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November 3, 2022
On Elon Musk’s Vision of Twitter as a Hive Mind
Assembly Fellow Joe Bak-Coleman digs into the idea of Twitter as a “collective, cybernetic super-intelligence.”
October 15, 2022
Anthem of Misogyny
The War on Women in North Africa and the Middle East
In her new book Anthem of Misogyny, Visiting Scholar Ibtissam Bouachrine brings misogyny, including violent online content, to the center of debates about women in North Africa and the Middle East.
September 22, 2022
The Misinformation Paradox: Older Adults are Cynical about News Media, but Engage with It Anyway
In a study with coauthors Imani Munyaka and Eszter Hargittai, Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles finds that older adults who are cynical about media “continue to read and share news they distrust.”
August 9, 2022
Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem
“Treat social media companies as potential polluters of the social fabric, and directly measure and mitigate the effects their choices have on human populations,” argue Assembly Fellow Nathaniel Lubin and coauthor Thomas Krendl Gilbert.
