Journalism To become a journalist, Rajaa Elidrissi knew she would need a strategy. Growing up in a low-income household in Elmhurst, Queens, she started collecting clips at age 13. “I went to a high school that was not a high-ranking…
Public Opinion / Twitter Twitter data can provide a glimpse into public opinion, but a distorted one. This is the main finding of a recent study we conducted that compares Twitter data with polling data and election results. Fonte: NTNU…
Checking facts / political persuasion With just over two months until the election, we can expect a steep increase in campaign messages — especially ads, mailers, events and speeches. With the rise in messages, we can also expect a complementary rise…
Mass Surveillance When I was working at the CIA, if you had told me that there would soon come a youth rebellion that relied on lasers and traffic cones as sword and shield, and that it would come to paralyze one…
Internet / Information When the first Harry Potter book appeared, in 1997, it was just a year before the universal search engine Google was launched. And so Hermione Granger, that charming grind, still goes to the Hogwarts library and spends…
Tweeting / citations Tweeting about your research increases the number of citations it goes on to attract, according to a new analysis. Fonte: Chemistry World Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/does-tweeting-about-research-attract-more-citations/4012066.article?fbclid=IwAR3QTJpxl18TgZKvhoQla0vlIxkrXXeH-e4433ZTEKR2g4NhhOJXfQ63CTk Leia outros textos aqui
Finance / Muzzled World The press has rarely been under attack as it is today. Hong Kong’s new national security legislation has chilled reporting in a territory that was long a beacon of free speech. Russia’s harassment of current and former journalists has this month alone included detentions,…
Americans / Knowledgeable The rise of social media has changed the information landscape in myriad ways, including the manner in which many Americans keep up with current events. In fact, social media is now among the most common pathways where people…
Big Tech / Real change On Wednesday, four of the most powerful men in the world will answer pointed questions from US lawmakers who have real concerns about the massive tech companies these men lead. The big, overriding theme of…
Deepfakes / Some good Caroline McGinnes might be one of the few people in the world who knows what it’s like to lend someone a face. In a new HBO documentary, her eyes, nose, and mouth help cloak the identities…
