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Engaged Reading Digest: Adobe's Reddit error, impact editing and good news for good news Paid Members Public
Today's digital journalism digest: good news, new job roles and Reddit trolls
Chat app groups can lead to more extreme views Paid Members Public
We know how closed groups work — and that suggests that a shift to chat apps will only increase polarisation.
Partisan satire and the mechanisms of unintentional misinformation Paid Members Public
The Washington Post has detailed the vicious circle between two different political groups that is breeding unintentional misinformation - and increasing polarisation
Twitter to UnLike Likes? Paid Members Public
Could Twitter be about to kill the Like? What impact would that have on the network?
The dangerous ignorance at the heart of Facebook Paid Members Public
The attitude Mark Zuckerberg is displaying towards news suggests a deep ignorance of the true dynamics of news and its role in society.
What causes Fake News to spread? People. Paid Members Public
For all the panic, soul-searching and debate about the “fake news” phenomenon, there’s one basic truth I rarely see discussed. Much of the blame for the spread of “fake news” can be placed squarely at the feet of the general public, far too few of whom actually apply critical
Social media and the annihilation of self Paid Members Public
One of the cornerstones of much social media theory is that it enables a constructed self: we show off the best version of ourselves. And it’s a neat theory that explains some of the depression people experience after spending time on social media – they compare the reality of themselves
ISIS recruits women via social media Paid Members Public
ISIS recruits women via social media [http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a20011/western-women-who-join-isis/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email] How ISIS uses social media to recruit women: > “The moment you indicate any sort of interest in ISIS or ask any questions about it on a social platform, you get 500
