Is the use of social network sites in the workplace really a negative?
A recent paper asks if the negative assumptions about social network site use at work…
How cyber troops are influencing what you think and know
A new working paper from the University of Oxford finds that "cyber troops" are a…
Change hack 4: Helping people move up the social media adoption curve [Change hacks series]
This is part 4 of a series of articles on ‘change hacks’ from expert change…
Online social integration is associated with reduced mortality risk [2016’s top 100 journal articles]
A recent study referenced 12 million anonymised Facebook profiles against California public health records.
Analysing the attention economy
The effects of the attention economy in three related online contexts. Are we missing the…
The impact of social media on knowledge management
A systematic review of peer-reviewed academic papers establishes the current body of knowledge in regard…
How sharing false and distorted information on the internet contributes to a divided world
Two examples that illustrate how sharing false and distorted information reinforces negative cultural stereotypes.
Case study of knowledge management in the construction industry using a socio-technical platform
A case study shows proof-of-concept of a SocioBIM system for knowledge management.
Can the growth and decline of collective attention to social media services be predicted?
Search frequency data available from Google Trends for 175 different services is analysed using diffusion…
72 new emoji added
The Unicode Consortium has announced that a further 72 characters have been added to their…