Report finds half of negative comments aimed at Rian Johnson’s movie came from Twitter bots or trolls, indicating fan backlash was overstatedMore than half of the hostile responses to The Last Jedi, episode eight of the Star Wars saga, were politically motivated trolling or the result of non-human bot activity, according to an academic paper published by a US digital media expert.Morten Bay, a research fellow at the University of Southern California (USC), analysed Twitter activity about the film and concluded that more than 50% of posts are by “bots, trolls/sockpuppets or political activists using the debate to propagate political messages supporting extreme rightwing causes and the discrimination of gender, race or sexuality. A number of these users appear to be Russian trolls.” Related: The Last Jedi's Kelly Marie Tran speaks out against online bullying Related: Did Russia fake black activism on Facebook to sow division in the US? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Even as China's leaders promise a more liberal future for the country, they are suppressing those who would tell the truthThe year began with journalists from China's Southern Weekly striking because their paper had spiked a leader calling for constitutional protections for individual liberty at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phil Robertson was suspended by A&E for bigoted comments in GQ. Conservatives cry foul, but it hardly violates his rightsThe right to free speech isn't just a fundamental American value; it's enshrined in the first amendment to our constitution. If only the most loud-mouthed among us... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Call on police and prosecutors by women's group EVAW comes as report reveals extent of sexual harassment on social mediaWomen's groups are calling on the police and prosecutors to treat abuse of women and girls online as "robustly" as they do offline, as a report published on Thursday reveals... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company Really Big Coloring Books Inc. says the book is already on its third printing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literature. Love. They get skewered — though generously — by Los Angeles author Mark Haskell Smith in his new novel, 'Raw: A Love Story.'It's impossible to count how many times literature has died. In the last century alone, it's been killed by radio, television, comic books, video games and,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Weekly Children's Starred Reviews Annual is your source for the best books that 2013 has to offer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Double festive edition on sale on Wednesday will cost £3.20 – a 14% increase on last yearRadio Times is bringing back Santa Claus for its Christmas cover for the first time since 2009, when he was banished as a "symbol of indulgence", although readers will have to stomach a 14% cover price... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the WeekThis week's comedy newsThe gloves are off in Brand versus the Sun. On Saturday, the never-knowingly-underexposed comedian wrote a piece for this paper accusing the Sun on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian Anderson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nick Cave, Neil Gaiman and Thandie Newton will be among... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookmate, a Russian ebook subscription service, wants to attract English language publishers to its platform to cater to developing markets. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suzanne Collins says she 'sort of completed' a goal of hers this fall by releasing her children's book 'Year of the Jungle,' which examines war from a child's point of view. Collins wants to write a book about war for every child age group, she says. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist John Grisham talks about his return to Ford County in 'Sycamore Row' and an unpleasant stint as a politician.John Grisham is the world's most successful author of legal thrillers (and one baseball novel, last year's "Calico Joe") with sales of more than 275 million copies to his credit.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson has acquired a new anthology of life-writing from and about the First World War,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unicorn Press has announced a new sales and distribution contract with the publishing arm of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"I find way too many inaccuracies," MacKenzie Bezos writes in a critical Amazon.com review of a new book about the company her husband founded.The vast majority of the 45 Amazon.com customers who have reviewed Bloomberg Businessweek writer Brad Stone's new book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As he looks out on spectacular palm tree-lined fairways bordered by crashing waves on any number of golf courses he regularly frequents in his beloved home state of Hawaii, Dennis Francis often thinks about how his favorite pastime is so much like th ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actors Joanna Lumley, Julia McKenzie, Rob Brydon and Miranda Hart are to star in the BBC1... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book seller Kobo suspends all self-published books from its UK store after the discovery of abuse-themed titles on sale. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Researchers from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) spoke with online editors and community managers at 104 news organizations from 63 countries to help assemble a report written by Emma Goodman about what works and wh ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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