How Influencers on Social Media Help Brands Generate Revenue
Nowadays, companies no longer limited themselves to regular advertisements that we see on TV and news websites. In fact, we have been seeing more and more propagandas that are conducted in a more discreet way, specifically by Social Media influencers. Brands are investing more of their time and money on influencers. Bloglovin’ found that 63 percent of marketers […]
The spread of true and false news online
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1146 This article investigates the spread of news, finding that humans tend to spread fake news at a much higher rate than real news. The main reasoning behind fake news spreading faster was ruled to be the novelty of the information. Fake news was extremely prevalent during the last US election. The authors take […]
The justice cascade: Origins and effectiveness of prosecutions of human rights violations
This article uses new data to present a cross-national view of trends in human rights prosecutions. The author trace the origins of individual criminal accountability, the process by which this new norm has spread globally, and its impact on repression levels in those countries and regions where prosecutions have taken place. The justice cascade refers […]
Amazon Encroaching on Advertisement Competition
In this Wall Street Journal article, Lara O’Reilly and Laura Stevens discuss how Amazon is quickly becoming a formidable force within the advertising business. Although they only hold 4% of the market, Amazon has found its way to the No. 3 spot in the US digital ad market with only Google and Facebook ahead of […]
Melee Metagame as Payoff Matrices
I’d like to explore the moment a character grabs the ledge in Melee, but rather than deconstructing it into just a payoff matrix and trying to find a Nash equilibrium in it, I discuss about how knowledge of a payoff matrix can reveal a lot about the current meta of a current game. Melee can […]
Characteristics of Network Diffusion
https://complexitylabs.io/social-network-diffusion/ In class, we spent an extensive amount of time discussing the concept of network diffusion. Specifically, we focused on the network characteristics that give rise to the propagation (or lack thereof) of an idea throughout a network, and we found that Nash equilibrium calculations with a node’s direct connections led to an easy […]
Antivaxxers, Herd Immunity, and Epidemics
For as long as there have been vaccines, there have been those that are skeptical about its effects. However, the anti-vaccination movement has been growing to dangerous proportions over the course of the last 20 years. The health scare propaganda began with disgraced doctor Andrew Wakefield published a study on 12 children that implied a […]
How the trade riff and tension between China and America can be simulated.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-07-16/what-game-theory-says-about-trump-s-trade-strategy Currently, China and America are in a trade war causing increased tariffs and some products being restricted. Currently, China and America are going back and forth, throwing tariffs and resterictions on the opposition’s exports. However, this trade war can be modelled as a Game theory with the two participants being China and the US. […]
Ethereum 2.0’s Nothing at Stake Problem
Link: Ethereum Proof of Stake FAQ – What is the nothing at stake problem and how can it be fixed? Last time I explained Proof of Work, blockchains, and the Byzantine General’s Problem: A Simple Expanation of The Game Theory Behind Bitcoin’s Proof of Work System This isn’t the exciting full look at Ethereum’s Serenity […]
Organ Donation as a Market Problem
Facebook, one of the world’s leading social media platforms, announced an option for users to be able to add in their profile or their timeline that they are an organ donor. It also encourages users to share their story of how and why they chose to become an organ doctor. At first glance it […]
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