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‘The Everything War’: Inside Amazon with author and Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli

GeekWire

Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli is the author of the new book, “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” ” The role of Amazon’s culture: “I’ve covered companies for nearly 18 years at the Wall Street Journal.

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This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram

The Verge

Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram on teenage mental wellbeing reported on by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reported that the files showed Instagram knew the social media network has a negative affect on teens’ mental health.

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Study: Global comparisons of news consumption and shifting channels

Trends in the Living Networks

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford has just published the very interesting 110 page Digital News Report 2013 , which draws on an extensive survey of news consumption across nine major countries. Future of media Global economy Mobile Social media Uncategorized'

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Instagram internal research: ‘We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls’

The Verge

A new report from The Wall Street Journal suggests the answer is “pretty bad,” based on internal research conducted by Facebook that it’s been unwilling to share with the public. Research reviewed by Facebook’s top executives concluded that Instagram was engineered towards greater “social comparison” than rival apps like TikTok and Snapchat.

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Instagram to introduce “take a break” feature and “nudge” teens away from harmful content

The Verge

Facebook has been under intense criticism for the past several weeks, following reporting from the Wall Street Journal based on internal documents that Haugen provided.

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Inside Facebook’s struggle to keep young people

The Verge

The world’s largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base Earlier this year, a researcher at Facebook shared some alarming statistics with colleagues. If it doesn’t correct course, the 17-year-old social network could, for the first time, lose out on an entire generation.

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Why Should Associations Invest In Technology?

Kitaboo

However, the non-profit sector seems to be rather slow in catching up to IT, in comparison with other sectors. Also Read: Why Should Societies & Associations Publish & Distribute Journals on Digital Platforms? Social networking sites. Advantages of Technology.

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