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Cat People, Dog People
Are you a cat person or a dog person? In honor of International Cat Day on August 8 (sorry dogs), we wanted to understand more about the social characteristics of these two camps of animal lovers. Stereotypically, dogs are more social and easy-going, while cats are reserved, independent, and unpredictable. Are any of these characteristics reflected in the people who adore them? Scratching the surface: Who has more friends? Who’s more likely to be single? What TV shows do we curl up to watch together?
Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook
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Exposure to Diverse Information on Facebook
As people increasingly turn to social networks for news and civic information, questions have been raised about whether this practice leads to the creation of “echo chambers,” in which people are exposed only to information from like-minded individuals [2]. Other speculation has focused on whether algorithms used to rank search results and social media posts could create “filter bubbles,” in which only ideologically appealing content is surfaced [3].
Do jobs run in families?
How much of our choice of profession depends on who our parents are? Parents pass on their genes, set an example, provide opportunities, and give advice to either aim for or steer clear of their own lines of work. In the end, do their children end up in the same type of job? Do siblings choose the same occupation? And is this more or less true for different professions?
Rumor Cascades
Online social networks provide a rich substrate for rumor propagation. Information received via friends tends to be trusted, and online social networks allow individuals to transmit information to many friends at once. By referencing known rumors from Snopes.com, a popular website documenting memes and urban legends, we track the propagation of thousands of rumors appearing on Facebook.
The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter
Several weeks ago, Sarah Larson from The New Yorker published a fun article about e-laughter (all the hahas and lols we use to communicate with our friends online) and their social subtleties. Like any “dialect,” e-laughing is evolving. Curious as to whether her usage followed up-to-date social norms, she consulted her savvy friends for answers. Anecdotally, she found that laughter tended to vary by age and gender. But why rely on anecdotes when you have data?
Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook
Report Eytan Bakshy1,*,†, Solomon Messing1,†, Lada A. Adamic1,2 1Facebook, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. 2School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: ebakshy{at}fb.com ↵† These authors contributed equally to this work. See allHide authors and affiliations Science 05 Jun 2015: Vol. 348, Issue 6239, pp. 1130-1132 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa1160 Not getting all sides of the news?
The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter
Several weeks ago, Sarah Larson from The New Yorker published a fun article about e-laughter (all the hahas and lols we use to communicate with our friends online) and their social subtleties. Like any “dialect,” e-laughing is evolving. Curious as to whether her usage followed up-to-date social norms, she consulted her savvy friends for answers. Anecdotally, she found that laughter tended to vary by age and gender. But why rely on anecdotes when you have data?
Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook
People are increasingly turning away from mass media to social media as a way of learning news and civic information. Bakshy et al. examined the news that millions of Facebook users' peers shared, what information these users were presented with, and what they ultimately consumed (see the Perspective by Lazer). Friends shared substantially less cross-cutting news from sources aligned with an opposing ideology.
Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook
Exposure to news and civic information is increasingly mediated by online social networks and personalization (1). Information abundance provides individuals with an unprecedented number of options, shifting the function of curating content from newsroom editorial boards to individuals, their social networks, and manual or algorithmic information sorting (2–4).
[1201.4145] The Role of Social Networks in Information Diffusion
[Submitted on 19 Jan 2012 (v1), last revised 28 Feb 2012 (this version, v2)] Authors:Eytan Bakshy, Itamar Rosenn, Cameron Marlow, Lada Adamic Download PDF Abstract: Online social networking technologies enable individuals to simultaneously share information with any number of peers.
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