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Larry Downes: The US Government Shouldn’t Run the Country’s 5G Network (Harvard Business Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:57The Tactics Media Unions Are Using to Build Membership (Harvard Business Review)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:27I Ran 4 Experiments to Break My Social Media Addiction. Here’s What Worked. (Harvard Business Review)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 11:10Op-ed: Why Privacy Regulations Don’t Always Do What They’re Meant To (Harvard Business Review)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 12:16Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure
In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Google Fiber, as the effort was named, entered the access market intending to prove the business case for ultra-high-speed internet.
We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire (Harvard Business Review)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 12:03There’s a Gender Gap in Internet Usage. Closing It Would Open Up Opportunities for Everyone
[Commentary] We have all heard about a gap when it comes to participation of women in the tech industry. But the gender gap problem doesn’t stop there. There’s also a shortage of women using some of the industry’s products.
Why We’re So Hypocritical About Online Privacy
A recent meta-analysis of 166 studies, including 75,269 participants of 34 countries, explored the so-called “privacy paradox,” that is, the puzzling fact that people’s concerns about privacy rarely appear to translate into protective behaviors. Contrary to previous studies, the findings of the meta-analysis revealed that individuals who are more concerned with and informed about privacy tend to use fewer online services, set stronger security settings, and disclose less personal information.
However, when it comes to social media use, there is indeed a privacy paradox, as even individuals who express concerns behave quite carelessly, engaging in uncensored or inappropriate self-disclosure, making a great deal of their digital footprint public, and allowing a wide range of external apps to access their data. It has been estimated that nearly 40% of Facebook content is shared according to the (rather unsafe) default settings, and that privacy settings match users’ expectations only 37% of the time. Thus, it appears that no amount of privacy concerns will make social media users more cautious.
The US Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles
To the question, If the media were to cover the election again, with the benefit of hindsight, could we expect anything different? my answer is a sobering no. This is for two reasons: the way news is produced and amplified (the supply side) and the way consumers process news (the demand side).