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Facebook as a research tool for the social sciences: Opportunities, challenges, ethical considerations, and practical guidelines.

open access: yesAmerican Psychologist, 2015
Facebook is rapidly gaining recognition as a powerful research tool for the social sciences. It constitutes a large and diverse pool of participants, who can be selectively recruited for both online and offline studies.
Michal Kosinski   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surfeit and surface

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2015
“Would you like another EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES?” (Carl's Jr computer, Idiocracy )
Monica Lee, John Levi Martin
doaj   +1 more source

Facebook: The Newest Weight Loss Supplement? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study sought to find a correlation between Facebook usage and exercise and diet habits among college-age females. A review of literature has shown the prevalence of eating disorders on college campuses and the pressures directly associated with ...
Longo, Jaclyn
core   +1 more source

Facebook drives behavior of passive households in stock markets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Recent studies using data on social media and stock markets have mainly focused on predicting stock returns. Instead of predicting stock price movements, we examine the relation between Facebook data and investors' decision making in stock markets with a
Baltakys, Kęstutis   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Over 500 million people interact daily with Facebook. Yet, whether Facebook use influences subjective well-being over time is unknown. We addressed this issue using experience-sampling, the most reliable method for measuring in-vivo behavior and ...
E. Kross   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Positive, complicated, distant, and negative: How different teacher‐student relationship profiles relate to students’ science motivation

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, Volume 94, Issue 8, Page 1150-1162, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Introduction Researchers note a consistent decline in adolescents’ motivation and participation in science. It is important to examine factors vital to students’ motivation in science, such as teacher‐student relationships (TSRs). Limited research in science has examined TSRs from a multidimensional or person‐centered perspective.
Emma C. Burns   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Facebook Usage on Undergraduate Students Performance in Irbid National University: Case Study [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA), Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2013, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate the style of Facebook usage between undergraduate students and the impact on their academics performance. Also, this paper was evaluated in the view of student the using of Facebook. A questioner was design for collecting data from a sample of 480 undergraduate students in Irbid National University.
arxiv  

Video Chat Application for Facebook [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This project is mainly written for the facebook users. In today’s world, there are many social networking sites available. Among those social networking web sites, facebook is widely used web site.
Chokshi, Shirali
core   +1 more source

‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper presents draws on interviews with individuals who have experience of creating, maintaining and utilising Facebook sites in memory of a loved one who has died by suicide.
Bailey, Louis, Bell, Jo, Kennedy, David
core   +2 more sources

Medical students' initial experiences of the dissection room and interaction with body donors: A qualitative study of professional identity formation, educational benefits, and the experience of Pasifika students

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The first experience of medical students in the dissecting room (DR) likely influences professional identity formation (PIF). Sparse data exist exploring how exposure to the DR and body donors without undertaking dissection influences PIF, or how culture may influence this experience.
Jacob Madgwick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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