Labels are everything: New study reveals role of popularity in news articles
If something is most shared, we might assume that means many people had to read it and then deem it interesting enough or important enough to pass it on.
The Divided Dial explores the history and evolution of radio, focusing on shortwave's potential for global connection and its chaotic turns into propaganda.
The big idea: do we worry too much about misinformation?
Despite the widespread belief that the 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused mass panic, only 2% of listeners reported reacting in such a way. Most understood it was fiction.
"In Sydney Sweeney, America has rediscovered that women can have boobs," noting her influence on the return of appreciation for breasts in popular culture.