Why using too many emojis to substitute words can harm your chances online
Sad face news for heavy emoji users.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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ChatGPT: Student insights are necessary to help universities plan for the future
With the launch of ChatGPT to the public, post-secondary institutions are aware of the seismic impact this could have on both the business and art of education.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2023
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Headlines with a negative twist boost the consumption of online news, demonstrates study
If it bleeds, it leads. The old newspaper adage tells us that gory headlines are good for sales. It is a tactic that tabloid newspapers have long exploited in their battle against dwindling circulation. Today's news market ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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Is there a common sound of swearing across languages?
Swear words across different languages may tend to lack certain sounds such as l, r, and w, suggests research published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. This common pattern in profanity indicates that these sounds, called ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2022
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Smell words differ primarily in terms of pleasantness and edibility
Most languages lack a specialized vocabulary to describe smell experiences. People instead use words from other domains, such as "heavy", "good", or "fruity", when talking about smells. But which words are really used and ...
Other
Nov 7, 2022
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It's great, I swear: Profanity can make product reviews more persuasive
Profanity in online reviews can pack a powerful punch, says a University of Alberta business researcher.
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2022
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What do slogans at demonstrations tell us?
We see them on banners, hand-held signs, walls, clothing, bodies and faces: words are central to social protest. Every slogan—collective or individual, printed or handwritten, demand or rallying cry—conveys a political ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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Detecting paranoia among social media users
Artificial intelligence and text mining techniques can be used to detect paranoia among social media users. Specifically, work published in the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, has examined ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2022
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Verbal insults trigger a 'mini slap to the face', finds new research
Hearing insults is like receiving a "mini slap in the face", regardless of the precise context the insult is made in. That is the conclusion of a new paper published in Frontiers in Communication. The researchers used electroencephalography ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2022
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Can computers understand complex words and concepts? Yes, according to research
In "Through the Looking Glass," Humpty Dumpty says scornfully, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." Alice replies, "The question is whether you can make words mean so many different ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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