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The metaphorical transparency of responsible media
We in India often complain about how the media doesn’t care enough to cover science stories. But when we’re looking back and forward in time, we become blind to the media’s efforts. Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, 2017, authoritarianism, BJP, climate change, counterproductive continuity, David Fahrenthold, Donald Trump, Facebook, Google News, ideologue, independent media, Jay Rosen, Jeff Leek, left-wing, Philip Stark, religion, right wing, Science, science journalism, science media, speaking truth to power, The Intersection, The Life of Science, The Wire, Twitter
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Curious Bends – big tobacco, internet blindness, spoilt dogs and more
1. Despite the deadly floods in Uttarakhand in 2013, the govt ignores grave environmental reports on the new dams to be built in the state “The Supreme Court asked the Union environment ministry to review six specific hydroelectric projects on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Tobacco, energy poverty, Facebook, Ganga basin, phages, Uttarakhand dams
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Ello! I love you, let me jump in your game!
The technology and digital tools of today are very rarely created, or deployed, keeping in mind the needs of the citizen. In this setting, Ello might be just the anti-Facebook we need. Continue reading
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Tagged Diaspora, Ello, Facebook, Marshall McLuhan, social network, social technology
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The federation of our digital identities
Facebook, Twitter, email, WordPress, Instagram, online banking, the list goes on… Offline, you’re one person maintaining (presumably) one identity. On the web, you have many of them. All of them might point at you, but they’re still distinct packets of data floating … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymity, bitcoins, blockchain, Crypto-Book, cryptocurrency, cryptography, digital identity, Facebook, federated identity, namecoins, OAuth, online privacy, OpenID
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Did Facebook cheat us?
No. There were some good arguments on this topic, swinging between aesthetic rebuttals to logical deconstructions. Here are four I liked: 1. Tal Yarkoni, Director of the Psychoinformatics Lab at University of Texas, Austin, writes on his blog, “… it’s worth keeping in … Continue reading
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Tagged A/B testing, behavioral studies, emotions, Facebook, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientific research, social science, Tal Yarkoni
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Hey, is anybody watching Facebook?
The Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013 kicked off a flurry of social media activity that was equal parts well-meaning and counterproductive. Users on Facebook and Twitter shared reports, updates and photos of victims, spending little time on verifying them … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Graph Search, machine learning, Patrick Meier, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, situational awareness, social media, Twitter
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A revisitation inspired by Facebook’s opportunities
When habits form, rather become fully formed, it becomes difficult to recognize the drive behind its perpetuation. Am I still doing what I’m doing for the habit’s sake, or is it that I still love what I do and that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Facebook, habit, perseverance, science communication, social network
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