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Sometimes you just get some data across your desk that makes you lose faith. Do parents care what their kids are doing online?
Exclusive new research shows conclusively that high-income Americans get better service through social media channels. But why?
Research shows that subtle cultural communications patterns can result in catastrophe. What happens when this becomes the norm?
Peer through the cloud of spammers and cat jokes and you’ll find a remarkable pulse behind the social web that is changing the world.

Recent riots in India were fueled by social media rumors and the government is cracking down. Are social media-fueled panics inevitable? Social media sowing the seeds of panic
Are you being authentic on the social web? Why would you want to be?
What would happen if a great creative mind of the past surveyed the state of art of social media?
It wasn’t that long ago that we lived in an elitist, all-white, starched-collar business world. A view of radical change.
Can you really be addicted to social media? New research says yes … and here are the warning signs.
Social media communications might be expedient. But is it effective?
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