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Descubrimiento Digital: The Online Lives of Latinx Consumers
The visibility of U.S. Hispanics highlights an increase in cultural inclusivity and civic representation as well as recognition of the community’s strides. With continuing progress in educational pursuits, economic gains and more, the Latinx community and its influence on the new American mainstream are undeniable on many fronts.
Source: Descubrimiento Digital: The Online Lives of Latinx Consumers
What It’s Like to Download Your Facebook Data
For the past 13 years, I’ve given the platform my photos, my videos, my likes, and untold hours of my time. Sifting through it all was amusing and surprising—and weirdly sad.
Source: What It’s Like to Download Your Facebook Data – The Atlantic
Facebook is looking to avoid YouTube’s pitfalls by providing marketers a slew of tools to keep their ads away from less desirable content
Facebook is promising to bring more ad transparency to its various ad products. The company is hoping to avoid some of the mishaps that have befallen YouTube over the last year, as multiple top brands’ ads ended up next to dicey videos.
The Constant Consumer
Recent technologies have enabled the role of customer to be fused with the newer role of user, who inhabits an entire system rather than a specific transaction. Amazon’s mission is to make customer identity more primary than citizenship
The Big Myth About Teenage Anxiety
Relax: The digital age is not wrecking your kid’s brain.
Source: Opinion | The Big Myth About Teenage Anxiety – The New York Times
Maps are a serious fake news threat, and bots may be making them now
A new study reveals how maps go viral–and why they’ve become the perfect tool for misinformation.
Source: Maps are a serious fake news threat, and bots may be making them now
Read the research paper: Elements of Viral Cartography
Twitter is considering badging bots — “as far as we can detect them”
At today’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was asked by vice chair Sen. Mark Warner whether users should have “a right to know” if they are talking to a bot or a human on its platform — to help people better navigate the information they are bei…
Source: Twitter is considering badging bots — “as far as we can detect them” | TechCrunch
How homophily in social networks disadvantages minorities
On social networks and at tech companies, homophily makes life even harder for women and racial minorities than you might guess.
Source: How homophily in social networks disadvantages minorities
Read the research paper: Homophily influences ranking of minorities in social networks
Many US Facebook users have changed privacy settings or taken a break
Just over half of Facebook users have adjusted privacy settings in the past year. Around four-in-ten have taken a break from checking for several weeks or more.
Source: Many US Facebook users have changed privacy settings or taken a break | Pew Research Center
Social Networks Can Boost Knowledge, Even on Polarizing Issues
But only if they are structured in a way that deemphasizes users’ partisan identities.
Source: Social Networks Can Boost Knowledge, Even on Polarizing Issues – Pacific Standard
A Facebook War: Libyans Battle on the Streets and on Screens
A new wave of fighting shook Tripoli this past week. For many combatants Facebook, which has huge influence in Libya, is a key weapon.
Source: A Facebook War: Libyans Battle on the Streets and on Screens – The New York Times
Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post?
Facebook has been plagued with disinformation posts placed by foreign operatives. Can you tell the difference between a real post and one designed to fool you?
Source: Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post? – The New York Times
Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market
The online retailer is moving aggressively into digital advertising, emerging as a major competitor to Google and Facebook.
Source: Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market – The New York Times
The Hot College Gig: Online Brand Promoter
American companies are turning to students to push products on their personal social media accounts.
Source: The Hot College Gig: Online Brand Promoter – The New York Times
Facebook Watch is launching worldwide
Facebook Watch, the social network’s home to original video content and answer to YouTube, is now becoming available worldwide. The Watch tab had first launched last August, only in the U.S., and now touts over 50 million monthly viewers who watch at least a minute of video within Watch.
The rise of millennials and the death of television
The results of the first round of a YouGov-Mint Millennial survey show that millennials are using social media networks much more than older cohorts
Source: The rise of millennials and the death of television – Livemint
Pew Study: Teens Aren’t Happy With Their Screen Time
Many parents think teens are too absorbed by screens. Teens agree.
Source: Pew Study: Teens Aren’t Happy With Their Screen Time – The Atlantic
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1
The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed over the last year, shows that the fight against the gaming of tech systems has evolved to include measuring the credibility of users to help identify malicious actors.
Source: Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1 – The Washington Post
Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth
And so are all the big boys of tech.
Source: Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth – Bloomberg
Elon Musk Loves Twitter, Twitter Loves Elon Musk
Tesla’s billionaire CEO is revealing exactly what the social platform is truly optimized for—the amplification of powerful voices.
Source: Elon Musk Loves Twitter, Twitter Loves Elon Musk – The Atlantic