Tag: Social Media
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Do Recommender Systems Mobilize People for Collective Actions?
Jin Wan Jul 2024 Tools and platforms that collective actions such as protests and parades rely on to mobilize, organize, and communicate with people have evolved tremendously due to technological advancement. One important change is the wide application of social media, which heavily incorporates algorithms to rank, filter, and disseminate content. This set of algorithms…
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The Use of Emotions to Capture Attention on Social Media
Susann Kohout While waiting for a bus to arrive or just to fill time, we often scroll through our social media to check what is happening in the world. Among posts of friends, acquaintances and other interesting accounts, our social media time line often shows us the news. More than 50 percent of Internet users…
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Branded apps and purchase behavior
Verena Wottrich Writing a shopping list using the Appie app, checking when the next train arrives with the NS app, searching for the latest fashion trends with the H&M app, or creating and managing one’s own airline with the KLM gaming-app. Nowadays, everyone of us regularly uses mobile apps originating from brands, the so-called branded…
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Is the TV still the first screen?
Claire M. Segijn Attention When using multiple screens simultaneously, it is not possible to focus your eyes on both screens at the same time. People have to switch between the screens. This has consequences for their viewing behavior of both screens. In one study researchers combined a TV with a computer screen and found that…
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