Nationalism – are the Games giving us permission to be loud, proud and Canadian?
UBC has a number of experts ready to comment on the phenomena of “strategic nationalism” – where hockey fever can induce patriotism – the lightning quick mood changes within social media and the...
View ArticleSocial media transforming how Canadians get the news, study finds
A new study finds nearly 60 per cent of Canadians – the equivalent of more than 15 million people – regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes...
View ArticleCanadians find mainstream news media more trustworthy than social networks:...
The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s...
View ArticleTIP SHEET: Post-riot insights and reflections
The University of British Columbia has experts who are available to comment on the post-game riots in downtown Vancouver. Social media and the police Christopher Schneider, Irving K. Barber School of...
View ArticleInviting customer complaints can kill business: UBC research
Giving customers a chance to complain can be a bad idea if customers believe they’re to blame for a product’s failure, a new study from the Sauder School of Business at UBC shows. “It’s commonly...
View ArticleSocial media: Where business and journalism intersect
Content is king. It’s a mantra familiar to anyone with the slightest awareness of social media. As the hunger for good stories and smart ways to tell them appears insatiable, UBC is preparing its...
View ArticlePlaying the numbers
Business grad and tech startup CEO Dustin Sproat scores NHL interest with hockey app Dustin Sproat’s professional hockey career may be over, but he’s still attracting NHL interest thanks to an app he...
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Growing up out loud — the class of 2017
For the class of 2017, “privacy” is a profile setting on your social media accounts. Infographic: Mark Pilon Many incoming university students were probably born sometime in 1995 when most of us had...
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Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ on Facebook may mean less giving
Clicking a ‘Like’ button on Facebook can make people less likely to donate to a cause in the future, says research from UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Would-be donors skip...
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Fighting crime one tweet at a time
Twitter can be an effective tool to solicit information from the public, says UBC’s Chris Schneider. Photo: aijohn784, iStock Researcher studies how police use Twitter to protect and serve Police...
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#AskArvind Twitter town hall
In the fall of 2015, UBC will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first class of students. As we approach this significant milestone, where are we headed? What’s in store for UBC’s second century?...
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Crowdsourcing and chaos: how social media can save the day
A collapsed middle school in Wenchuan Country still stands a year after the 2008 earthquake. Credit: Josh Chin/Flickr When a powerful earthquake devastated China’s Sichuan province in 2008, the...
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Branding the Oscars: how marketers leverage the social media buzz
Credit: Bright Vibes/Flickr Julio Viskovich, an Adjunct Professor with Sauder’s Marketing and Behavioural Science Division is also the brain behind social media strategies for some of the world’s...
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In a world dominated by social media, is there any role left for broadcast news?
Credit: Martin Deutsch In a world dominated by social media, is there any role left for broadcast news? Alfred Hermida, UBC’s new director of the Graduate School of Journalism and author of Tell...
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Envy key motivator behind many Facebook posts, but site hurts mental well-being
Credit: Flickr A new study by Sauder School of Business Professor Izak Benbasat and his collaborators shows that envy is a key motivator behind Facebook posts and that contributes to a decrease in...
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One in five adults secretly access their friends’ Facebook accounts
Most people are concerned about the prospect of their social media accounts being hacked, but a new study finds that it’s actually people we know who frequently access our accounts without our...
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What your tweets say about your commute
UBC postdoctoral researcher Saeid Allahdadian developed a method that uses social media data to map major travel routes to reveal areas in need of better transit service. Urban planners need mobility...
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What your tweets say about your commute
UBC postdoctoral researcher Saeid Allahdadian Urban planners need mobility data on how people move around the city, in order to improve transit service. But rider surveys can be costly and...
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Big data project to investigate online abuse of candidates during federal...
With a federal election approaching, Canadians are bracing for an uptick in political chatter on social media. So are university researchers from around the world. Heidi Tworek, an assistant professor...
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Why we need to live in social quilts, not echo chambers in times of COVID-19
Fake news is a growing phenomenon, and its impact on people, politics and public health, seems greater than ever before. With the advent of social media, misinformation about COVID-19, vaccines, or...
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