The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties in TikTok’s Massive Success.
In just a few years, TikTok has become hugely popular. According to Forbes, TikTok has quickly risen from 300 million to 800 million monthly users in just one year. TikTok has become the standard for quick entertainment, with diverse content ranging from dance routines or cooking tutorials to comedy skits. TikTok videos have appeared everywhere, […]
Animal Crossing – A New Social Media?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/16/999944/coronavirus-animal-crossing-video-games-social-media/ Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released on the Nintendo Switch back in March, and has since sold over 22 million copies. The game came out just as the coronavirus pandemic was having widespread impacts across the United States, people began quarantining, schools were moving online, and other activities were cancelled. If you’re unfamiliar with […]
The Importance of Weak Ties in Social Activism
https://www.wired.com/2010/09/weak-ties-twitter-and-revolutions/ “Weak Ties, Twitter and Revolution,” an article published by Jonah Lehrer, examines the two contrasting views regarding the effectiveness of weak ties in social activism. Malcolm Gladwell argues in his “Small Change” article that social activism consisting of weak ties leads to high risk activism and that “real” activism should be formed amongst the […]
Social Network Structure of Manta Rays
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-manta-rays-social-bonds.html Social relationships are prevalent among animals and their structure can be examined using the tools of this course to help understand and better manage animal populations. This article explores the structure of social relationships among manta rays. It cites research published by scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation, Macquarie University, and the University of […]
Impacts of the Battery Day
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-battery-day-model-s-plaid-cybertruck-elon-musk/ On September 22nd, a big change in the stock market was made after what is called the “Battery Day”. It was a mind-blowing event in which Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, made several announcements about the company’s future plans and moves. First, he announced to manufacture their own new “tabless” batteries that could […]
“Among Us” – The game taking over 2020 | Game Theory
References: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-be-best-imposter-among-us https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/among-us-how-play-impostor-tips-strategy-guide https://www.inverse.com/gaming/among-us-imposter-tips-how-to-win https://www.redbull.com/za-en/among-us-popularity So no matter what your age may be, if you’re a gamer or at least keep up with any type of social trend you sure have heard about “Among Us”. Whether you’ve played it casually with a friend, saw a video online, or even read a newspaper article about […]
LinkedIn: Work vs. Friends
The Wall Street Journal just published an article about LinkendIn redesigning for a major update. The new features were tested in international markets beginning in Spring 2020. The most controversial new feature is a story setting much like in Snapchat or the other social media platforms that have adopted this temporary posting model. As a […]
Picking Friends to Avoid Pandemic Unemployment
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/business/economy/coronavirus-pandemic-income-inequality.html The New York Times recently published an article about how the coronavirus pandemic affected income inequality. Data released by the Federal Reserve indicated that families with lower pre-tax incomes showed larger earnings growth than their richer counterparts between 2016 and 2019. Unfortunately, with the 2020 pandemic, much of this carefully orchestrated progress was […]
Apple vs Epic Fight Over App Store Policies and Game Theory
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-hearing-in-epic-vs-apple-legal-clash-may-return-fortnite-to-app-store/1100-6482670/ Recently, Epic is fighting with Apple over Apple’s app store policy that requires developers to use Apple’s payment system in order for Apple to take the 30% cut. In August, Epic intentionally replaced Apple’s payment system with its own payment system to avoid the 30% cut, and then Apple removed Epic’s game Fortnite from […]
Game Theory Shows Why Diversity at Large Companies is so Important
Source: https://medium.com/@jonesrooy/how-game-theory-can-help-us-understand-why-diversity-is-hard-3e501e6841d9 The lack of diversity in large corporations has been a major topic of discussion for some time now. Some companies have taken steps to alter their recruitment process to gain a more fair pool of applicants. However, it is known that once diverse groups enter these corporations, they do not stay for very […]
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