures that pursue both commercial and social value creation have grown in popularity in recent years, but a study published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal better defines four distinct types of social ventures. By training a business

Is social media fueling political polarization?

Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source written by researcher(s) proofread by Antoine Marie, The Conversation These graphs show the statistical association between exposure to online political hostility and the liberal democracy index

Political rage on social media is making us cynical: Study

Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread by Tevah Platt, University of Michigan Credit: AI-generated image Political anger and cynicism are rising in the United States and in many democracies worldwide, and

Social media posts may be viewed differently by others compared to how users perceive themselves

A simulated example of the multimedia and text versions of a Facebook status update in the study. Photos from pexels.com. Credit: Wang et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) In a new study, viewers of Facebook users’ posts came away with perceptions of the users that differed from the users’ own self-perceptions. Qi Wang

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