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Why CNN is changing up its polling for 2024
Oct 11 2024
Polls of the 2020 presidential election were at their collective worst in 40 years. No misfire that year was more striking than CNN’s. Its final poll before the election estimated that Joe Biden held a landslide-size lead of 12 percentage points over then-President Donald Trump
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
Jun 18 2024
Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering. Most are privately tragic, affecting only those directly harmed and their immediate relations. A small number, though, become politically notorious and, therefore, publicly tragic.
Q&A with Alex Edmans, author of May Contain Lies
Apr 30 2024
In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples—from a wellness guru’s tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder
How Online Black Resistance Efforts Outlive Political Clickbait
Mar 13 2024
By Raven Simone Maragh-Lloyd, author of Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital AgeFor my sanity, I’ve mostly avoided politics this 2024 season. Yet somehow, I found myself glued to the television for the recent State of the Union address — the “superbowl” for politi
Why science communication needs more storytelling
Feb 27 2024
by Emma Frances Bloomfield, author of Science v Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators.In 1999, Climate Research Unit (CRU) director Phil Jones sent an email briefly summarizing his process for combining measurements from climate proxy points, including ice cores and tree rings, t
Early polls can offer some insight into candidates’ weak points – but are extremely imprecise
Feb 19 2024
By W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections, Updated EditionThis article was originally published on The Conversation.Preelection polls have been inescapable early in the 2024 election year, setting storylines, as they invariably do, for
Learning to Negotiate from Historically Underestimated Communities
Dec 14 2023
By Sarah Federman, author of Transformative Negotiation: Strategies for Everyday Change and Equitable FuturesWhen people hear “negotiation,” many imagine a boardroom or maybe a diplomatic forum. Or perhaps their recent attempt for a raise or home purchase. Negotiating well, however, affects our
A Global Plastics Treaty Beyond Straw Men
Nov 06 2023
By Phaedra C. Pezzullo, author of Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of CareThis month, international leaders and representatives are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty, which aims to establish an international agreement on how to address pl
Why Small U.S. Cities are Acting like Reality TV Stars
Mar 20 2023
By David A. Banks, author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban AmericaWe’ve all seen headlines featuring interesting commentary on U.S. cities’ images or brands. In the lead up to my new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America,I’ve b
Global Communications in the Age of AI: A Q & A with Terry Flew
Mar 14 2023
We need to recognize the degree to which what appears to us as AI is in fact an aggregation of data and images that are already circulating in the public domain, and hence it is a socially spayed technology: it is not appearing as magic before us.