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The front page of the internet: Reddit. A place for community, conversation, and links. Within in this internet hub there are subhubs…
Grant Keenan
Dec 16, 2016
Citizen 4 Review
Citizen 4 Review
Edward Snowden’s journey from US military worker to global refugee seeking asylum and finally now to social pariah in some people’s eyes or…
Matthew Swimmer
Dec 16, 2016
Scholarly Conversations
Scholarly Conversations
People who have an interest in learning are not confined to have to pay thousands of dollars a year to access scholarly journals and…
Matthew Swimmer
Dec 16, 2016
Scholarly Conversations
Scholarly Conversations
Zhihu is a Chinese question-and-answer website where questions are created, answered, edited and organized by the community of its users…
Yunshen Gan
Dec 15, 2016
Scientific Studies
Scientific Studies
You can’t believe everything you hear. Scientific studies are constantly being reported, bringing incredible claims with them. Sometimes…
Aidan Krim
Dec 13, 2016
Scientific Studies
Scientific Studies
Science has long been a field that lacked oversight and has always been deemed empirical fact by the public eye. However scientific studies…
Matt Serrao
Dec 13, 2016
Science for the Laymen: How Reddit’s r/science Makes Academic Discussion Available for Everyone
Science for the Laymen: How Reddit’s r/science Makes Academic Discu...
One of the most popular websites in the United States is reddit. Reddit is large internet forum website where people can link articles…
David VanEenenaam
Dec 13, 2016
Scientific Studies
Scientific Studies
Although scientific studies are a useful resource, they cannot always be taken as fact. In today’s society many people obtain there…
Kyle Rosenberg
Dec 13, 2016
How reliable are scientific studies?
How reliable are scientific studies?
There are multiple reasons why results from some scientific studies are less reliable than people suspect them to be. This is mainly…
Veerle Bos
Dec 13, 2016
Media and Scientific Studies
Media and Scientific Studies
According to Clifford, in his article 10 Reasons Studies can be Surprisingly Inaccurate, the results of a scientific study may not always…
Rocio Perez
Dec 13, 2016
Trends of Journalism
Trends of Journalism
In his show, Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explores the dying breed of print journalism, and the downfalls that come with an increasingly…
Jack Trepp
Dec 13, 2016
Thoughts about Iran hostage crisis
Thoughts about Iran hostage crisis
I’ m not a political fans, and in other words I am not sensible to the so-called crisis and political events happened around me. To be…
Zhehui Stanley Yuan
Dec 12, 2016
Fake Science or False Reporting?
Fake Science or False Reporting?
In John Oliver’s youtube video on scientific studies, he discussed the importance of recognizing untrue information reported by media…
Summer Collins
Dec 12, 2016
Scientific Studies and Reliability
Scientific Studies and Reliability
Scientific studies are constantly popping up through the media in people’s daily lives. However, despite being scientific, not all of these…
Katie Weaver
Dec 12, 2016
Where are Scholarly Conversations?
Where are Scholarly Conversations?
On the forum website, Reddit, there is a science thread (r/science) where scholars can discuss topics based on research uploaded onto the…
Ben Sundook
Dec 12, 2016
Scholars Use Social Media Too
Scholars Use Social Media Too
To many, social media is a way to stay in touch with friends, a place to find funny videos of animals, and a place to stay up to date with…
Samantha Yezerski
Dec 12, 2016
Really Love Science?
Really Love Science?
Is it possible to turn what for some people is such a dry subject into something cool and interesting enough to want to see it on your…
Brit Dickinson
Dec 12, 2016
IFL Science
IFL Science
The IFL Science is Facebook page that posts statuses of recent events relevant to the Scientific community. Any Facebook user can comment…
Micaela Vargas
Dec 12, 2016
IFLScience
IFLScience
I have chosen the IFLScience Facebook page to examine the discussion of scholarly topics. It’s known for the “funnier” side of science…
Amanda Partlow
Dec 12, 2016
Absurd Claims
Absurd Claims
Often, morning talk shows and evening news shows report on ground-breaking scientific findings. On his show, Last Week Tonight, John Oliver…
Costas Efstathiou
Dec 12, 2016
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