As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life and business around the globe, countless industries are struggling to adjust how they operate in unprecedented circumstances. The media industry finds itself in a similar ...
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2020
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Conspiracy theories have been around for hundreds of years, but with the rise of the internet, the speed with which they spread has accelerated and their power has grown. Back in the 1950s, Eugene McCarthy promoted conspiracy ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2019
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Research at the University of York has shown that brands that "take on" their competitors in Facebook posts are more likely to get higher engagement rates.
Economics & Business
Jun 25, 2019
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U.S.-based journalism has gradually shifted away from objective news and offers more opinion-based content that appeals to emotion and relies heavily on argumentation and advocacy, according to a new RAND Corporation report.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2019
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German chemical giants Bayer admitted Monday its subsidiary Monsanto could have kept lists of key figures—for or against pesticides—"in other European countries", and not just in France.
Other
May 13, 2019
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Creating new policies that deal with important issues like climate change requires input from geoscientists. Policy makers, media outlets, and the general public are interested in hearing from experts, and scientists are ...
Environment
Apr 15, 2019
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A Deakin researcher is investigating how the media shapes the way we perceive "community" in rural areas.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2018
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Tech giants and open-internet activists, not always natural bedfellows, are fighting a proposed copyright law that returns for approval at the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Internet
Sep 10, 2018
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Once, when discussing our changing habits online, Mark Zuckerberg told his colleagues, "a squirrel dying in your front yard may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa."
Internet
Sep 14, 2017
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Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out fake news.
Internet
Aug 31, 2017
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