As vaccine advocates we can change our tone but companies such as Amazon, YouTube and Facebook must stop profiting off human vulnerabilityWhen it comes to providing accurate medical information, social media is a hot mess. Reporting by the Guardian and elsewhere over the last few months has revealed many troubling examples: the top searches for vaccines on Amazon turn up anti-vaxx books instead; YouTube purposely keeps viewers on its website by suggesting increasingly conspiratorial content; Facebook is a safe haven for propagandists and helps anti-vaxx profiteers make money.The result? We are experiencing rising outbreaks of eliminated diseases like measles, and the World Health Organization has named vaccine hesitancy one of the top threats to global health in 2019.Well, here’s some advice you might not want to hear: we have to do a lot better a job at talking to fence sittersLucky Tran is a science communicator at Columbia University, holds a PhD in biology from the University of Cambridge, and is a board member of the March for Science. Rachel Alter and Tonay Flattum-Riemers are recent graduates from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Both are science communicators who focus on vaccine education and manage the vaccine-related content of the March for Science social media pages. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From curation to presentation, the personalized magazine app is rethinking how it packages up the world of technology–with professionals in mind. In 2010, when Flipboard debuted, it called itself a “social magazine.” At the time, that meant that it pulled in content from your friends’ Twitter... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Lewis is suing Facebook. The question is whether companies can be held responsible for the behaviour of their softwareMartin Lewis, the consumer advice and money-saving expert, is suing Facebook in a case that threatens the dominant business model of publishing on the internet. It raises... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Outbrain, Taboola and Revcontent have launched new products aimed at premium publishers in the past three months. The post Content recommendation networks look for a second act appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Calman, Alison Flood and Craig Sisterson have been revealed as the judges for this year's McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After two days of testimony on Capitol Hill, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wants you to know: He’s sorry — really, really sorry — about that Cambridge Analytica thing, and he’s open to some degree of internet regulation. Is he really sorry? If contrition is measured in a willingness to put on a suit... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has scooped world rights to Kassandra Montag’s After the Flood, a “riveting saga about a mother, her daughters, and their struggle to survive”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Disappointed about the high rate of evangelicals who voted for Trump, John Fea tells PW that he hopes his new book will encourage Trump voters to re-examine their relationship with the President. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Index Exchange said Wednesday that it is hiring 200 staffers by the end of this year, bringing its total headcount to 520 and signaling growth even as the overpopulated ad-tech business continues to consolidate.The company says its expansion is not only happening without outside investors, but... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles battled flooding in its flagship store, a decrease in footfall following terrorist attacks in the UK and “significant” rates rises last year to deliver an overall increase in turnover of 6.4% to £26.6million. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clay Stafford, founder and CEO of the Killer Nashville writing conference, has launched Clay Stafford Books, which will look to capitalize on the writing talent discovered at the writing conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As more publishers and booksellers release their gender pay gap data, we are keen to hear your thoughts on the figures being revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Curtis Brown Creative editor Rufus Purdy has launched a new company offering a range of editorial services for novelists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It doesn't seem so long ago that a lot of publications would compete for readers by publishing hagiographical stories about the world-changing visionaires at social media companies, including Facebook.Particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we may still think that Facebook... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's only been one day since the release of his novel “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,” but Sean Penn's foray into the world of literature already isn't going well for the Oscar-winning actor. Penn's print debut — a version of "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff" was originally released as an audiobook —... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A quartet of new and upcoming books extol the virtues of delving into great writing, whether aloud with the family or alone to quietly savor the words. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday that it opened an investigation of Facebook and the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the company’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify as scrutiny mounts over the social media giant’s handling of user data. The unfolding crisis at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday that it has opened an investigation into Facebook Inc.'s privacy practices. The social media giant’s stock quickly dropped more than 5% before recovering somewhat. Around 10:20 a.m. Pacific Time, Facebook shares were down 1.8% at $156.41 — down 19%... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is offering publishers more generous terms as part of a new subscriber tool, currying favor with the news industry at a time when Facebook is sending mixed signals to newspapers and magazines.Publishers will keep 85 percent to 95 percent of revenue when readers first buy subscriptions via... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Google under pressure to clamp down on YouTube conspiracies and low-quality clickbait, the search giant is launching a major new effort aimed at strengthening its relationship with news publishers–and perhaps keeping them from going under. At an event in New York today, the company... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality – but will it spell the end for dictionaries?• Read the text version hereSubscribe via Acast, Apple Podcasts Audioboom, Soundcloud, Mixcloud & Sticher. Join... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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