How many media do you have operating right now? Listening to music while surfing the web with sixteen tabs while watching TV while keeping an eye on your twitter feed? Well, meet your new friend: brain damage. A study published in PLOS One has found that people who heavily media … Read More
Okay, brace yourselves: YouTube commenters are objectively worse than commenters on other platforms. Maybe not Tumblr, though. Hyperbole aside, researchers publishing in PLOS One found that TED commenters are more likely to talk about content and ideas than YouTube commenters, who mainly talk about the person presenting in a video. … Read More
It’s been pretty well established that moods can spread from person to person when said people are in the same room—but what about online? A new study published in PLOS One has found that people’s moods can indeed be spread online—a positive Facebook status update will provoke more positive updates, … Read More
