Reading Time: 3 minutes Only by broadening our perspectives and asking questions can we understand the world and its diverse people
Tag: Social Media
The Internet’s progeny undermining democracy’s foundations
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why are Facebook and Twitter permitted to gainfully provide a platform for hatred and lies?
Your bills will go up – but don’t assume an insidious CRTC plot
Reading Time: 3 minutes The debate over internet, cable and mobile rates is far more complex than the Twitter universe reflects
In the fight for kids’ attention, parents don’t stand a chance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study shows Canadian kids see more than 25 million online food and beverage ads a year – mostly for junk food. It’s time for that to end
An open and shut case: how the backfire effect closes minds
Reading Time: 3 minutes When evidence contradicts our deeply-held beliefs, we tend not to change our viewpoint but to become more entrenched
Civil law under attack from new and powerful enemy
Reading Time: 4 minutes The disproportionate impact of activists through social media could swamp legally-held rights and trample on centuries of legal history
The lost art of face-to-face interaction
Reading Time: 4 minutes When is IT disruption of human communication disruptive of humanity itself? How many chances for personal interaction are lost because of automated interfaces?
Building digital bridges of tolerance and understanding
Reading Time: 3 minutes Good things happen when you look beyond the viewpoint that you’re convinced is right and take the risk of hearing a perspective you may not like
There is little that is new about fake news
Reading Time: 5 minutes Once upon a time, a news story wasn’t news until a legitimate news outlet carried it. Now, if it’s on somebody’s Twitter feed it’s a news story
Canada’s media: you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fake news was around long before Donald Trump made it a thing – and it hit Canada’s energy sector hard