Game ‘pre-bunks’ political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
Credit: Gusmanson A short online game in which players are recruited as a "Chief Disinformation Officer", using tactics such as ...
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Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research
Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT ...
Mobile phones help Americans encounter more diverse news
Thanks largely to mobile phones, Americans are reading news from a wider range of sources, though many do not read ...
Should secret voting be mandatory? ‘Yes” say political scientists in new book
Making voting more convenient does not combat low voter turnout but instead jeopardizes integrity of the ballotCredit: (University of Rochester ...
Cancer patients, clinicians find value in electronic real-time symptom
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Both cancer patients and their medical teams found it beneficial when patients ...
Corporations directing our attention online more than we realize
Credit: Photo courtesy Harsh Taneja CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social ...
How Twitter takes votes away from Trump but not from Republicans
In the 2016 US presidential election, Twitter made independent voters less likely to vote for Donald Trump but did not ...
SoundWatch: New smartwatch app alerts d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing users to birdsong, sirens and other desired sounds
Credit: Jain et al./ASSETS 2020 Smartwatches offer people a private method for getting notifications about their surroundings -- such as ...
Election 2020 chatter on Twitter busy with bots, conspiracy theorists, USC study finds
The partisan divide -- among the botsCredit: USC Institute for Information Sciences Bots and conspiracy theorists have infested the Twitter ...
Lemelson-MIT Program awards InvenTeam® grants to high school students nationwide
13 student teams receive up to $10k for invention projects that address local & worldwide problemsCredit: Lemelson-MIT Program Today the ...
University of Miami joins Global Cyberinfrastucture Network as a scientific partner
Collaboration with Brazilian researchers will focus on sharing datasets in real time for improved weather and climate change predictionsCredit: Diana ...
Seeing no longer believing: the manipulation of online images
Online images are not always what they seem, especially on social mediaCredit: Dr T.J. Thomson, QUT's Digital Media Research Centre ...
Global research center secures UN funding to extend work to Brazil
Innovative research uses video games to prevent online sexual exploitation of childrenCredit: University of Huddersfield Researchers at the University of ...
Internet connectivity is oxygen for research and development work
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Fast and reliable internet access is fundamental for research and ...