Dec 5, 2018

When you think about an idea like democracy, what might come to mind is people waiting in line to vote or participating in a town hall in a public space. Our public sphere, however, also involves technology. You can post a comment on social media or look up information on a town ordinance or read political news in the...

Nov 21, 2018

Using data to improve our predictions and performance has been a popular theme for popular culture in recent years. Our understanding of everything from politics to sports has been transformed by new techniques for gathering data and analyzing numbers. How could advanced analytic techniques be used to optimize student...

Nov 15, 2018

When we talk about money, we sometimes focus on our paychecks and yet there are numerous ways to consider financial or economic well-being. Different ways of framing questions of monetary resources, in fact, can suggest different perspectives on solutions and policymaking. On this episode, Christina Gibson-Davis of Duke...

Nov 7, 2018

Eighty years ago, radio listeners in the U.S. heard The War of the Worlds broadcast, an incident that sparked debate about the potential for misinformation in mass media. On this special episode, we report from the Misinformation Solutions Forum, an interdisciplinary workshop held in 2018 at the Aspen...

Oct 17, 2018

Many of us have access to a world filled with electronic media content and systems set up to facilitate our lives. What is our information environment like for families living with autism? Autism spectrum disorder affects communication and behavior. What challenges do families of people on the autism spectrum face...