Whatever we might think about current events in the United States, most of us could probably agree a backlash against traditional authority and expertise has ripped through the place. A fair share probably agree this discontent and distrust extends to experts in general, for instance, in the media, the economy, …
Twenty-first century journalism needs to shape up. It’s no surprise to anyone at Momma Data that the news hasn’t been behaving well lately. No less than Harvard’s Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy has lamented the poor behavior: And then there is the rise of ubiquitous, frequently bald-faced, misinformation and …
Many studies are not fabulous. Most are not dramatic. Most never see the media spotlight for good reason. I enjoy reading the daily research feeds but I wouldn’t dream of foisting the grand majority of findings on you. The media does a pretty good job spiffing them up but most …
I can’t get enough Top 10 Lists, the genre filled with carefully culled tips, symptoms, signs, mistakes, secrets and such. Next month we’ll hit the motherlode of numbered lists with the Best of 2013 clogging inboxes and news feeds. Granted these short bursts of infotainment can be helpful when starting a …
Bad news today for folks who like their information well-organized, detailed and free from the sway of hostile attacks in the comment section. Nasty comments have been creating problems for a while and now there’s scientific evidence. I first wrote about The Nasty Effect (the researchers words, not mine) in a post a couple months ago. The …