Craig NewmanFalse news is spreading, turning deadly, and humans, not bots, are to blameThe sad serendipity of studying fake news proliferation is that when you log into Twitter to share a snippet of research just consumed…Oct 28, 2018Oct 28, 2018
Craig NewmanPipe bombs and exploding liesAs is now the norm for any sort of major story, there’s a flood of fake news afoot.Oct 26, 2018Oct 26, 2018
Craig NewmanFacebook a bigger threat to poorer teensSomewhere 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, 2018Oct 25, 2018
Craig NewmanNext on tap: social media and truth — no big dealI’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, 2018Oct 24, 2018
Craig NewmanCurrent reading: Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements In The NewsThis 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, 2018Oct 24, 2018
Craig NewmanA few sources on assessment metrics in adult and CBE programsI’m in the process of writing a chapter for a forthcoming book on competency-based education and non-traditional learning environments and…Oct 24, 2018Oct 24, 2018
Craig NewmanAn 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, 2016Apr 10, 2016
Craig NewmanThe Illinois budget impasse in depressing count-up clock formThe 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, 2016Jan 27, 2016
Craig NewmanWhat’s in my camera bag: I’m going to a NASA launch and I have a lot to packOn Thursday evening, NASA will fire a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft from Cape Canaveral…Dec 1, 2015Dec 1, 2015
Craig NewmanStar Wars on Google! Entrepreneurs behaving badly! Zuckerberg is a softy!Stories in tech today worth a few moments of your timeNov 24, 2015Nov 24, 2015