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The emergence of a North–South divide in the age-profile of Europeans’ life satisfaction

The traditional U-shape in wellbeing, with people’s life satisfaction lowest in their late 40s or early 50s, appeared to have been replaced around 2013-15 by wellbeing rising with age, driven by a collapse in the wellbeing of the young. This column uses survey data from 21 European countries to show while that the U-shape has […]

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A practical guide to running social media experiments

As social media platforms become ever more ubiquitous, policymakers are grappling with how to counter their effects on political attitudes and electoral outcomes, addiction and mental health, misinformation and toxic content. This column suggests practical ways that academic researchers can help guide the design of government regulations aiming to address these issues. The authors explain […]

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The majority of influencer advertising is undisclosed

Social media influencers have become a powerful advertising channel, but social media advertising is still little regulated, with limited enforcement of disclosure regulations. This column analyses over 100 million tweets from 2014 to 2021 for disclosure rates. The findings suggest that the vast majority of commercial content on social media is not appropriately disclosed by […]