From Witness to Web Sleuth: Does Citizen Enquiry on Social Media Affect Formal Eyewitness Identification Procedures?

Identifying Witness Accounts from Social Media Using Imagery

This research investigates the use of image category classification to distinguish images posted to social media that are Witness Accounts of an event. Only images depicting observations of the event, captured by micro-bloggers at the event, are considered Witness Accounts. Identifying Witness Accounts from social media is important for services such as news, marketing and emergency response. A...

Citizen (in)security?: Social media, citizen journalism and crisis response

The use of social media in a crisis has been applauded, and is witnessing an increase in uptake among those involved in crisis management activities, including citizens. Whilst some challenges have been discussed elsewhere, somewhat lacking is a discussion on the impact of sharing information on the security of those that may have been recorded. Accordingly, this working paper aims to provide p...

Does personal social media usage affect efficiency and well-being?

How Web Search and Social Media Affect Google AdSense Performance

The purpose of this empirical and exploratory research is to investigate whether social capital through social media can increase online revenue through Google AdSense for conventional websites. Due to the fact that many Americans today are having problems with work and income, but still have time to spend on Facebook or other social media, it may be the right moment in internet marketing histo...

Does cognitive aging affect eyewitness recall and testimony?

Editorial Does Cognitive Aging Affect Eyewitness Recall and Testimony? T hE psychological science of aging has a long history of serving as the foundation for developing ways to combat or compensate for the effects of cognitive aging, especially for memory changes with aging (Reuter-Lorenz & Park, 2010). There are briefer but established efforts to bring our science to bear on devising age-frie...