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Economics & Business Oct 10, 2022

Claims AI can boost workplace diversity are 'spurious and dangerous'

Recent years have seen the emergence of AI tools marketed as an answer to lack of diversity in the workforce, from use of chatbots and CV scrapers to line up prospective candidates, through to analysis software for video ...

Social Sciences Sep 26, 2022

Clickbait extremism, mass shootings, and the assault on democracy: Time for a rethink of social media?

Social media companies have done well out of the United States congressional hearings on the January 6 insurrection. They profited from livestreamed video as rioters stormed the Capitol Building. They profited from the incendiary ...

Political science Sep 12, 2022

Political research benefits from AI methodology

How can AI assist the work of social scientists when studying our elected politicians? AI experts are developing methodologies to support the political research, in collaboration with researchers from the social science field. ...

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2022

Black children with complex communication needs face instructional deficits

Early childhood is a critical period for language development. For children with complex communication needs, support and training during this period of life can be essential for the development of effective communication ...

Social Sciences Aug 25, 2022

Research finds much more hope than hate in posts sent to England's women at Euro 2022

The vast majority of social media posts directed towards England's winning Euro 2022 football players across the tournament were positive, an analysis by Cardiff University's HateLab has found.

Social Sciences Jul 27, 2022

There is a lot of antisemitic hate speech on social media, and algorithms are partly to blame

Antisemitic incidents have shown a sharp rise in the United States. The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish civil rights group that has been tracking cases since 1979, found that there were 2,717 incidents in ...

Plants & Animals Jul 15, 2022

A race to converse with, and save, the ocean's brainiest eco-predators

In the 2016 sci-fi movie "Arrival," a linguist and a theoretical physicist race against time to communicate with endangered extraterrestrial heptapods wishing to share their wisdom and technologies with the human race so ...

Social Sciences May 2, 2022

What is the future of Black Twitter under Elon Musk?

Black Twitter, a subset of the platform distinguished by its hashtag, has been supporting and driving causes in the U.S.—including the Black Lives Matter movement—for more than a decade. But the future of the online community ...

Social Sciences Apr 28, 2022

Inclusive design and research methods will lead to more innovative, intelligent technology

A few years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University design researcher Christina Harrington was still making home visits for her research, she marveled at the response.

Social Sciences Apr 12, 2022

From CODA to Hawkeye, the surge of sign languages on screen is a sign of better things to come for the Deaf community

When Troy Kotsur was awarded Best Supporting Actor at the recent Academy Awards, he dedicated his win to the Deaf community. CODA went on to win Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, making it a major step forward for ...

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