Bill Maher explores the connection between internet memes and recent shootings, including the Dallas I.C.E. facility attack, ...

There was a time, just a couple of decades ago, when researchers in psychology and health always had to engage with people face-to-face or using the telephone. The worst case scenario was sending ...

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OK, class, let’s use this exercise to find out if you might have what it takes to be an Internet researcher: Imagine two teen-agers, one who has a MySpace (or similar) profile posted online and the ...

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Besides Facebook and Twitter, Russia also used YouTube, Instagram, Google+, Tumblr, and Pinterest--as well as Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail email accounts--to spread their narratives and misinformation.

When Reddit rebranded itself as “the heart of the internet” a couple of years ago, the slogan was meant to evoke the site’s organic character. In an age of social media dominated by algorithms, Reddit ...

Fake reviews are found across a wide range of industries, from e-commerce, lodging, and restaurants to services such as home repairs, medical care, and piano lessons. The emergence of generative ...

Teens compete in a video game tournament at the Portland Public Library in Maine in 2018. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...

Two new books explore the messy business of uncovering Russian interference in American elections. By Nicolas Niarchos Chinese authorities tacitly approved operations in a handful of races, according ...