Media Ecosystems

Media Ecosystems

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Digital tools are pulling us away from fixed texts and back toward fluid, interactive communication.
A woman sits at a desk covered with tall stacks of papers, reviewing and pointing to documents as she conducts a purpose-driven peer review in a busy office setting.
Just because a paper passes peer review doesn't mean that what's written, or what the author asserts, is true. Here's why it still matters.
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The founder of GenZ Publishing joins Big Think from the infinitely unfurling confluence of print and digital.
lab leak SARS-CoV-2
In theory, scientists could've produced a deadly virus that accidentally infected lab workers. In practice, we know that didn't happen.
In the store aisle brimming with products, a person examines the label of a purple bottle, curious about the latest scienceploitation claims that promise groundbreaking benefits.
Timothy Caulfield, a leading science communicator, discusses the challenges of combatting misinformation in an age of information overload.
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Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni unpacks the technological zeitgeist in this exclusive Big Think interview covering media ecology, leadership, AI, human connection, and much more.
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“The problem with conspiracy theories is they're not just telling you a story, they're telling you a really good story. There's a hidden cabal behind everything that's happening, there's a secret pattern that you just have to be smart enough to detect.”
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What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
Do you live in a new desert?.
Most counties in the U.S. have only one local newspaper, often one that publishes weekly instead of daily.