December 2, 2020 / Last updated : December 2, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Virtual Mental Health First Aid Training available free of charge for Texas public library workers

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Virtual Mental Health First Aid Training available free of charge for Texas public library workers. “Thanks to a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center (Hill Country MHDD), in partnership with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, […]
May 25, 2020 / Last updated : May 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan’s lonely teenagers (BBC)

BBC: Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan’s lonely teenagers. “Maksat (not his real name) feels alone and misunderstood. He often expresses suicidal feelings – a noticeable change, his teachers say, from the boy they knew before the curfew was brought in. And then he met a ‘phone pal’ – Jalalbek Akmatov, a university student […]
August 29, 2019 / Last updated : August 29, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

BuzzFeed News: Teens Are Using Instagram To Cast Each Other In Fake Broadway Shows

Lemme put something nice in this newsletter for damn once, from BuzzFeed News: Teens Are Using Instagram To Cast Each Other In Fake Broadway Shows. “On Instagram, a whole subculture of ‘fake casting’ has popped up over the last year or so, in which young Broadway stans are auditioning for and casting their own imaginary […]
October 29, 2018 / Last updated : October 29, 2018 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Techzim: New Social Media Groups Popping Up Giving Zimbabweans Updates About Fuel Stations With Fuel

Techzim: New Social Media Groups Popping Up Giving Zimbabweans Updates About Fuel Stations With Fuel. “In response to the fuel shortages some innovative or rather ‘social media savvy’ individuals now have turned to social media platforms to crowdsource updates about which fuel station has fuel. Instead of wasting your fuel as you drive around trying […]
July 22, 2018 / Last updated : July 22, 2018 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Wired: How A Facebook Group For Sexual Assault Survivors Became A Tool For Harassment

Wired: How A Facebook Group For Sexual Assault Survivors Became A Tool For Harassment. “WIRED spoke to five women who were in the group, including Amanda, some of whom provided screenshots to support their accounts. They described harassment by many of those new profiles, who threatened in some cases to contact their abusers or to […]
May 31, 2018 / Last updated : May 31, 2018 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Youth Today: Every State’s Extended Foster Care Policies Now Available in New Database

Youth Today: Every State’s Extended Foster Care Policies Now Available in New Database. “The Juvenile Law Center released a new tool today that could help policymakers and advocates better understand and serve older youth — those over 18 — who are aging out of foster care. The National Extended Foster Care Review is a comprehensive […]
April 2, 2018 / Last updated : April 2, 2018 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Forbes: How Millennials Use Social Media To Become More Competent Parents

Forbes: How Millennials Use Social Media To Become More Competent Parents . “Parents have always sought out advice from others. Some generations looked to their parents and grandparents. Others relied on books from experts like Benjamin Spock. Today, 71% of millennials value the advice and insights they receive from parenting blogs, parenting websites, forums, and […]
March 17, 2018 / Last updated : March 17, 2018 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

University at Buffalo: Too much online support can be harmful for HIV patients

University at Buffalo: Too much online support can be harmful for HIV patients. “For individuals living with HIV, online communities provide the support system they need to engage in positive self-care, which is critical in managing the virus and its ill effects. However, as new University at Buffalo School of Management research finds, beyond a […]
January 29, 2018 / Last updated : January 29, 2018 ResearchBuzz New Resources

University of Kentucky: UK Special Collections Research Center Makes Available Records of Appalachian Social Justice Organizations

University of Kentucky: UK Special Collections Research Center Makes Available Records of Appalachian Social Justice Organizations. “University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) successfully completed work on its Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant, resulting in online access to the SCRC’s largest group of post-War […]
November 28, 2017 / Last updated : November 28, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Newswise: New UCI Study Reveals How Social Media Can Help People Lose Weight

Newswise: New UCI Study Reveals How Social Media Can Help People Lose Weight. “Sharing the triumphs and tribulations of your weight loss journey with other members of an online virtual support community plays an important role in achieving success, according to a new study from the University of California, Irvine. Entitled ‘Weight Loss Through Virtual […]
November 4, 2017 / Last updated : November 4, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Newswise: Want to Lose Weight? Snap That Selfie, Set That Goal, Share with Others

Newswise: Want to Lose Weight? Snap That Selfie, Set That Goal, Share with Others. “About those before and after selfies and public declarations of hitting the gym? New research co-authored by Dr. Sonya A. Grier, professor of marketing in the American University Kogod School of Business, confirms these announcements and progress updates are useful for […]