Social Media

The year’s most popular terms find us reassessing merit, rejiggering professional and geopolitical networks, and reevaluating how and when we bring AI into the office.

Fact-checker warnings work and are broadly popular, and other insights about social media moderation from an MIT expert.

Terms that caught readers’ attention this year include low-ego leadership, glass cliff, financial nihilism, greenhushing, and exaptation strategy.

When individuals assess the truthfulness of political news during an election period, their beliefs become significantly more partisan, research finds.

Social media platforms make money off sensational content. Taxing digital ads is one way to encourage different business models, according to two MIT economists.

New research found an overlooked source that slowed vaccination rates in the U.S.: misleading headlines from mainstream news sources.

Cultural detox, portfolio agility, and three other ideas that stood out this year.

A new study looks at what wording should be used to identify content created by artificial intelligence.

Journalistic truth isn’t dead, a new study has found, but socioeconomic factors affect people’s ability to identify real news.

Experts recommend using responsible artificial intelligence, misinformation interventions, and decentralized platforms to address some of social media’s flaws.