GBH Researchers Dig Up Embarrassing Data About Facebook — And Lose Access To Their Accounts Dan Kennedy is a professor of journalism at Northeastern University and a panelist on WGBH 2’s Beat the Press.
CBS News Study makes surprising discovery about Facebook users: They live longer Does social media make us happier or more depressed? More connected or just more addicted? The impact on our relationships and overall well-being has been debated for years. Now, a new study of 12 million Facebook users finds a major upside: being active on the social networking site is associated with living longer. This association […]
9 Answers about Facebook’s creepy emotional-manipulation experiment But even if Facebook’s experimentation “creeps you out,” a la Susan Fiske, you realistically, as a user, don’t want it to stop. Why? It makes Facebook better for you. In the two hours it’s taken me to write this, Facebook has probably run dozens of “experiments” on new features and design changes that will make […]
Boston Magazine About Face For half a century, one theory about the way we experience and express emotion has helped shape how we practice psychology, do police work, and even fight terrorism. But what if that theory is wrong? Forty-six years ago a young San Francisco–based cowboy of a psychologist named Paul Ekman emerged from the jungle with proof […]
Bloomberg Law Real Estate Commissions Face Added Scrutiny in Justice Probe Equipped with renewed investigative authority, the DOJ will likely seek to compel a complete separation of compensation for buyers’ agents and sellers’ agents, said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency Chair Lina Khan.
What could happen as Trump faces deadline on half-billion-dollar bond Legal experts say Trump has a chance of getting some type of relief from the appeals court. If James begins moving on his assets before the court rules, she may have to backtrack afterward. She also may consider the optics of moving quickly. As Nikos Passas, a Northeastern University criminology professor, put it: “She doesn’t […]
Meta will limit reach of harmful content to teens on Facebook and Instagram amid scrutiny The changes are necessary to help make “social media platforms [into] spaces where teens can connect and be creative in age-appropriate ways,” said Rachel Rodgers, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Northeastern University.
Teens won’t be able to see certain posts on Facebook, Instagram: What Meta’s changes mean In a statement, Rachel Rodgers, a psychologist at Northeastern University, called the measures “an important step in making social media platforms spaces where teens can connect and be creative in age-appropriate ways.”
Times of India Meta strengthens online safety with stricter measures for teens on Facebook and Instagram Dr. Rachel Rodgers, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, emphasizes the evolution of Meta’s policies as a crucial step in creating safer spaces for teens on social media.
Abortion Pill Advance Orders Face Risky Future in Court Battle That FDA decision “made it somewhat easier” for patients to access the drug, said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor.
Business Insider Realtors face billions in damages for overcharging home buyers and sellers As John Kwoka, an economist and antitrust researcher at Northeastern University, told me: The incentives aren’t aligned.
NBC News Could the Texas couple who sought a court order to get an abortion face legal risks after out-of-state travel? “They’re saying it’s up to the doctor, but they also seem to be saying that the doctor’s affidavit was not sufficiently harrowing,” said Wendy Parmet, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University in Boston. “That, I think, is going to put shivers down the spine of a lot of […]