Americans Don’t Live in Information Cocoons
Date: 25 October 2014
By BRENDAN NYHAN
Brendan NYHAN
Il 25 ottobre 2014 era una sabato sotto il segno zodiacale del ♏. Era il 297 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era Barack Obama.
Se sei nato in questo giorno, hai 11 anni. Il tuo ultimo compleanno era il sabato 25 ottobre 2025, 227 giorni fa. Il tuo prossimo compleanno è il domenica 25 ottobre 2026, in 137 giorni. Hai vissuto per 4.245 giorni, o circa 101.880 ore, o circa 6.112.804 minuti, o circa 366.768.240 secondi.
Date: 25 October 2014
By BRENDAN NYHAN
Brendan NYHAN
Date: 25 October 2014
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
David
Date: 26 October 2014
By JIM DWYER
Jim DWYER
News analysis; programers Dan Grippi, Max Salzberg, Ilya Zhitomirskiy and Raphael Sofaer are still pursuing dream of Diaspora, independent social network that is meant to defy Facebook and its invasion of user privacy; group raised more than $200,000 on Kickstarter to build network, which will be based on user freedom and will not aggregate data in hands of big business; remains to be seen whether project, and similar efforts, can put the so-called genie of privacy back in the proverbial bottle.
Date: 26 October 2014
By DANNY HAKIM
Danny HAKIM
News analysis; Freedom Forum, held in Norway to showcase and celebrate the stories of dissidents from around the world, is a strong reminder of several sobering global narratives other than Ebola and the Islamic State; tales of horror and struggle span globe from Sri Lanka to Swaziland, China to Cuba, making it difficult not to perceive a worsening of the condition of global human rights.
Date: 25 October 2014
By STEVEN JOHNSON
Steven JOHNSON
Op-Ed article by author and television host Steven Johnson observes increasing speed with which information about disease epidemics can spread via technology; compares 1854 London cholera outbreak, in which disease spread rapidly but information leaked slowly, to Ebola outbreak in which information has circulated quickly; contends high-speed dissemination of information contributes both to public safety and public anxiety.
Date: 26 October 2014
By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
International TRIBUNE
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: Correspondents report on influenza epidemics in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Date: 26 October 2014
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS