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Lokman Tsui (Ph.D. '10) Interviews Oscar Gandy on Personal Data Protection, Privacy, and Surveillance

Gandy studies privacy and surveillance and is the author of The Panoptic Sort.

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Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases CARGC Paper 7

Ali argues that understanding rural communication is essential to analyzing the dynamics of our globalized world.

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Exposing Hypocrisy Can Be Effective in Reducing Collective Blame of Muslims for Individual Acts of Violence

A new study evaluated real-world video clips shared on social media to determine which were most effective.

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Study Finds Smokers Wrongly Believe Natural American Spirit Cigarettes are Healthier

In fact, there is no established science to corroborate these beliefs.

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Debunking Study Suggests Ways to Counter Misinformation and Correct ‘Fake News’

Debunking is more effective — and misinformation is less persistent — when an audience develops an explanation for the corrected information.

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New Meta-Analysis Shows Peer Influence Doubles the Risk Adolescents Will Smoke

Teens from collectivistic cultures also more swayed by peers than those in individualistic cultures.

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Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases CARGC Paper 6

In this paper, Mariela Morales Suárez examines the motivations and challenges of Cuban journalists.

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Refuting Groupthink, Network Dynamics Group Research Proves That Wisdom of Crowds Can Prevail

Real-world implications include climate-change science, financial forecasting, medical decision-making, and organizational design.

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What Viewers Learned From the 2016 General Election Presidential Debates

Knowledge about some issues increased but judgments about who was qualified to be president didn't change.

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Study Finds Linkage Between Social Network Structure and Brain Activity

People who are surrounded by different types of social networks use their brains differently.