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Why Is The Digital World More Toxic Than The Physical One?
Reflecting on what makes the digital world more toxic than the physical, the loss of identity and sustained interaction lead…
Is The Web Era Destroying the Innovative Spirit Of The Moonshot Era?
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of humanity’s great expedition to the moon, it is worth asking whether we have…
Media Coverage of Anti-Semitism, Racism Rise in Trump Era
President Trump generated an uproar this week with his widely condemned comments regarding four Democratic lawmakers of color, coupled with…
Is The Smartphone Behind The Web's Shift From Enlightenment To Entertainment?
Could the rise of the smartphone and the mobile Web be the cause of the Web's devolution, as our increasingly…
Why Do We Blame Algorithms For All Of Society's Ills?
It is not algorithms that have led to our societal troubles of today, it is the way in which society…
FaceApp Reminds Us The Rights We Sign Away When We Use The Web
Nowhere was the public’s failure to understand digital privacy on more prominent display this week than Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer’s…
Concern Over 'Russian' FaceApp Ignores That American Companies Sell Our Data Abroad
It seems this week’s privacy backlash against viral app FaceApp has much less to do with privacy than it does…
Forget 'Russian' FaceApp – Facebook And Social Science One Are The Real Russian Data Danger
Instead of focusing all of our attention on random apps whose developers just happen to be Russian, perhaps we should…
Academia's Facial Recognition Datasets Illustrate The Globalization Of Today's Data
While all of the digital privacy attention this week has focused on FaceApp, this concern belies the simple fact that…
NYTimes: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?
The New York Times' look at the 2020 Democratic field uses the TV Explorer to examine media coverage of the…
Gizmodo: How a Horrific Murder Exposes the Great Failure of Facebook's AI Moderation
Gizmodo's Brian Merchant quotes Kalev in his lengthy look at Facebook's failure to properly moderate the Bianca Devins images. Read…
Will The Kinescope Rise Again In The Era Of Deep Fakes?
In an era of digital signatures and GPS-stamped media, could cardboard kinescopes fuel the rise of deep fakes? Read The…
Automation Reshaped The Workplace In The 1960's But Will The Deep Learning Revolution Be Different?
We’ve weathered each previous automation revolution by creating new kinds of more highly skilled jobs. When machines can do it…
What Happens In A Digital World When Our Words And Images No Longer Age?
As we look back someday on the impact of the digital world, perhaps we will fondly remember a time when…
The FaceApp Furor Was Never About Privacy – It Was About Russia
The fact that we seem more interested in the app’s Russian heritage than we do in its privacy considerations reminds…
From A Thousand Stations And Nothing On To Streaming's Infinite Choice
In the era of digital personalization when everyone is watching something different, is there room left for shows that bring…
WashPost: Trump Didn't Introduce Racism To Conservative Politics – But He's Cultivated And Amplified It
The Washington Post's Philip Bump examines how media coverage of immigration and crime has shifted in the Era of Trump….
Is Social Media's Self-Service Fame The Root Of Online Toxicity?
In the social era’s world of self-service fame, the more outrageous one’s behavior, the more likely one is to achieve…
Is The Web Becoming About Talking Rather Than Listening?
The Web has transformed over the past quarter century from a place we go to learn and listen into a…
Is Enlightened Intelligent Speech Incompatible With Social Media?
Does social media’s emphasis of style over substance doom it to a future of entertainment over enlightenment and if so…
WashPost: Why Trump's Tweets Probably Weren't An Effort To Distract From The Migrant Camps
Philip Bump examines the hypothesis that Trump's tweets were an effort to distract from the growing migrant camp. Read The…
FiveThirtyEight: Which Democratic Presidential Candidate Was Mentioned Most In The News Last Week?
FiveThirtyEight's latest weekly roundup of the 2020 Democratic race. Read The Full Article.
Jerry Rogers Show Radio Interview On Immigration News Coverage
Kalev appeared on the Jerry Rogers Show today to discuss his analysis of media coverage of the immigration crisis.
TV News Highlights Immigration, But It's a 'Crisis' Only on Fox
President Trump has made curbing illegal immigration one of his signature policy initiatives, but how is the border “crisis” playing…