Whenever I have to fill out a form that asks me to designate my race and ethnicity, I always experience a momentary identity crisis. I am less than 50 percent European—23andMe has me at 50.4 percent ...

My colleagues and I studied almost three months of discussions on Reddit forums about cryptocurrencies to try to understand how people talk about crypto and Bitcoin. The loudest voices on the forum ...

Ideology and social theory critique encompasses a longstanding endeavour to uncover how belief systems, power relations and social structures are interwoven. Originating in Marx’s analysis of ...

On the heels of a global pandemic, Americans have lost an estimated 5.5 million years of life—an average of 14 life years lost per death in 2020. Recently, the U.S. hit 600,000 deaths and 33 million ...

Conservative voters have slightly larger amygdalas than progressive voters—by about the size of a sesame seed. In a replication study published September 19 in the journal iScience, researchers ...

The letter calls on Jews to take action against the “suppression of dissent” that is said to be dominating the United States. (JTA) — An open letter signed by about 50 prominent Jewish Americans is ...

Ideology has always been a critical element in understanding how we view the world, form opinions and make political decisions. However, the internet has revolutionised the way opinions and ideologies ...

Social media, both the phenomenon itself and the term designating it, are by now so commonplace as to escape direct questioning. It is in fact worthwhile to remind ourselves that the term denotes a ...

Research on moral foundations and political ideology explores how intuitive moral sensitivities shape and reflect ideological commitments. Moral Foundations Theory proposes that human moral reasoning ...

To many, these technologies are confusing or risky. But enthusiasts ardently promote them. As a cybersecurity and social media researcher, I’ve found that behind the hype is an ideology about social ...