Americans Don’t Live in Information Cocoons
Date: 25 October 2014
By BRENDAN NYHAN
Brendan NYHAN
25 octombrie 2014 era un sâmbătă sub semnul stelut al lui ♏. Era ziua 297 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost Barack Obama.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 11 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum sâmbătă, 25 octombrie 2025, 215 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe duminică, 25 octombrie 2026, peste 149 zile. Ați trăit 4.233 zile sau aproximativ 101.615 ore sau aproximativ 6.096.936 minute sau aproximativ 365.816.160 secunde.
Date: 25 October 2014
By BRENDAN NYHAN
Brendan NYHAN
Date: 25 October 2014
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
David
Date: 26 October 2014
By JIM DWYER
Jim DWYER
News analysis; programers Dan Grippi, Max Salzberg, Ilya Zhitomirskiy and Raphael Sofaer are still pursuing dream of Diaspora, independent social network that is meant to defy Facebook and its invasion of user privacy; group raised more than $200,000 on Kickstarter to build network, which will be based on user freedom and will not aggregate data in hands of big business; remains to be seen whether project, and similar efforts, can put the so-called genie of privacy back in the proverbial bottle.
Date: 26 October 2014
By DANNY HAKIM
Danny HAKIM
News analysis; Freedom Forum, held in Norway to showcase and celebrate the stories of dissidents from around the world, is a strong reminder of several sobering global narratives other than Ebola and the Islamic State; tales of horror and struggle span globe from Sri Lanka to Swaziland, China to Cuba, making it difficult not to perceive a worsening of the condition of global human rights.
Date: 25 October 2014
By STEVEN JOHNSON
Steven JOHNSON
Op-Ed article by author and television host Steven Johnson observes increasing speed with which information about disease epidemics can spread via technology; compares 1854 London cholera outbreak, in which disease spread rapidly but information leaked slowly, to Ebola outbreak in which information has circulated quickly; contends high-speed dissemination of information contributes both to public safety and public anxiety.
Date: 26 October 2014
By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
International TRIBUNE
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: Correspondents report on influenza epidemics in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Date: 26 October 2014
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS