Fake Ads in the Time of Trump
May 24, 2017 The recent focus on the viability of news stories has overshadowed another method of spreading false political information.
Internet Privacy
Apr 3, 2017
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web-Tracking
Oct 25, 2016 Over the summer, the tech giant substituted new language in its privacy policy that says browsing habits “may be” combined with what the company learns from a user's use of gmail and other tools.
‘Black Ops Advertising’ Dissects the Rise of Media Manipulation for Corporate Profit
Oct 4, 2016 The currency of maximum importance in our digital world is personal data, personal relationships and our very identities. The currency of maximum importance in our digital world is personal data, personal relationships and our very identities.
America the Illiterate
Sep 1, 2016 The change from a print-based to an image-based society has transformed our nation. All the traditional tools of democracies—including dispassionate scientific and historical truth, facts, news and rational debate—are useless instruments in a world that lacks the capacity to use them.John Oliver Warns That Problems Plaguing Journalism Will Lead to Widespread Corruption (Video)
Aug 8, 2016 The "Last Week Tonight" host talks about how political corruption thrives in an environment in which journalists are being fired or forced to focus on social media and click-bait rather than on reporting. He also admits that shows like his wouldn't exist without newspapers.
The Convenience of Customized Advertising May Come at a High Price
Jul 7, 2016 Further erosions of privacy are likely as companies develop more and better methods for gathering information on internet users.
BuzzFeed Dumps Ad Deal With Republican National Committee Over Donald Trump
Jun 9, 2016 Jonah Peretti, the media company’s CEO, said Trump’s presidential campaign is akin to cigarette ads—“hazardous to our health.”VIDEO: What Happens When You Ask People in the Regular Economy to Work for Free?
Nov 7, 2015 Toronto ad agency Zulu Alpha Kilo asked restaurateurs, personal trainers and architects to provide some of their product or service for free so shoppers could decide whether to buy it. “Get out of here” was one cook's response.VIDEO: Bernie Sanders Debuts First Campaign Ad
Nov 2, 2015 Called "Real Change," the ad casts Sanders as a principled and down-to-earth populist leader with the backing of millions of individual donors and a determination to take on Wall Street.
