After watching the new Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, huge numbers of viewers have taken to social media to express outrage and advocate for the release of Steven Avery, the subject of ...

It feels satisfying and rewarding to stand up for something you believe in. Almost as good as it feels to be a floppy couch-potato-binge-viewing-garbage-human with a laptop … aka, a “slacktivist.” ...

Would-be donors skip giving when offered the chance to show public support for charities in social media, a new study finds. Would-be donors skip giving when offered the chance to show public support ...

If you're the kind of person that likes to get political on social media, a new study has found that slacktivism can help. Slacktivism, for those of you who are unfamiiar, is the practice of using ...

Maybe slacktivists aren't slackers after all. In 2014, slacktivism — feel-good measures for a political or social cause requiring little time or involvement but with little practical effect, such as ...

The technology, adopted by Amnesty International, allows Twitter users to add their digital signature to online petitions simply by retweeting a message. Going digital: Twignatures on the Amnesty ...