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Craig Newman

Craig Newman

False news is spreading, turning deadly, and humans, not bots, are to blame

The sad serendipity of studying fake news proliferation is that when you log into Twitter to share a snippet of research just consumed…

Oct 28, 2018

False news is spreading, turning deadly, and humans, not bots, are to blame

Oct 28, 2018

Craig Newman

Pipe bombs and exploding lies

As is now the norm for any sort of major story, there’s a flood of fake news afoot.

Oct 26, 2018

Oct 26, 2018

Craig Newman

Facebook a bigger threat to poorer teens

Somewhere in my reading pile is this Pew survey from the spring which looks at the social media habits of teens. But this morning the main…

Oct 25, 2018

Oct 25, 2018

Craig Newman

Next on tap: social media and truth — no big deal

I’m slogging through a peer review edit, which will hopefully be done today. And I have some other bits and pieces to work on, but I hope…

Oct 24, 2018

Oct 24, 2018

Craig Newman

Current reading: Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements In The News

This was a Pew Center report from May which showed “the politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare…

Oct 24, 2018

Current reading: Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements In The News

Oct 24, 2018

Craig Newman

A few sources on assessment metrics in adult and CBE programs

I’m in the process of writing a chapter for a forthcoming book on competency-based education and non-traditional learning environments and…

Oct 24, 2018

Oct 24, 2018

Craig Newman

An Aside on . . . Sam and Craig drink beers and talk to Daniel Kay Hertz about Chicago stories …

Recorded live at The Long Room on Sunday, March 20, 2016.

Apr 10, 2016

Apr 10, 2016

Craig Newman

The Illinois budget impasse in depressing count-up clock form

The great State of Illinois has been without a budget for six months now. Well, make that 210 days. Or, 210 days, 8 hours, 53 minutes and…

Jan 27, 2016

The Illinois budget impasse in depressing count-up clock form

Jan 27, 2016

Craig Newman

What’s in my camera bag: I’m going to a NASA launch and I have a lot to pack

On Thursday evening, NASA will fire a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft from Cape Canaveral…

Dec 1, 2015

What’s in my camera bag: I’m going to a NASA launch and I have a lot to pack

Dec 1, 2015

Craig Newman

Star Wars on Google! Entrepreneurs behaving badly! Zuckerberg is a softy!

Stories in tech today worth a few moments of your time

Nov 24, 2015

Star Wars on Google! Entrepreneurs behaving badly! Zuckerberg is a softy!

Nov 24, 2015

Craig Newman

Craig Newman

Recovering ex-journalist and current grad student. Follow along with my rolling lit review on matters of adult education and media literacy, won’t you?

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