The prevailing public and media narrative about social media has often focused on the negatives. Yet social media platforms have proved crucial during India’s COVID-19 crisis. Here’s how we can make sense of it all.
A new set of online games holds promise for helping identify and prevent harmful misinformation from going viral.
As the election approaches, it’s essential, and easy, to address this behavioral blind spot.
We have more free time than ever before, but it’s so sliced and diced that we feel more time poor than ever. Here’s how to notice and overcome the time confetti in your life.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for September 2020.
No one quite knows how a local radio station in Texas managed to have one of the most popular posts on Facebook.
Could teenagers actually be getting something meaningful and real out of all that texting?
Is Facebook responsible for what people think and feel about politics?
Cyberattacks stem overwhelmingly from basic human error, not coding bugs or chip flaws. Yet user-centered approaches to cybersecurity are routinely treated as an afterthought.
Are people viewed as more virtuous when they publicize their good deeds to others?
