Tag: Twitter

Activity from phony Twitter accounts established by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) between 2015 and 2017 may have contributed to politicizing Americans’ position on the nature and efficacy of vaccines, a health care topic which has not historically fallen along party lines, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Researchers from the University of Toronto presented a new study at CHEST Congress 2019 Thailand in Bangkok that aimed to determine the effect of authors’ self-promotion on the social media site, Twitter, in regards to the dissemination of their research. Tweets referencing scientific articles published between June 2011-January 2017 were gathered through Altmetric.com. The study

It’s not every day that two of the largest snack bar brands in the country publicly battle it out over how healthy (or not healthy) their products are. But that’s exactly what’s happening between Clif Bar and Kind Bar. Their jabs at each other are being printed in national newspaper ads, aired on social media,

Chris Evans, arguably the best famous Chris and definitely not the worst famous Chris, has a lot of fun online. He’s not afraid to get political, he interacts with his fans, and now, he’s ranking his favorite chips to snack on. But not everyone is onboard with the actor’s chip judging. The tweet heard round

If you find yourself in a long voting line—whether during early voting or on election day, Tuesday, November 6—Pizza To The Polls will deliver FREE pizzas to your polling station. The nonprofit, founded in 2016, has raised $66,009 and delivered 2,873 pizzas, as of November 3 at 11:30 a.m. Here’s how it works: If you’re

FRIDAY, Oct. 19, 2018 — Though the maker of Juul e-cigarettes has claimed its product is aimed at adult smokers trying to quit, almost a quarter of the company’s Twitter followers are under 18, a new study finds. And many of these young fans are retweeting the company’s messages, investigators added. The findings are cause

Games lose their appeal when you’re playing with someone who cheats. What’s the point? No one likes a cheater, especially when money is involved in the game. According to The Daily Beast, a man named Jerome Jacobson cheated BIG time. He rigged McDonald’s Monopoly for 12 years, defrauding the chain out of more than $24

He’s known for being one of the toughest names in Australian sport. But rugby league star Nathan Peats isn’t afraid to show his sensitive side. The 27-year-old Gold Coast Titans player has taken to Twitter to praise “all the mums out there,” after admitting that he struggled to care for his young children when his

A plus-sized blogger has won herself a legion of online fans after taking down a body-shamer who used her photograph to create a derogatory meme.  South African beauty Lesego Legobane, known on Twitter as ‘ThickLeeyonce,’ was shocked to find that her image had been featured in a sexist tweet by Leyton Mokgerepi on Tuesday.  The

In public on the job, doctors and nurses are trained to stay stoic. But behind the scenes, after comforting accident victims, the terminally ill, and others with a life-threatening health crisis, they can feel deep emotion for their patients.  And thanks to a now-viral Twitter thread, health professionals are letting it all out, sharing the

If you’re an introvert, you likely value your alone time. You think before you speak. You’d much rather socialize one-on-one than in a group. A phone call is probably your worst nightmare. But most of all, you are silently strong. It can be tough to prefer to be alone in a world that values boldness and