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Higher education
fromPoynter
8 hours agoStudent journalists may produce a quarter million bylines a year. Here's what that looks like - Poynter
Student journalists are actively producing a significant volume of work, contributing to campus life and press freedom despite challenges faced by student media.
NYC startup
fromFuturism
3 days agoNew York Times Makes Substantial Changes to Article That Glazed a Sleazy AI Startup: "Our Piece Should Have Included That Information"
Medvi, an AI-driven startup, faces legal scrutiny and regulatory violations despite being portrayed as a success story by the New York Times.
#twitter
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours agoSocial media was once a great global conversation. Now it's just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman
Twitter once felt like a global conversation platform that shaped personal relationships and values, but usage has significantly declined over time.
#journalism
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days agoReform voters least likely to see social media posts from friends and family
The Independent provides accessible journalism on critical issues without paywalls, emphasizing the importance of on-the-ground reporting.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days agoWe're Treating Alex Jones Like a Credible Voice?' Scott Jennings Blows Up on CNN for Promoting Crackpots' Criticism of Trump
Scott Jennings criticized CNN for giving a platform to conspiracy theorists while asserting Donald Trump's dominance over the Republican Party.
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 hours agoElon Musk's X cuts payments to users who post clickbait
Nikita Bier stated that aggregators had their payouts reduced by 60% and that total will be reduced by a further 20%. He emphasized that flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait every day crowded out real creators and hurt new author growth.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 day agoX says it's reducing payments to clickbait accounts | TechCrunch
Bier stated, 'It became abundantly clear: flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait everyday crowded-out real creators and hurt new author growth.' He emphasized that X will not compensate for manipulation of the program or its users.
Social media marketing
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Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
5 days agoAnalysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
Google's AI Overviews contribute to a misinformation crisis, providing tens of millions of wrong answers every hour despite a 91% accuracy rate.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
5 days agoAnalysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
Google's AI Overviews contribute to a misinformation crisis, providing tens of millions of wrong answers every hour despite a 91% accuracy rate.
fromFast Company
2 months agoHow to build your deep reading and critical thinking skills to better resist misinformation
The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of people admitting they're "addicted" to their phone. Tech companies, influencers, and other content creators compete for all that attention, which has incentivized the rise of misinformation. Considering this challenging information landscape, strong critical reading skills are as relevant and necessary as they've ever been.
Education
fromwww.dw.com
2 months agoFact check: How videos are recycled for political purposes
"Especially in times of crisis and conflicts, old videos and photos resurface on social media falsely presented in a current context," said Brittani Kollar, who leads media literacy efforts at the Poynter Institute. The US nonprofit supports fact-checking, training and media criticism. "In wars and conflicts, it's particularly hard to get video footage," she told DW. "That's why manipulated or fake videos often fill that gap, even when they've already been used in other contexts or previously identified as false."
US politics
fromFast Company
2 months agoMisinformation is scaling. We need to get better at countering it
Most days, an email lands in my inbox with the promise to amplify my growth-my newsletter subscribers, the reach of my podcasts, the number of client leads, etc. I've gotten used to random people pitching me on their services, and some of the messages expertly prey on my insecurities as a business owner ("you're leaving so much on the table," et al.). I never answer any of them, but I sometimes wonder which ones might actually be legit.
Artificial intelligence
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