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Humans Broke the Internet. Understanding Them Better Might Help Fix It

By Timo Hannay | Published: April 20, 2018

This stark contrast between the internet's light and dark sides has become a defining characteristic of the digital age, writes Timo Hannay founder SchoolDash, but...

Also posted in International Debates | Tagged Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, internet, SSRC, Timo Hannay | Leave a comment

Facebook, SSRC Bravely Reinvigorate Research Collaboration

By Francie Diep | Published: April 20, 2018

We spoke with social-science ethicists about how well Facebook's initiative appears to protect users' privacy. They're skeptical, but still eager to see Facebook data...

Also posted in Announcements, International Debates, News | Tagged Facebook, Gary King, SSRC | Leave a comment

Speakezee Platform Matches Experts With the Curious Public

By Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor | Published: April 11, 2018

Speakezee, a labor of love by experimental psychologist Bruce Hood, connects willing experts and curious audiences. Now in it's third year, the platform has a...

Posted in Communication | Tagged Bruce Hood, Outreach, Speakezee | Leave a comment

Survey Asks Questions About Scholarly Journal Use

By SAGE | Published: March 27, 2018

In the latest iteration of a survey series she's been running for four decades, Carol Tenopir aims to assess the value of access to scholarly...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity | Tagged Journals, Publication Concerns, survey | Leave a comment

Are Ethnographers Ever Wrong?

By Steven Lubet | Published: February 28, 2018

Steven Lubet, the author of 'Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters,' explains the importance of his approach to investigating the discipline -- to 'put it on...

Also posted in Research, Research Ethics | Tagged Ethnography, Response, Urban ethnography | Leave a comment

Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

By Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor | Published: February 22, 2018

A combination of influences -- practice, classroom and POWER -- has made Patricia Goodson's book 'Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and...

Also posted in Recognition | Tagged Academic Writing, Patricia Goodson, POWER Writing, TAA | Leave a comment

Nick Seaver on Dissecting the Algorithmic Organism

By Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor | Published: February 16, 2018

When discussing the nexus of computer science and social science, the transaction is usually in one direction – what can computer scientists do for social...

Also posted in Impact, Interdisciplinarity, Interview | Tagged Algorithms, Algorithms as Culture, Anthropology, Ethnography, Nick Seaver | Leave a comment

Divining What a ‘Digital Truth Serum’ Can Reveal to Us

By Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor | Published: February 15, 2018

The underlying conceit of economist and data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s work, whether in his new book, on the op-ed pages of the New York Times...

Also posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Big Data, Google, Google Trends | Leave a comment

Storify is Dead. Responsible Data Stewardship Must Live

By Ian Milligan | Published: February 9, 2018

Storify is dead The service, which let you take social media content like Twitter and Facebook posts and aggregate them together into stories, announced that...

Also posted in Tips | Tagged Storify | Leave a comment

The Anthropological Roots of Ursula Le Guin

By Philip W. Scher | Published: February 8, 2018

A connection can be made in between Ursula Le Guin’s fiction and her father’s groundbreaking work in anthropology. His ideas – which had a profound...

Also posted in Impact | Tagged Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anthropology, Ursula K. LeGuin | Leave a comment

Cry from Publons: Let’s End Reviewer Fraud

By Publons | Published: February 6, 2018

Peer review has become a major editorial challenge for publishers worldwide, but options do exist to help tackle fraudulent peer reviewers. In this post from...

Also posted in Research Ethics | Tagged Fraud, Peer Review, Publication Concerns, Publons | Leave a comment

Survey Asks About Sci-Hub, ResearchGate, Video Discovery

By Social Science Space | Published: January 26, 2018

Since 2004, Renew Publishing Consultants has surveyed researchers, students, teachers, lecturers, professors, journalists, managers, clinicians, medics, librarians, government officials, and engineers, working across all sectors...

Posted in Communication | Tagged Publication Concerns | Leave a comment

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Communication

Humans Broke the Internet. Understanding Them Better Might Help Fix It

Facebook, SSRC Bravely Reinvigorate Research Collaboration

Speakezee Platform Matches Experts With the Curious Public

Survey Asks Questions About Scholarly Journal Use

Are Ethnographers Ever Wrong?

Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

Nick Seaver on Dissecting the Algorithmic Organism

Divining What a ‘Digital Truth Serum’ Can Reveal to Us

Storify is Dead. Responsible Data Stewardship Must Live

The Anthropological Roots of Ursula Le Guin

Cry from Publons: Let’s End Reviewer Fraud

Survey Asks About Sci-Hub, ResearchGate, Video Discovery

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