Social Media

Two important issues, COVID-19 and climate change, are just two recent examples of how misinformation is making it harder to resolve issues and, in turn, wasting your time.

This week, two separate political social media posts provoked heavy criticism, a campaign volunteer for Republican U.S. Representative Rodney Davis was…

Snapchat is a popular social media application that can send text messages, pictures, and videos among friends and family. But now, a similar app is…

Entrepreneurs and job-seekers in central Illinois can mark their calendars for December 3 and 4, 2018. Facebook is bringing a two-day workshop to…

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A couple of years ago, two people in Urbana were hit by darts fired from a blow-dart gun. They weren't seriously injured. That’s not what this story is…

The nation went into mourning when, just after the Civil War had finally ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. No one alive today can remember, but a…

If you are trying to keep tabs on the race for governor in Illinois, online social media platforms are some of the best places to do it. Venture…

An old friend of mine died recently. His last days were chronicled in real time on Facebook.First came a post that he was seriously ill and was in a…

Readers can’t “refresh” this page 20 times a day to see the latest information. And they can’t touch an underlined word to skip to another page to read a…