The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.
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Victoria’s Secret learned a lesson other leading fashion brands and the industry at large are coming to realize: diversity sells. But when it comes to disability, brands aren’t quite there yet.
Publishing the comments of climate change deniers would be journalistically irresponsible. That’s why we’re redoubling our efforts to weed out misinformation.
In 2019 The Conversation will be taking a new approach to commenting.
Social media posts since Gerald Stanley’s acquittal have been saturated with vitriolic rants and myths. If reconciliation is to be more than an aspiration, settlers must acknowledge our culpability.
Cyberbullying has become destructive and feels unstoppable. Here is a five-step technique for dealing with it.
Comments sections may be scary places for reporters but, as the experience of one Slovak daily shows, when journalists engage with readers, it makes for better news.
Facebook should give the public more insight into how content moderation decisions are made.
You might think that trolling on the internet is done by a small, vocal minority of sociopaths. But what if all trolls aren’t born trolls? What if they are ordinary people like you and me?
The ability to say offensive things online on a daily basis without consequences led to new, and more toxic, norms for civic behavior.
Popular Science has announced that it will be closing online comments on its news stories. Uncivil commenters have an overly negative effect on readers, it claims, with a small number of negative commenters…
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