Modeling the Spread of Online Hate as a Diffusion Network
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190821135258.htm The article “First of its kind mapping model tracks how hate spreads and adapts online” discusses how researchers at George Washington University are seeking to track online hate as it spreads through social networks. The article explains how “hate clusters,” or groups of people who share a hateful belief, transcend language, social platform, […]
A Revolution in Fashion Industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/fashion/extinction-rebellion-fashion-protest.html https://gallantway.com.au/blog/allbirds-growth-marketing-case-study/ The above two articles concern about how consumer choice could stirs up the fashion industry. On the final day of the London Fashion Week in September, the most important event of the fashion industry in London, hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists were protesting against the industry for emitting too much carbon with the […]
Bitcoin Transaction System and “Rich Gets Richer” Phenomenon
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0086197 In this research article “Do the Rich Get Richer? An Empirical Analysis of the Bitcoin Transaction Network” published in 2014, the authors represent the complex Bitcoin system as networks. Bitcoin is a digital currency traded online and the whole system is decentralized without an overseeing authority. The unit of the currency is one bitcoin […]
Epidemics and Agricultural Information Diffusion for Rural Farmers in Mali
https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/publications/Diffusion-of-agricultural-information-within-social-networks_Beaman_Dec2017.pdf In this particular study, researchers Lori Beaman and Andrew Dillon analyzed the diffusion of vital agricultural information in Mali, and used their results to evaluate whether there was evidence of gender inequality in receiving said information. The paper focuses on two important measures of network importance — “degree” meaning the number of links in […]
Solutions to solve asymmetric information
www.wallstreetmojo.com/asymmetric-information/ We talked about asymmetric information and how to find equilibria in markets with asymmetric information in class, using the examples of markets of lemons, used cars, and health insurance. However, in some equilibria, we can see that either buyers or sellers may suffer loss due to asymmetric information. Take the market of used cars […]
What Are the Biggest Challenges Technology Must Overcome in the Next 10 Years? – Scott Atran
https://gizmodo.com/what-are-the-biggest-challenges-technology-must-overcom-1837985525 In this Gizmodo article discussing technological obstacles in many fields with many different knowledgeable people, one individual, Scott Atran, uses logic we used in our class. Atran was mainly talking about how to tell the difference between real vs fake, and between good vs harmful in a world where it’s becoming easier everyday to […]
China’s Ban of Fake News and Prevention of Information Cascades
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20988363/china-deepfakes-ban-internet-rules-fake-news-disclosure-virtual-reality China recently enacted legislation to ban deepfakes and fake news published without disclosure of the fact. The government’s official stance is that deepfakes and other forms of fake news can be used to disrupt social order and create political risks. Although China has a rather controversial internet use policy for its citizens, ranging from […]
Disney’s Newfound Dominance in the Internet Streaming World
This past week, Disney media empire has expanded its reach to the small screen with the release of its on-demand streaming service: Disney+. This new service with all its promised features has been anticipated by consumer id ask ages during its announcing in this past April, and obtained a record number of 10 million new […]
Information Cascade – NFL Draft
It happens every year. A college football player that is considered to be a lock to go in the top few picks or at least the first round of the NFL draft will fall to the second round or even further. The reasoning is often unclear – some players have potential injury concerns, questions about […]
Analysis – Senate Intelligence Hearing On Fake News, Free Speech And Russia
Analysis – Senate Intelligence Hearing On Fake News, Free Speech And Russia by Antone Christianson-Galina The article states that Facebook, Twitter, and Google testify during the Senate Intelligence Hearing on fake news, free speech, and Russia. Our Political Analyst Antone Christianson-Galina examines the algorithms that have huge factors of politics through social networks. Democratic […]
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