I’ve mentioned Inoreader here for situational awareness and I’d say it’s the mobile app I use the most, literally 80% of my screen time on my tablet is this, and the rest is background reading on Wikipedia. That being said, I’ve spotted some things you guys might find interesting.
Analysis of cyberstalking research identifies factors associated with perpetration, victimization
The widespread use of digital technologies and the Internet has spurred a new type of personal intrusion, known as cyberstalking. Incidences of cyberstalking have risen, with the U.S. Department of Justice estimating that more than 1.3 million people experience this type of victimization annually. A new study has explored research to identify the factors associated with perpetration and victimization in cyberstalking. The study's findings can inform the development of efforts to prevent and address cyberstalking.
Conducted by a researcher at Sam Houston State University (SHSU), the work appears in the Journal of Criminal Justice.
Psychological science can help counter spread of misinformation, says new report
Debunking, "prebunking," nudging and teaching digital literacy are several of the more effective ways to counter misinformation, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association.
Written by a panel of U.S. and international experts on the psychology of misinformation, the report outlines the processes that make people susceptible to misinformation and offers solutions to combat it.
Study finds LinkedIn can trigger feelings of imposter syndrome
The use of professional social networking sites such as LinkedIn can stir up feelings of self-doubt, research suggests.
A survey of LinkedIn users showed that interacting with the popular site was linked with experiences of imposter syndrome—a feeling of inadequacy despite evidence of success.
People felt a lack of professional confidence both when they browsed others people's posts and when they posted about their personal achievements.
Living systems—unlike non-living or inanimate objects—use information about their surrounding environment to survive. But not all information from the environment is meaningful or relevant for survival. The subset of information that is meaningful, and perhaps necessary for being alive, is called semantic information.
In a new paper published in PRX Life, University of Rochester physicists and their co-authors have, for the first time, applied this theory of semantic information to a well-known model of living systems in biology and ecology: an organism or agent foraging for resources.
Information warfare abounds, and everyone online has been drafted whether they know it or not.
Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes. Unlike misinformation, which may be shared unwittingly or with good intentions, disinformation aims to foment distrust, destabilize institutions, discredit good intentions, defame opponents and delegitimize sources of knowledge such as science and journalism.
Conspiracy theories negatively affect their targets, new research shows
New research from the University of Nottingham and Northumbria University has found that conspiracy theories about social groups can have significant negative effects on their members.
In a series of empirical studies, Dr. Daniel Jolley, from the School of Psychology, along with Dr. Jenny Paterson and Dr. Andrew McNeill from Northumbria University, examined how conspiracy theories about Jewish people impact Jewish people's emotions and behaviors.
On November 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the stage during the plenary session of Artificial Intelligence Journey 2023, an AI conference in Moscow. Over the course of a more than 30-minute speech, the leader called for the advancement of AI models rooted in Russia’s “traditional culture,” warning that the Western programs that currently dominate the field are “xenophobic” and are engaged in the “cancellation” of Russian culture.
Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used
On Wednesday, news quickly spread on social media about a new enabled-by-default Dropbox setting that shares Dropbox data with OpenAI for an experimental AI-powered search feature, but Dropbox says data is only shared if the feature is actively being used. Dropbox says that user data shared with third-party AI partners isn't used to train AI models and is deleted within 30 days.
Useful? Or not so much? I’m gonna just email this one and see how much uptake there is, no boosting with a LinkedIn post here.