Social Influence

Genetics decide the skin colour of Indians, say CCMB scientists

Edit The Times of India 20 Nov 2016

The team also found that social structure defined by the caste system has a "profound influence on skin pigmentation". The skin colour was found to vary significantly among ethnic groups and social categories studied ... It found that, social category and associated SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism) explain 38.4% of the variation in skin color....

Trump opponents try to beat him at Electoral College

Edit Worcester Telegram 20 Nov 2016

BOISE, Idaho — Grass-roots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing ......

Trump foes appeal to Electoral College to deny him victory

Edit The Seattle Times 20 Nov 2016

Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican electors to deprive Donald Trump of the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to become the next occupant of the White House ... ....

Trump opponents look to Electoral College in long-shot bid to deprive Trump of keys to ...

Edit Japan Times 20 Nov 2016

Grass-roots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner. Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican electors to cast appeared first on The Japan Times . > ... ....

Is it an ad, or a social media post? Hard to tell

Edit CBC 20 Nov 2016

Deceptive marketing on social media is a growing problem that regulators in Canada and the U.S. are trying to contain. So-called influencers get paid to promote products, but not all of them are upfront about it ... ....

Trump opponents try to beat him with Electoral College

Edit Herald Tribune 20 Nov 2016

BOISE, Idaho — Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican ......

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook will fix 'fake news' problem but will not verify stories itself

Edit The Independent 20 Nov 2016

Facebook will take measures to tackle fake news being shared on the social network, Mark Zuckerberg has said....

CCMB scientists unravel skin colour genetics of Indians

Edit The Hindu 20 Nov 2016

A study of skin colour of 1,167 people belonging to 27 ethnic groups living in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar found that social structure defined by the caste system has a “profound influence on skin pigmentation”. The skin colour was found to vary significantly among ethnic groups and social categories studied ... Four social groups — general, scheduled caste, other backward caste and religious group — were studied....

Facebook's Zuckerberg urges post-Trump world not to 'disconnect'

Edit Deccan Chronicle 20 Nov 2016

The social network has developed solar-powered drones and a satellite to beam internet service to remote areas ... Facebook, the world's largest social network with 1.79 billion users, has been criticized by some as helping Trump to victory by giving a platform to fake election news and extreme-right blogs with untruthful attacks on Trump's opponent Hillary Clinton....

Protester storms stage during Ashton Kutcher event

Edit The Oregonian 20 Nov 2016

Ariel Gold held a sign that said "Airbnb Out of Settlements", and urged Ashton to "use his power and influence" to pressure Airbnb to remove their listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, People.com reports ... Ashton's calm and measured reaction was applauded by the audience, who shared video of him making the impromptu speech on social media ... ....

Tony Blair Wants To Shape Brexit Deal, Thinks Jeremy Corbyn Is A Nutter

Edit Huffington Post 20 Nov 2016

Blair is also said to be working with Jim Murphy, the former leader of Scottish Labour, to consolidate his numerous charity and business ventures under one umbrella to increase their influence ... going to be able to calculate, how much pain, how much difficulty, economic/social restructuring, is going to be necessary to make a success of that.”....

Handy with a horn

Edit Indonesia News 20 Nov 2016

'IF YOU look at the history of jazz you can see that singers influenced horn players, and horn players influenced singers... There has always been a strong connection. But, don't f ... ....

Being extraordinary

Edit The Hindu 20 Nov 2016

The idea that we are important only if we are constantly photographed, talked about and written about perhaps forms the foundation of our addiction to social media. The nature of social media thrives on the basic human need for recognition and importance. Over the years, we find that increasingly our students’ self-esteem depends on their social media presence....

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