Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
No Longer Giving Away the Farm, Data Sharing Creates Industry-Wide Results
Where sharing industry information was once thought of as “giving away the farm,” it has since grown into its role as a commonplace technique capable of generating big results.
Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?
Around the United States, state lawmakers have been talking about – and legislating – ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses. Bt some of the approaches may do more harm than good, argues Neal Hutchens.
How Fake News Pulls Real News Into Its Orbit
Is the problem with fake news that individual stories confuse people? Or could it be, argues a new paper, that fake news sets the agenda that other and more legitimate media then follow?
Archived Webinar: Presenting Data Effectively
Crystal clear graphs, slides, and reports are valuable – they save an audience’s mental energies, keep a reader engaged, and make you look smart. This webinar covers the science behind presenting data effectively and will leave viewers with direct, pointed changes that can be immediately administered to significantly increase impact.
Some Champion Bloggers on the Role of Academic Blogs
Several winners of an award that recognizes scholar-bloggers in international relations were asked to share their thoughts on blogging and what benefits it has for them and their field.
Three Movies and a Play Explore U.S. Racial Politics
Three remarkable documentaries and a new play focus on race in America and the political responses to it, reports our blogger Howard Silver.
What Does the Future Hold for the UK’s Oldest Sociology Journal?
The incoming and the outgoing editors of Britain’s oldest sociology journal discuss what the future holds for the journal and what challenges face sociology in current times.
Worry About Adults and How We Come to Believe in Lies
We have entered an era of lifelong media education, says Michelle L. Stack. This includes an examination of how we freely share information about ourselves on social media that is then used to frame how we see others and ourselves.
