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The Power of Images To MIslead

Yunkang Yang, et al By Yunkang Yang, et al
Yunkang Yang, et al

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How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or that the problem has declined overtime.

Ecology and Culture: How Environmental Factors Shape Cultural Differences

Alexandra Wormley and Michael Varnum By Alexandra Wormley and Michael Varnum
Alexandra Wormley and Michael Varnum

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In some parts of the world, the rules are strict; in others they are far more lax. In some places, people are likely to plan for the future, while in others people are more likely to live in the moment. 

Matriarchs in the Animal Kingdom: The Power of Female-led Societies

Tim Clutton Brock By Tim Clutton Brock
Tim Clutton Brock

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Of mice and matriarchs: the female led societies of the animal kingdom.

Book Ban Controversy: Mem Fox's Children's Book Labeled 'Pornography' in Florida

Sarah Mokrzycki By Sarah Mokrzycki
Sarah Mokrzycki

Ron De Santis at a podium that says: Florida, The Education State

Discover the shocking story of how Mem Fox's beloved children's book, Guess What?, was banned in Florida schools over a bathing illustration. Explore the conflation between nudity and sexuality and the implications of book censorship in the US.

Can A Photograph Change The World?

Beatriz Guerrero González-Valerio By Beatriz Guerrero González-Valerio
Beatriz Guerrero González-Valerio

young girl working in a factory

Portraying injustices is not something novel. From the beginning of the twentieth century to present day, many photographers have been concerned about leaving their mark. But can we try to change the world – even make it a better place – through a photograph?

How American Gun Culture Is Based on Frontier Myth

Pierre M. Atlas By Pierre M. Atlas
Pierre M. Atlas

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70% of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92% of Democrats and 54% of independents expressed the opposite view.

Why People Can’t Agree on Facts and What Is True

James Steiner-Dillon By James Steiner-Dillon
James Steiner-Dillon

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Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily by human-made emissions? With these kinds of issues dividing the public, it sometimes feels as if people  are losing our ability to agree about basic facts of the world.

How Republicans Whitewash Martin Luther King

Hajar Yazdiha By Hajar Yazdiha
Hajar Yazdiha

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January is a month that commemorates a darker, more recent memory of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists. The two issues—misuses of King’s memory and the Jan. 6 attacks—may seem like unrelated phenomena.

How The Pandemic Pushed Social Media Increasingly Tribal

Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, Concordia University By Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, Concordia University
Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, Concordia University

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Media theorist Marshall McLuhan suggested that each media-related extension of man comes at the expense of another organ. For example, by increasing reliance on visual media, we lose touch with oral communication.

Why Are People So Emotional and Unreasonable? (Video)

William E. Halal By William E. Halal
William E. Halal

young man sitting in a dark room, smoking

The Knowledge Age of the past two decades was supposed to bring greater understanding and even enlightenment. So why are people so emotional, misinformed, and unreasonable?   

Why Are People So Emotional and Unreasonable?

William E. Halal By William E. Halal
William E. Halal

young man sitting in a dark setting smoking

The Knowledge Age of the past two decades was supposed to bring greater understanding and even enlightenment. So why are people so emotional, misinformed, and unreasonable?   

What's Really Behind The GOP's Anti-transgender Agendas

Alison Gash, University of Oregon By Alison Gash, University of Oregon
Alison Gash, University of Oregon

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As a civil rights scholar, I have found that campaigns that mischaracterize LGBTQ-supportive policies as harmful to young people are a staple strategy conservatives use to galvanize their base.

How Political Polarization Is Affecting Mental Health

Elisa Brietzke, Queen's University, Ontario By Elisa Brietzke, Queen's University, Ontario
Elisa Brietzke, Queen's University, Ontario

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As a psychiatrist, I’ve never talked so much about politics with my patients as I have in the past two years.

Why People Resist Curfews and Lockdowns

Agnes Arnold-Forster, King's College London By Agnes Arnold-Forster, King's College London
Agnes Arnold-Forster, King's College London

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Though curfews have gained notoriety over the pandemic, they are not new. In the medieval period, curfews came in the form of an evening bell, rung to signify that the cooking and heating fires of the day should be covered for the night.

How Sociopaths Twist Evidence To Maintain Status Quo

David Guignion, Western University By David Guignion, Western University
David Guignion, Western University

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Conspiracy theories have mutated into conspiracism, a transformation marked by people rejecting proof and evidence in favour of frivolous speculation. 

Conservatives On The US Supreme Court Just Undermined People's Health

Debbie Kaminer, Baruch College, CUNY By Debbie Kaminer, Baruch College, CUNY
Debbie Kaminer, Baruch College, CUNY

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2022, blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate, which applied to virtually all private companies with 100 of more employees.

Why Google, Facebook and The Internet are Failing Humanity and Little Critters

Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com By Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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What is increasingly obvious is the dark side that is engulfing the internet and is spreading inaccuracies, falsehoods and propaganda to an unsuspecting audience.

Why Google, Facebook and The Internet are Failing Humanity and Little Critters (Video)

Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com By Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

internet company logos

What is increasingly obvious is the dark side that is engulfing the internet and is spreading inaccuracies, falsehoods and propaganda to an unsuspecting audience.

Why A Black Woman With Harvard Credentials Is Still a Black Woman (Video)

Areva Martin By Areva Martin
Areva Martin

A Black Woman With Harvard Credentials

Black women reaching the highest levels of success, like our former first lady, are not immune to the microaggressions prevalent in our workplaces, from "compliments" about how articulate we are to "advice" about striving too aggressively to succeed to assumptions that...

Why A Black Woman With Harvard Credentials Is Still a Black Woman

Areva Martin By Areva Martin
Areva Martin

A Black Woman With Harvard Credentials

Black women reaching the highest levels of success, like our former first lady, are not immune to the microaggressions prevalent in our workplaces, from "compliments" about how articulate we are to "advice" about striving too aggressively to succeed to assumptions that...

Observations from Nova Scotia to Florida and Back

Robert Jennings, Innerself.com By Robert Jennings, Innerself.com
Robert Jennings, Innerself.com

Observations From Nova Scotia To Florida And Back

Nova Scotia is a Canadian province of around 1,000,000 people and our home county in Florida has half that. But it is the public behavior in Florida that left much to be desired this time around.

What the Media Gets Wrong About Red-State Vaccine Hesitancy

Timothy DeLizzam 2020 Barry Lopez Nonfiction Prize winner By Timothy DeLizzam 2020 Barry Lopez Nonfiction Prize winner
Timothy DeLizzam 2020 Barry Lopez Nonfiction Prize winner

What the Media Gets Wrong About Red-State Vaccine Hesitancy

In May 2021, the late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” aired a public service announcement that told viewers to “grow the f*ck up” and take the Covid-19 vaccine. In the clip, a Trump-supporting White woman is belittled for spreading misinformation about vaccination risks via Facebook.

What Do We Really Want... and What Do We Really Need?

Rabbi Wayne Dosick By Rabbi Wayne Dosick
Rabbi Wayne Dosick

What Do You Really Want... and What Do We Really Need?

Most human beings want the same thing. Food. Shelter. Clothing. Good health. A sense of purpose. Education. Productive work. Prosperity. Friendship. Love. Happiness. For some, children and grandchildren. Inner peace. A meaningful existence. A life of decency and dignity. A worthy legacy.

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