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All Tech Considered
Does Your Smartphone Go Next To The Salad Fork Or The Soup Spoon?
June 18, 2012 We ask the pros: Is it bad manners to have technology at the dinner table? Well, as with most things, it depends.
Shots - Health News
Patients Find Each Other Online To Jump-Start Medical Research
May 28, 2012 Through their Facebook pages, chat rooms and message boards, patients are recruiting each other to participate in medical research in a kind of virtual word-of-mouth. Patient-initiated research is especially appealing to people with rare diseases whom researchers can't easily find.
The Salt
A Meat Mea Culpa: What Went Wrong With 'Pink Slime'
May 24, 2012 Meat processors blame social media and their own lack of transparency for the "pink slime" storm. . But will consumers ever trust the industry when it comes to understanding how the food processing system works?
The Salt
Your 'Food Porn' Verdict? Keep The Photos Coming
April 26, 2012 In our poll on food photos on social media, 45 percent of respondents said that they like the photos and don't think the "culinary paparazzi" has gone too far. Still, some 28 percent of respondents said they're fed up.
All Tech Considered
A Job At What Cost? When Employers Log In To Dig In
March 21, 2012 Robert Collins says he felt "violated" when the Maryland Department of Corrections asked to log in to his Facebook account during a job interview. He's now pushing back, working with lawmakers to bar employers from asking such a privacy-invading question.
The Salt
North Dakota Food Writer Shows Why It's OK To Like The Olive Garden
March 13, 2012 Marilyn Hagerty's review of the new Olive Garden in Grand Forks, N.D., sparked snarky comments from big-city food bloggers. But she's got the last laugh. The 85-year-old grandmother is off to New York City to report on dining options there.
The Salt
Bloggers Replace Mom's Recipe Box As Source Of Food Knowledge
March 2, 2012 A new study says social media having an increasingly bigger influence over our food habits: Half of consumers use social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to learn about food. Almost as many seek out recipes on blogs and websites.
Shots - Health News
Facebook Aims To Prevent Suicides With Online Help
December 13, 2011 Facebook says it will connect people who post items about suicidal thoughts with crisis counselors via its chat service. But the intervention comes with privacy questions. Any information posted on Facebook is public information, and can be used by marketers or anyone else.
The Picture Show
A Teenager's Photo That Helped Inspire Libya's Revolutionaries
September 13, 2011 Teenager Zehra Tajouri's photo of her sister holding a defaced Libyan flag, taken on the first day of the uprising last February, became an online symbol of the Libyan revolution.
Shots - Health News
Drug Companies Shy About Facebook Sharing
August 22, 2011 Drug companies are taking down Facebook pages that refer to prescription drugs, fearing the ire of the FDA. But patients may lose out if they can't ask companies about how to use their products.
Blog Of The Nation
Google Plus: Do You Need Another Social Network?
August 6, 2011 Google's new social network takes aim at Facebook. It's fun, clean and easy to use. But, most people haven't been invited and aren't ready to ditch their Facebook accounts. Who really needs another social network?
Blog Of The Nation
#TheVerdictIsIn - What Do You Have To Say?
July 14, 2011 When the verdict for the Casey Anthony trial was announced, people reacted strongly in every way and in every form. The case was already a televised event but social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook took the uproar to new heights.
The Two-Way
Online Reports Detail Chaos, Deaths In Tunisia; Add Yours
January 13, 2011 As protests spread across Tunisia, we’re collecting social media from people on the ground. In this experiment by NPR’s social media desk, you can help us examine this citizen journalism and sort out the facts.
Blog Of The Nation
January 3rd show
January 3, 2011 In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, who will pay for social security?, and life's biggest flops. In our second hour, the politics of snow removal.
