Social media catalysed massive Arab protests
September 15th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Facebook and other social media played a crucial role in catalysing massive political protests during the Arab Spring. This has been revealed in an analysis ... Read more...
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News on blogs spreads ‘just like earthquakes’
February 16th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A new study has found that the manner in which news spreads through online blogs is very similar to the statistical behaviour of earthquakes.Researchers at Medical University of ... Read more...
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Sense of outrage worse among rightwing politicians
February 13th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) "Outrage talk" is common across the entire political spectrum but is worse among rightwing politicians, new research says."Outrage talk" refers to bids to provoke anger, righteousness, fear or ... Read more...
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Outrage talk ‘bad on political left, but worse on right’
February 12th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): A new study has found that outrage talk, although quite bad on the political left, is worse on the right side.Tufts Assistant Professor of Sociology Sarah Sobieraj and ... Read more...
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Campaigns on Facebook & Twitter Urge Keith Oberman’s Run for Senate
January 25th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) If the voice of the internet has any pull on the mind of Keith Oberman, then his next move could be to run for senate. This ... Read more...
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Online Campaign Underway In America To Convince Keith Olbermann To Run For The American Senate
January 25th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 25, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): There is a mounting movement, orchestrated by the social networking websites as well as political blogs, which has requested MSNBC’s recently departed host, Keith Olbermann, ... Read more...
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Why ‘Crush on Obama’ online video went viral
October 23rd, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): A new study examines the reasons for a political video clip to spread from a few people to millions, sometimes in a matter of hours.Research from the University ... Read more...
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John McCain Dubbed As Social Media Genius By A Recent Study
August 21st, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Republican leader John McCain is making news lately for the most unlikely of reasons. The 2008 Republican Presidential nominee has been named a 'social media genius', ... Read more...
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Gays more frequent blog readers, social network users
July 14th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): Gays and lesbians are more frequent blog readers and social network members than their heterosexual counterparts, revealed a US survey.In the Harris Interactive survey, 54 percent of ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama insists home is “news-free zone”
February 20th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20(ANI): US First lady Michelle Obama has said she tries to stay away from news on television at home, as she wants to formulate her own opinions based on ... Read more...
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Political blogs considered more credible than newspapers
May 17th, 2009 - 11:26 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 17 (ANI): People who regularly follow political blogs and regular news media tend to believe that the content on blogs is more accurate, according to a book by a Brigham ... Read more...
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