A brand new publish on my Psychology In the present day weblog seems on the position of social media in serving to shelter pets discover new houses.
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By Zazie Todd, PhD
From the piece:
“Yearly, hundreds of thousands of canine and cats discover their new houses through shelters and rescues. More and more, shelters and rescues depend on social media to publish adverts for the animals of their care. New analysis revealed in Animals
seems on the position of Fb in animal adoptions within the US and whether or not
or not options of the Fb publish, photograph, and/or video affect the
animal’s probability of adoption.“The research aimed to look particularly at which posts bought probably the most
likes and shares on Fb and whether or not or not these animals had been
adopted throughout the research’s time-frame. It seems you could assist
adoptable canine and cats probably the most by sharing posts about them, however
“likes” merely don’t assist as a lot.”
Learn extra right here: Social media shares (however not likes) assist pets get adopted.
