Open science, done wrong, will compound inequities
Now, open science is mainstream, increasingly embedded in policies and expected in practice. But the ways in which it is being implemented can have unintended consequences, and these must not be ignored. Source: Nature. Read all the paper.
Disinformation Isn’t Just a Tech Problem. It’s a Social One, Too.
Mis- and disinformation are often viewed as a cause of society’s ills. But a new report from the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder, which studied the global “crisis of trust and truth,” offers a different perspective on how to think about the proliferation of conspiracy theories and bogus info: The rise of disinformation is the product of long-standing social problems, including income inequality, racism,…
Twitter removes more than 3,000 accounts related to state-linked operations from countries including China, Russia and Mexico
In a blog post published today, Twitter Inc confirmed that a total of 3,465 accounts had been removed from their site. Source: Mail Online. Read all the paper.
Journalism schools often don’t teach audience engagement skills. Here’s how students can make up for it
This question became commonplace since I landed my first audience engagement internship about two years ago. Newsroom colleagues, classmates, industry veterans — even my journalism professors — did not understand the concept of audience journalism, let alone the fundamental role it plays in newsrooms. Source: Poynter. Read all the paper.
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
In 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm in one of the most lucrative industries in the world was headed for a crash. Reed-Elsevier, a multinational publishing giant with annual revenues exceeding £6bn, was an investor’s darling. It was one of the few publishers that had successfully managed the transition to the…
