CNN: Whether you’re on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, What’s App or Twitter, the way you communicate with friends today is changing. Keeping in touch is no longer about face to face, but instead screen to screen, highlighted by the fact that more than 1 billion people are using Facebook every day. More
The Washington Post: About the easiest action you can take in social media is to “like” a tweet or a photo. If you’re a teenager, your brain is particularly primed to “like” what others have “liked,” according to researchers from UCLA. Their new study, published in Psychological Science, is thought to More
La Stampa: L’influenza dei social network e, in generale delle nuove tecnologie, sulle nostre abitudini e sulla nostra mente è ormai da tempo sotto attento esame degli scienziati. Superata la fase delle argomentate opinioni e degli illustri commenti, grazie ai risultati delle ricerche, oggi possiamo avere un quadro sempre più More
The New York Times: Move over sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. For today’s teenager, it’s all about the “likes.” A “like,” for the uninitiated, refers to the positive feedback given to a post on social media. And new research shows that likes appear to be somewhat intoxicating to teenagers. More
The Economist: FOR the first six months after teenagers in Colorado pass their driving test, the state bans them from carrying non-sibling teenage passengers unless someone over 21 is also in the car. It is not alone in this ageist approach. Fourteen other American states impose similar restrictions. The reason More
The Washington Post: About the easiest action you can take in social media is to “like” a tweet or a photo. If you’re a teenager, your brain is particularly primed to “like” what others have “liked,” according to researchers from UCLA. Their new study, published in Psychological Science, is thought to More
