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The application of social network theory to social media provides useful insights into the spread of misinformation. For example, tightly connected networks may be used to represent echo chambers . This theory is useful for devising countermeasures to misinformation on a social media platform level, such as down ranking or removing posts and ...
An internet-based religion based on the belief that file sharing is a sacred virtue which must remain protected. It was given recognition by the Swedish government in January 2012. It was founded by a philosophy student, Isak Gerson. [47] Matrixism, or The Path of the One A new religious movement inspired by the 1999 movie The Matrix. It ...
This fake news website mostly consists of celebrity gossip and death hoaxes, but a few of its other stories were disseminated on social media. When the site was up it said that it was "a combination of real shocking news and satire news" and that articles were for "entertainment and satirical purposes" only. [9] [9] [25] News Hound news-hound ...
Social norms are the unwritten rules that determine what is acceptable within a community and what is not. Usually, they are those things we all just "know" to be true, and that are either ...
2012 phenomenon – a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or otherwise transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and as such, festivities to commemorate the date took place on 21 December 2012 in countries where the Maya civilization had formerly ...
The article was later retracted after it was used to promote conspiracy theories on right-wing social media accounts and misinformation websites, [246] but the presentation was not removed from YouTube, where it had been viewed more than 58,000 times as of 3 December 2020.
Online shaming is a form of public shaming in which internet users are harassed, mocked, or bullied by other internet users online.This shaming may involve commenting directly to or about the shamed; the sharing of private messages; or the posting of private photos.
E! counted down the top 10 unfiltered, regretful and embarrassing celebrity social media moments on the special, "Worst Thing I Ever Posted." So who topped that list? Geraldo Rivera, proving that ...