Author: Kalev Leetaru

How Do We Stop Driverless Cars And Autonomous Delivery Drones From Becoming Weapons?

We Can't Stop Harmful AI So We Must Find Ways To Counteract It

What If Social Media Companies Forced Us To Read Articles Before Sharing Them?

What If Social Media Users Had Expertise Badges?

Gatekeeping Is Not The Same As Censorship

Ranking the 2020 Democratic Candidates by Media Coverage

Explainable AI Could Help Us Audit AI Startup Claims

As Search Engines Increasingly Turn To AI They Are Harming Search

From Company Doctors To Fitness Trackers And Big Data

It Is Only A Matter Of Time Before Governments Control Our Smart Homes

From Cyberspace To Independence Square: Understanding The Impact Of Social Media On Physical Protest Mobilization During Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution

From Infallible Computers To Infallible AI & Data As Truth

Digital Assistants Could Learn A Lot From Reference Librarians

Could Public Reference Librarians Help Us Combat Digital Falsehoods?

UCSB: The Moral Mind

Announcing The Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard

FiveThirtyEight: Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention

GDELT Summary Now Supports Raw Result Counts

GDELT 2.0 API Now Supports Raw Result Counts

New York Times: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?

WashPost: It's The Mainstream Anti-Immigration Rhetoric, Not The Extreme, That's Shaping American Politics

WashPost: The Two Trumps On Display: Social Media Agitator, Reshaper Of Government

Politico: 'Everyone Owes Robert Mueller A Dinner … For All Of This'

FiveThirtyEight: Which Democratic Presidential Candidate Was Mentioned Most In The News Last Week?

NYTimes: How The El Paso Killer Echoed The Incendiary Words Of Conservative Media Stars

Twitter's Ban of McConnell Shows Tech's Censorship Power

How Fast Do People Speak On Television News?

Charting The Emotions Of Television News: A Look At A Decade Of Anxiety In The News

Charting The Emotions Of Television News: BigQuery + TV NGrams

Why Tomorrow's Political Leaders Must Engage With Technologists