Social Media

The Washington Post analyzed more than 600,000 tweets containing the phrase “thoughts and prayers” between 2012 and 2019.

The ideas in a treatise by the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two New Zealand mosques are also circulating on many of the world’s most popular social media platforms.

According to Facebook, 100 million people described the groups they belonged to as “meaningful,” or those that are the most important aspect of their experience on the global network.

Social media allows us to catch news in real time, but it also makes it incredibly easy for false information to spread.

Am I the only one with people I like in person yet don’t like online?

People were quickly met with the hashtag #StandWithKeaton and a viral video of a tear-filled boy when they logged onto social media. Yet, the social media world that outpoured love and support quickly turned as reports that his mother was a racist and supporter of the Confederate flag.

Thousands of women, and some men, have responded "me too" to actress Alyssa Milano's Twitter prompt on sexual abuse in light of emerging allegations against Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein.