“Pretty Privilege” explains much about Instagram
Being “pretty” has tremendous advantages for those who leverage social media. The “pretty privilege” concept is seldom discussed yet plays a critical role in who is followed and liked on social media.
Research study finds those who post lots of social media “selfies” are viewed negatively by others
Post lots of selfies on social media? Others may view you more negatively than those who do not post lots of selfies.
Twitter is for hostile people to be outraged, Facebook is for the boring and Instagram is for good looking people who live perfect lives (or not really)
Twitter is for hostile people to be outraged, Facebook is for the boring and Instagram is for the good looking people who live perfect lives (or not really).
Climate communications: The Amazon fires pseudo news panic illustrates how easy it is to throw an election via social media
Social media is a frictionless platform for the dissemination of propaganda messaging. Seeing what just took place in the past few days, can you imagine the firepower about to be unleashed during the next national election in the U.S.? The brutal propaganda messaging on social media threatens to take down democracy.
Climate communications: “Commentary: Everything You’ve Heard About the Amazon Fires Is Wrong – Tennessee Star”
“The international news coverage of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fires has been a complete disaster. News outlets published inaccurate yet easily verifiable “facts” about the number of fires, declaring the situation “record-breaking” and “unprecedented.” Social media lit up with misleading claims about the loss of planetary oxygen supply…”
Social media is just one big bonfire of idiocy. Thanks to social media, we have only about 30 minutes to save the world from something.
Climate communications: Most Amazon fires burning on agricultural land where forests already cleared
Social media idiocy reached new highs of absurdity the past few days – the Amazon fire hysteria was a big fat social media scam. But it seems no one shouting on social media is hearing that message.
Climate communications: Social media has gone insane over fires in the Amazon area of Brazil, with most posts being wrong
Social media has gone utterly insane about fires in the Amazon region of Brazil-virtually all of them contain false information. NASA points out that over their 15 year satellite-based observing history, the fire situation in the Amazon is average. But the falsehoods have blown up to the point that internationally known politicians are calling for action!
Social media is a bonfire of idiocy.
Social media defined? Miserablism, the philosophy of pessimism and enjoyment of being depressed
Twitter does not represent the views of the people: it represents the views of a very tiny minority of angry and miserable people (most tweets come from about 2% of the population, a group that seems to very outraged and angry). There is a word for this: it’s miserablism, or the philosophy of pessimism and the enjoyment of being miserable.
Fascinating look at how nearly nonsensical belief systems become established
Correlation is not causation.
Do social media algorithms favor “sexualized posts”?
Social media algorithms that select what items we see in our feeds or in our “recommended” posts or video lists, may be designed to favor content that features attractive people (usually females, usually young and fit) or which include more sexualized content (broadly defined). Content creators see in their viewership data what works to obtain views and will produce more content like that. The effect is that algorithms may be reinforcing stereotypes of women as sex objects (data suggests this has happened more so for women than men).