Greening the next generation
AoB Blog,
The Green Planet by Leisa Stewart–Sharpe and Kim Smith, 2022. Puffin Books (an imprint of the Penguin Random House group of…
Spillover effect: Could GMO disinformation shake public trust in other scientific innovations?
Genetic Literacy Project,
Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation
SAIFood,
The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyone Science is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite…
Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation
SAIFood,
The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyone Science is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite…
Why conspiracy theories spread faster than coronavirus | Scott Radnitz
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
Did the virus originate in a US weapons lab, or is it a plot to destabilise Iran? The ‘infection’ of social media by these…
Using art to talk science
Latest Posts and Comments - Research to Action,
In a recent article on The Conversation, Tim Caulfield, Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of…
A climate denial video has 6 million views. Facebook doesn’t care.
Grist,
A two-minute video attacking the scientific consensus on climate change — made by infamous denier Marc Morano — is going viral.
Ученые нашли в твитах признаки надвигающейся эпидемии
N+1: научные статьи, новости, открытия,
По изменениям количества твитов, в которыm
Echo chambers are dangerous – we must try to break free of our online bubbles
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
Across the political spectrum we must all work harder to analyse our sources of information and our biases. The consequences of…
Research Article: Misinformation Spreading on Facebook (Preprint)
LJ INFOdocket,
The following article was recently shared by the authors on arXiv.
Donald Trump’s use of post-truth double-think politics is a threat to liberal democratic norms.
USAPP,
The election of Donald Trump to the presidency has sparked new debates over the nature of “truth” as the new administration…
Weapons of math destruction -- the review
Aguanomics,
I was excited to read this book as soon as I heard Cathy O'Neill, the author, interviewed on EconTalk. O'Neill's hypothesis is…
How to check if you’re in a news echo chamber – and what to do about it
Guest Work,
By Tom Stafford, University of…
echo chambers: old psych, new tech
Mind Hacks,
If you were surprised by the result of the Brexit vote in the UK or by the Trump victory in the US, you might live in an echo…
Peut-on répondre à la désinformation ?
InternetActu.net,
Depuis l’élection de Trump (voir nos deux précédents articles : « Trump : les 5 échecs des nouvelles technologies » et « Facebook…
Misinformation On Social Media – Can Technology Save Us?
STEAM Register,
Filippo Menczer, Professor of Computer Science and Informatics; Director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research…
How smartphones affect our trust in others
Journalist's Resource,
This PLoS ONE study indicates that people who consume more information on mobile phones have less trust in neighbors, strangers…
Social Network Algorithms Are Distorting Reality By Boosting Conspiracy Theories
Co.Exist,
Talk of Facebook's anticonservative stance is in the news, but the issue of what news social networks choose to show us is much…
Coding Populism? Populismus und Soziale Medien
theorieblog.de,
In den Diskussionen um den derzeitigen Aufstieg des Rechtspopulismus in Deutschland, wird auch immer wieder der Einfluss der…
Why The Internet Isn’t Making Us Smarter – And How To Fight Back
I Fucking Love Science,
Technology Photo credit: Do you ever feel like this? It’s not helping you get smarter… Chris Hope, CC BY-SA…
Why the Internet Isn’t Making Us Smarter and How to Fight Back
STEAM Register,
David Dunning, University of…
Reassessing Collective Intelligence
dmlcentral.net,
“@MichelleFields you are totally delusional”: Collective intelligence in…
Wissenschaftskommunikation unter sozialmedialen Bedingungen (Teil 2)
Amuse-Gueule,
Danke für die lebhafte und konstruktive Diskussion zu meinem ersten Beitrag - so kann es gerne weitergehen! Ich hatte als "Vorguc…
How Misinformation Spreads On The Internet
Stephen's Lighthouse,
How Misinformation Spreads On The…
Facebook Is Making Us Polarized And Predictable
Co.Exist,
We only read and share things we agree with—with other people who are exactly like us.In the early years, people hoped "the Net…
Is Facebook Making You Stupid? A New Study Looks into It
Counsel & Heal : Top News,
According to a new study, Facebook encourages its users to only consider the information that confirms their beliefs and ignore…
Week in review – science edition
Climate Etc.,
by Judith…
How Misinformation Spreads On The Internet
I Fucking Love Science,
Technology Photo credit: Why are conspiracy theories so persistent online? Suzanne Tucker/Shutterstock A…
Altruism, Ants, and E.O. Wilson
The Society Pages: All Blogs,
Soldiers and citizens work together to fight flooding in North Dakota. Photo by Master Sgt. David Lipp. Last spring a…