People around the globe often depend on informal financial arrangements, borrowing and lending money through social networks.

The results showed that older people were more susceptible to social influence, especially from the more impulsive person. After seeing someone who consistently chooses the impulsive option, older ...

A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies, including ...

When learning without any social influence, a different part of the brain, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex was involved. Persuasion Essential Reads. People Don’t Believe What You Say?

Social influence from phone communications is significant, reaching as far as four degrees of separation from the original caller, according to a new study.

Social influence and persuasion are powerful forces shaping our interactions and behaviors on social media. By understanding these mechanisms, we can become more aware of how we are influenced and ...

Foreign influence campaigns, or information operations, have been widespread in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election. Influence campaigns are large-scale efforts to shift public opinion ...

Truth Social, the right-wing social network, has faced one business calamity after the next since it launched in February. Two executives resigned after its app launch was mired with problems ...

The poll found that nearly everyone (93%) regularly encounters food on social media, and food-related posts make up almost 40 ...

Eating disorders and social media use are two big concerns when it comes to teens. Here is what the research and experts say about the connection between the two.