Fat chats: The good, the bad and the ugly comments
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 23:02
in Mathematics & Economics
Cyberbullying and hurtful "fat jokes" are disturbingly prevalent in the social media environment, especially on Twitter, says the lead author of a study that analyzed well over a million social media posts and comments about weight matters. However, the researchers were also happy to find that the news was not all bad: many instances of support and advice were also observed, especially on blogs and forums.