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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Aug 2013 at 17:58 GMT
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Title: “Finally a legitimate academic study finds Facebook does indeed make people sadder - The Next Web”
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Media coverage of this article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 04 Sep 2013 at 17:56 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
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Title: “Facebook Makes Us Feel Bad About Ourselves--Here's The Research That Proves It | Co.Exist | ideas + impact”
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Media coverage of this article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 04 Oct 2013 at 21:29 GMT
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Title: “Why Facebook Makes Us Feel Bad | Resilient Youth”
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