Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable—here's what happened
What a difference the birth of a granddaughter can make.
Business
Aug 16, 2018
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News tagged with credibility
Google, Facebook join news organizations in 'Trust Project'
Google, Facebook and other tech firms joined global news organizations Thursday in an initiative aimed at identifying "trustworthy" news sources, in the latest effort to combat online misinformation.
Internet
Nov 16, 2017
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Pope's encyclical boosted his credibility on climate change, especially among liberals
Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on climate change, "Laudato si'," sought to leverage the pontiff's moral authority and draw attention to climate change as a global issue that disproportionately harms the poor.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2017
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Public may be more accepting of advocacy by climate scientists than previously thought
Research published today in Environmental Communication suggests that scientists may have more freedom than previously thought to engage in certain forms of climate change advocacy without risking harm to their credibility.
Environment
Feb 27, 2017
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Millions of tweets analyzed to measure perceived trustworthiness
By scanning 66 million tweets linked to nearly 1,400 real-world events, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a language model that identifies words and phrases that lead to strong or weak perceived levels ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2017
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'Sleeper effect' accounts for durability of weak messages from credible sources
You don't need a Ph.D. in rhetoric to know that messages from a weak source - a P.T. Barnum-esque carnival barker, for example - typically don't hold much water. But according to new research co-written by a University of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2016
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Do think-tanks matter? A UBC professor says 'think again'
A UBC professor is suggesting government policy makers and advisors need to do a re-think when it comes to giving validity to reports coming across their desks.
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2016
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Clock ticking on 2015 climate talks deal: EU
Countries around the world need to act with a sense of urgency if the 2015 UN climate change talks on cutting emissions are to have a credible outcome, a top EU official warned Friday.
Environment
Sep 6, 2013
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New means to communicate population risk assessments among scientists and decision-makers
Population viability analysis (PVA) is a method used by conservation scientists for a range of purposes – including advancing conservation theory, planning, policy and management. PVAs are particularly important for assessing ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2013
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Apple clashes with Amazon in e-book case
Apple attorneys in the US antitrust case on e-books went on the offensive, attacking the credibility of government witnesses and seeking to debunk key elements of the government's case.
Business
Jun 7, 2013
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