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What social media communicates about the world's well-being

Social media may seem like a jumbled sea of smiley faces, selfies and status updates, but when scientists cast their nets, they pull up a haul of data that brings empirical order to the chaos.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions are finding that the well-being of a community can be determined through the collected posts of its individuals. And the information derived from the data has practical applications across a broad range of disciplines, from marketing to medicine to national security.

As people are more and more migrating toward social media for their social lives, , said Johannes Eichstaedt, a doctoral student in the department of psychology at Penn and a founding research scientist of the World Well-Being Project, which is pioneering techniques for using language in social media to measure well-being.

Eichstaedt discussed his work recently on the Knowledge@Wharton radio show on SiriusXM channel 111. (Listen to the podcast at the top of this page.)

The Power of Words

Eichstaedt and his colleagues have found that words, both positive and negative, are strong indicators of personality. By using algorithms to sift through messages in the milieu of social media, scientists find patterns that begin to emerge.

Social media increasingly becomes the platform for researchers to understand social trends, to understand psychological trends and to understand public health threats.

First, the researchers needed to harness the data. Their sample set came from 100,000 Facebook users who gave permission to be participants in the study. Once they agreed, the users were de-identified and their posts collected through an app. Then, they were given a standard personality survey. The scientists also analyzed Twitter by volume, focusing on the content in one billion tweets, rather than individual users.

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On December 10, BestWebFirms.com awarded Detroit-based Web Design and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) company Brown Box Branding the Best SEO & Web Design Award.

"We're thrilled to have been recognized as one of the best Web Design & SEO firms in the industry," said Jeff Bickley, Principal of Brown Box Branding.

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The Best Web Firms Investigative Review Process ranks the best web design agencies based on a number factors. Awards are granted to Web Development / Design and Marketing Agencies as a result of Best Web Firms proprietary ranking system, which includes client case studies, online research, review research, related awards, traffic reviews, proprietary studies, SEO rankings and other ranking sources.

"The Best SEO & Web Design Firms have shown that they understand some percentage of attention must be given to traffic generation via search engine optimization, not just traffic conversion," according to the website.

Brown Box Branding earned its award not only because it applies strategic SEO practices within the guidelines provided by search engines, like Google, but also because it helps clients to successfully improve their rankings. The company takes no shortcuts, and pulls its clients up through the search engine results pages until they're at a place where users will notice them.

Brown Box Branding's goal as a firm is to help small businesses apply some of the very same marketing strategies and branding techniques that large corporations use, while keeping costs affordable. With more people accessing the internet from mobile devices than ever before, the firm ensures all website leverage Responsive Technology, which allows the website to intelligently respond to the device a visitor uses to accesses the site, and reformats the website so that each user enjoys an optimized experience.

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Beijing (CNN) -- Censorship is a part of daily life in China. News articles are erased from online search engines, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are banned, and CNN is routinely blacked out for Chinese viewers.

Instagram was a huge hit in China -- until the government banned it during the Hong Kong protests.

"All good things must end," one young Chinese woman told me -- seemingly resigned to the fact that she can no longer post photos on Instagram.

While such restrictions would likely incite mass outrage in many Western countries, citizens in China often have no choice but to relinquish some personal freedom as the government keeps a firm grip on certain aspects of life in this booming society.

China's Communist Party will do whatever it takes to stay in power. Censorship is just one tool -- along with quickly quelling civil disobedience.

Of course, China feels like a utopia of liberty when compared with the repressive North Korean regime. I distinctly remember feeling a sense of freedom and relief when landing in Beijing after a recent visit to Pyongyang.

In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the average citizen has never heard of the Internet or social media. Contact with the outside world is forbidden for all but the most elite members of this reclusive society. Propaganda rules the television airwaves and fills the pages of state-run newspapers.

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Facebook has published a report detailing the extent of censorship in countries across the world, as well as the number of data requests.

The social network's Government Requests Report reveals the number of times content was blocked per country and the reason why, in its 'mission for transparency'.

Turkey - which recently blocked Twitter and YouTube due to a leaked government audio recording - also blocked 2,014 pieces of data defamation or criticism of Ataturk or the Turkish state.

Further down the blocking rankings, Pakistan is third with 162 restrictions, and Ireland requested 113 blocks.

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The numbers for data requests paint a different picture, with 12,598 between July and December in the US alone.

5,814 search warrants, 5,379 for subpoenas, 486 emergency disclosures and 919 miscellaneous requests put the US at the top of the data request chart, while the UK made 1,906 requests.

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