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The technically correct strapline
(Re)Stumbled upon this article, by Ed Yong in The Atlantic, July 2016, this morning. As usual, it is rivetingly packaged. The strapline in particular caught my eye: Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and … Continue reading
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Tagged curiosity gap, Facebook, headline, inverted pyramid, journalism, lichen, social media, The Atlantic, Twitter
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How science is presented and consumed on Facebook
This post is a breakdown of the Pew study titled The Science People See on Social Media, published March 21, 2018. Without further ado… In an effort to better understand the science information that social media users encounter on these … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, IFLScience, Mehmet Oz, Pew Research Center, scientific discoveries, scientific research, social media, social network, Twitter, user engagement
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Friends no more
Growing up, watching Friends was a source of much amusement and happiness. Now, as a grownup, I can’t watch a single episode without deeply resenting how the show caricatures all science as avoidable and all scientists as boring. The way … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-intellectualism, astrology, Bapstein-King comet, consumerism, Facebook, Friends, March for Science, Ross Geller, science communication, science journalism, TV show, Twitter
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The blog and the social media
Because The Wire had signed up to be some kind of A-listed publisher with Facebook, The Wire‘s staff was required to create Facebook Pages under each writer/editor’s name. So I created the ‘Vasudevan Mukunth’ page. Then, about 10 days ago, … Continue reading
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Tagged 140 characters, blogging, Facebook, social network, The Wire, Twitter, Vasudevan Mukunth
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Do your bit, broaden your science menu
Don’t judge the best science journalists in India after having read only the worst science journalism. Continue reading
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Tagged Fountain Ink, helium-3, ISRO, Reuters, science journalism, science writing, Scroll, The Hindu, The Telegraph, Twitter
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How infographics can lose the plot
if you don’t force designers to follow best practices when making an infographic, you’ll be setting a lower bar that will soon turn around and assault you with all kinds of charts conceived to hide what the numbers are really saying. Continue reading
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Tagged CNN-IBN, data, data visualisation, graphics, infographics, mainstream media, Network 18, News18, plots, Statistics, Twitter, vegetarianism
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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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Twitter isn’t impressed with what we’re doing about climate change
The Wire May 26, 2015 English is a happy language. At least the 10,000 most used English words are positively biased, according to a 2012 study conducted by mathematicians from the University of Vermont. To reach their conclusion, they used … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, hedonometer, Keystone pipeline bill, Kyoto Box, Mechanical Turk, natural language processing, Twitter
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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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