Katherine Chan is Duolingo's global head of social media, responsible for the outrageous social media stunts that make Duolingo a household name, and build brand affinity for its mischievous green owl mascot, Duo. On Tuesday, April 9, from 2:25 to 2:50 PM EDT, Chan will appear on a Main Stage panel at ADWEEK's Social Media Week event in New York. Lindsay Kennedy, vice president of client service at the agency DEPT, will join Chan and ADWEEK executive editor Jameson Fleming on stage to...
Bad Bunny has jokes. Drew McIntyre had a rollercoaster Sunday, winning the Slammy for "Social Star of the Year" and winning the WWE World Heavyweight Title from Seth Rollins at WWE WrestleMania XL. Unfortunately for McIntyre, Damian Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Drew to win the WWE World Heavyweight Title. McIntyre may now need to hand Bad Bunny his "Social Star of the Year" Slammy after the recording artist responded to a tweet sent by McIntyre during his...
President Joe Biden lies about everything: the economy, Israel, Nelson Mandela and more. It’s up to voters to may him pay the price in November.
Nick H. Penniman What if it were the start of a movement?
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The Kamehameha Schools is taking action after a threat to the school was circulating on social media. "With an abundance of caution will be canceling school today, Monday, April 15 for all haumāna, staff and faculty at Kalihi-Palama and Kapalama Preschools," the school said in a letter to the KS community. []
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Increasing use of social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple. We are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Two new studies show that Americans are more worried about their mental health than their physical health. In the UK, research by King's College London found people of all ages agree that young people are struggling with their mental health, with parents blaming the COVID pandemic. In Australia,...
"20/20" explores the 2012 killings of Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth with interviews with detectives and the mother-daughter defendants behind the slayings.
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. — When police found Billy Payne and his fiancée Billie Jean Hayworth shot execution-style in a rural Tennessee home with their 7-month-old son Tyler alive in Hayworth's arms in 2012, it sparked an investigation that would lead them to discover a complex murder concocted by a woman who was in the middle of a social media feud.
Among the responses, Caitlyn Jenner's reaction stood out, garnering significant attention during this period of widespread astonishment.
Understanding how information flows in social networks is critical to counteracting dangerous misinformation, promoting the spreading of news, and designing healthy online social environments. Scholars have long realized the role of information superspreaders—namely, users with the capability to spread messages and ideas to many others rapidly.
Online disinformation and hate speech are poisoning politics the world over, but in South Korea there have also been real-life acts of violence in a deeply polarised electorate before polls on Wednesday.Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck in January in a dramatic demonstration of the political atmosphere in the run-up to Wednesday's legislative election.Lee survived but analysts fear the supercharged political atmosphere and the weight of "incitement to hatred" online could...