social media – VM ●● 2020

Why people leave Facebook – and what it tells us about the future of social media

13/02/202013/02/2020

Mark Whitehead, Aberystwyth University The number of active users of Facebook (those people who have logged onto the site in the previous month) has reached a historic high of 2.45 billion. To put this in some context, approximately 32% of the global […]

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Social media isn’t causing more eating disorders in young people – new study

11/02/202011/02/2020

Ann John, Swansea University and Sophie Wood, Cardiff University There is ongoing debate about whether eating disorders are more common in modern society. Some say that as young people are both exposed to and share images of themselves in an unprecedented way […]