Social service agencies need safeguards when using AI

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by social service agencies to handle cases involving child abuse, intimate partner violence and elder abuse. But a University of Iowa researcher and former social worker ...

Job loss and AI-exposed jobs: Q&A with sociology professor

Jennie Brand, a UCLA professor of sociology with an appointment in statistics and data science, is an expert on the socioeconomic effects of job loss, including the long-term economic, psychological, physiological and intergenerational ...

'Sundown towns' linked to lingering racial bias

A sundown town is a community that prohibited Black people from staying within its borders after dark or from owning property. This was done through laws, signs, threats, harassment or violence. More than 150 years after ...

Main factors in pornography use among adolescents identified

A study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has analyzed which factors are most associated with pornography use during adolescence. The results show that the most predictive variable is gender, followed by problematic ...

New study finds gendered messaging can backfire

Campaigns and initiatives aimed at advancing equity for girls and women often reference gender—"The future is female" or "Fight like a girl," for instance. However, is such messaging effective in championing their abilities ...

page 10 from 27