Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who in 2020 co-won an Ig Nobel Prize for his teachings about the Covid-19 pandemic, is yet again pushing public health discussions into new and perhaps unimagined territory. The Washington Post reports: SAO PAULO, Brazil — Facebook removed a video in which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro falsely associated coronavirus vaccines with […]
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Disruptive technology: Twitter and marital breakups, maybe
If you enjoy fun, conceivably-partly-true tales about disruptive technologies (as some people do — see, for example, Harvard Business School Professor Clay Christensen‘s tidy tales of disruption), then pay heed to the scholarly studies from Russell B. Clayton. Clayton, at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has a new study about Twitter and marital breakups: “The Third Wheel: The Impact of Twitter Use on […]
Worrying about what other people might think of you, if you haven’t worried about what other people might think about you
A new study suggests that Facebook users who haven’t worried about what other people might think about them might worry about what other people think about them. The study also suggests that this is more true of some people than of others. (Thanks to investigator Erwin Kompanje for bringing this to our attention.) The study is: “Awkward […]
Use Rollercoaster to Counteract Facebook
Combining two recent reports in medical journals, one realizes that rollercoaster rides can be used to counteract the effects of Facebook, in the case of asthma sufferers, sometimes maybe. A 2006 report in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy tells how rollercoaster rides were used to treat symptoms of asthma. (The Dutch authors of that […]
Scientifical breakup breakthough
A press release reports yet another scientifical breakthrough: The Breakup 2.0:’ A look at how new media is used to end relationships BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Leslie checked her Facebook profile late one day and discovered that she was suddenly single…. There are now many more ways to break up — both in public and in […]
The persistence of Spamford
Ig Nobel Prize winner Sanford Wallace provides yet another lesson in persistence. Wallace (a.k.a. “Spamford”, or the “Spam King”) was awarded the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in communications because “neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night have stayed this self-appointed courier from delivering electronic junk mail to all the world.” A February 27, 2009 […]