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Amid "Likes" and "Shares," Facebook Jeopardizes Children's Health and Safety
On February 4, 2004, a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg launched “TheFacebook.” Developed in his Harvard University residence hall, it began as a networking service for his roughly 7,000 classmates. ...
Airing commercials after political ads actually helps sell nonpolitical products
About $7 billion reportedly will be spent this fall on television and digital commercials from political campaigns and political action committees, filling the airwaves with political ...
Is Twitter the beginning of a social media crackdown on political advertising?
Social media companies are under increasing pressure to crack down on misleading political advertising leading into the 2020 presidential election. Twitter’s ban on political advertising ...
Election 2018: Wake Forest University experts
From state constitutional amendments to immigration, Wake Forest faculty experts can comment on a variety of 2018 midterm election-related topics. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ John Dinan, professor of political science ...
Using social media to assess public sentiment
Large corporations, government agencies, and political campaigns increasingly are using social media listening platforms and software to monitor public sentiment online. According to research from ...
Will Trump embrace @POTUS?
Kennesaw State political science professor Kerwin Swint says that while Trump may not want to use his new Twitter handle when it is handed to ...