Newsroom: Zuckerberg To Meet PM Modi Tomorrow
The billionaire founder of the social networking giant, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow and finds great potential in India. Zuckerberg added...
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TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Misery loves company, and apparently social media users are no exception.
When people are feeling low, they're likely to try to make themselves feel better by searching social networking sites for people who are doing even worse, Ohio State University researchers report.
Their study included 168 college students who used a social networking site when they were in a good mood and again when they were in a bad mood.
When in a good mood, participants tended to focus on people whose profiles suggested they were attractive and successful. When in a bad mood, participants showed more interest in people whose profiles indicated they were unattractive and unsuccessful.
The findings were published online recently in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
"Generally, most of us look for the positive on social media sites. But if you're feeling vulnerable, you'll look for people on Facebook who are having a bad day or who aren't as good at presenting themselves positively, just to make yourself feel better," study co-author Benjamin Johnson, an assistant professor at VU University in Amsterdam, said in an Ohio State University news release.
Johnson was a doctoral student in communication at Ohio State when he took part in the study.
The findings suggest that people could use social media to manage their moods, according to the researchers.
"If you need a self-esteem boost, you're going to look at people worse off than you. You're probably not going to be looking at the people who just got a great new job or just got married," study co-author Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, professor of communication at Ohio State, said in the news release.
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg at the first summit for Internet.org in New Delhi
The government, in its interaction with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg tomorrow, is also likely to ask him to promote Hindi on its social networking site.
Sources said the Facebook CEO on his first visit to India will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tomorrow and hold discussions with them.
On its part, the government is reportedly keen that Facebook should take up social issues of empowering the girl child through education and involve in aggressively campaigning against female foeticide.
It also wants its help in the ambitious Ganga cleaning up project, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking up in a major way.
Mr Zuckerbuck, on his part, is looking at deeper engagement with the government in expanding Internet penetration to villages and promoting creation of regional content.
Mr Zuckerberg is the third high profile CEO of a US-based firm, after Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Microsoft's Satya Nadella, to visit India in last few days.
He announced that Facebook is creating a $1 million fund to help developers develop apps for farmers, migrants and women. This will be a contest to drive new apps and services in local languages.
"Since 2007, Facebook has been working on new apps and services in local languages. About 65 per cent use Facebook in a language other than English, including 10 Indian languages," he said.
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Government Likely to Seek Facebook's Help to Promote Education
New Delhi: The government is expected take up with social networking giant Facebook social sector issues like education and empowerment of the girl child, female foeticide and 'Clean Ganga' campaign and seek its help in promoting them.
The government, in its interaction with Facebook co- founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, is also likely to ask him to promote Hindi on its social networking site.
Sources said the Facebook CEO, on his first visit to India, will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday and hold discussions with them.
They said that Facebook is keen for promotion of ecommerce and ehealth in India, besides taking up issues relating to expanding in the education sector during its chiefs interaction with the government.
On its part, the government is reportedly keen that Facebook should take up social issues of empowering the girl child through education and involve in aggressively campaigning against female foeticide.
It also wants its help in the ambitious Ganga clean up project, which Modi is taking up in a major way.
Zuckerberg, on his part, is looking at deeper engagement with the government in expanding Internet penetration to villages and promoting creation of regional content.
Zuckerberg is the third high profile CEO of a USbased firm, after Amazons Jeff Bezos and Microsofts Satya Nadella, to visit India in the last few days.
He announced that Facebook is creating a USD 1 million fund to help developers develop apps for farmers, migrants and women. This will be a contest to drive new apps and services in local languages.
Since 2007, Facebook has been working on new apps and services in local languages. About 65 per cent use Facebook in a language other than English, including 10 Indian languages, he said.
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Government to seek Facebook help to promote education
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