With gamification, teachers can manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game.

that most people interested in technology are men

“From WDET’s perspective, we are always looking for ways to engage our community and increase our capacity for relevant and impactful local reporting

We have a natural tendency to trust images more than text. As a result, we’re easily fooled by data visualizations.

For instance, some research indicates Democratic and Republican partisans are more likely to take the time to respond to a political poll when things are going well for their respective teams.

“The question is whether that outrage is being used in productive and meaningful ways,” she says, “or whether the outrage is used simply to humiliate, shame, vilify, or intimidate people.”

By delivering likes and shares one at a time, by limiting options in ways that continually steer you back to the platform, and by showing you whatever it will take to keep you scrolling or watching videos, they are deliberately attempting to get their users hooked, he says.

Moral outrage plays an essential role in human society. It drives people to expose and rise against injustice. At its best, social media can channel moral outrage into action, as seen in the success of petition drives, boycott campaigns, and protest planning.

showed that four out of five Yelp users said they read customer feedback before making a purchase.

Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by both sharing and consuming information.