Next class tell me what this is about and whether it's news or history?
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"It's ironic -- no, it's worse than that, it's appalling -- that, at the same time as the United States was prosecuting Nazi doctors for crimes against humanity, the U.S. government was supporting research that placed human subjects at enormous risk."
- DR. MARK SIEGLER, of the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, on a
program in the late 1940's to deliberately infect
Guatemalans with venereal diseases, in a test of penicillin.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
Who should decide what you need to know? Who should decide what you should eat, wear, look at, listen to, and read?
Most Readers Don't Like Customized News |
| from the you-decide-for-me dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 29, @17:33 (The Internet) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/29/2031251/Most-Readers-Dont-Like-Customized-News |
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An anonymous reader writes "Despite the push by organizations such as
Google and Yahoo!, a recent study found [0]not everyone is a fan of
web-based customization for news. The researchers defined customization
as when the user gets to choose specific topics to read on a daily basis.
Instead, some prefer personalization. This is when the system chooses
content based on a reader's past choices. 'The obvious assumption is
people would like more control over what they read,' Sundar said. 'We
found when it came to evaluating new stories and quality of content,
customization was the preferred method for power users. If you were not a
power user, you wanted the system to tailor the news for you.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/29/2031251
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/66907/20100929/researchers-online-news-google-yahoo.htm
Most Readers Don't Like Customized News |
| from the you-decide-for-me dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 29, @17:33 (The Internet) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/29/2031251/Most-Readers-Dont-Like-Customized-News |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
An anonymous reader writes "Despite the push by organizations such as
Google and Yahoo!, a recent study found [0]not everyone is a fan of
web-based customization for news. The researchers defined customization
as when the user gets to choose specific topics to read on a daily basis.
Instead, some prefer personalization. This is when the system chooses
content based on a reader's past choices. 'The obvious assumption is
people would like more control over what they read,' Sundar said. 'We
found when it came to evaluating new stories and quality of content,
customization was the preferred method for power users. If you were not a
power user, you wanted the system to tailor the news for you.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/29/2031251
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/66907/20100929/researchers-online-news-google-yahoo.htm
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Something more about twitter., which we were discussing int he last class. What is useful about twitter? :from the New York Times - September 30, 2010 12:11 AM
Can Twitter Lead People to the Streets?
Introduction
Twitter and social activismAlexandra Zsigmond
In The New Yorker this week, Malcolm Gladwell offers a bracing critique of the notion that social media like Twitter and Facebook are reinventing activism -- claims that were broadly made after Twitter became identified with protests in Moldova and Iran last year.
"Social networks are effective at increasing participation — by lessening the level of motivation that participation requires," he writes. And the "weak ties" created by these platforms, he adds, cannot promote the discipline and strategy that true political activism requires.
Can social media tools like Twitter nurture political action? What are their limitations and how might that change as social media mature?
Can Twitter Lead People to the Streets?
Introduction
Twitter and social activismAlexandra Zsigmond
In The New Yorker this week, Malcolm Gladwell offers a bracing critique of the notion that social media like Twitter and Facebook are reinventing activism -- claims that were broadly made after Twitter became identified with protests in Moldova and Iran last year.
"Social networks are effective at increasing participation — by lessening the level of motivation that participation requires," he writes. And the "weak ties" created by these platforms, he adds, cannot promote the discipline and strategy that true political activism requires.
Can social media tools like Twitter nurture political action? What are their limitations and how might that change as social media mature?
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