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Why Should Anyone Believe Facebook Anymore?

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New Media Works misinformation, wired.com 1 Comment January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 1 Minute

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Contextual analysis is the method of examining a subject — such as a text, artwork, behaviour, or business — within its surrounding environment rather than in isolation. It interprets meaning by considering historical, cultural, social, and situational factors that shaped the subject, providing a deeper understanding of its purpose, intent, and significance
Taking words out of context and thereby thinking outside of the box
When creating content for my job, I consider how it can mutually benefit our audience as well as our brand
When is Advertising Contextual? (ALWAYS)
Markets Without Money
If you boil it down, it is about the future of capitalism — I like big, huge, scary topics like that (it comes out of my fascination for how [a business] balances customers and employees against the business [financial] goals that it has to meet)
Because they’re the most popular blogs within a particular niche, their communities effectively act as a support system for anyone who’s just now getting acquainted with a particular topic
The common myth that “the only way you can exert control (over algorithms employed by websites on the Internet) is limiting it and controlling how much you interact with it” limits people’s awareness that they need to acquire more literacy skills
My interests are too scattered and my thoughts too many to focus in on one thing
I have no clue what benefit will accrue to someone else who will read my record of occurrences and observations

Search Science

Scientists have to become better communicators
Someone needs to help Ben Thompson / Stratechery figure out the difference between Retard Media and Rational Media
Pay Attention: suppress unwanted information + become blind to what you do not want to see
As you + I … — as we may think
If you think outside the box, “externality” thinking is impossible
The joy of admitting when you don’t know
Why Library School?
Advice Doesn’t Help Us Generate Knowledge
Human Purpose That Unites All
Citizen science : how ordinary people are changing the face of discovery

Business Networks

Biases are “baked into” the network
They are there to tell you how to use the thing in the box
We saw with the pandemic that some organizations that struggled with change, and others that changed quickly
I have to be able to market my own self and take the fear out of it
I believe that everyone is good and has potential within them
People are strengthening their connections to their close ties, but losing the social capital of their weak acquaintances
Open Business Communications in Writing — Posts vs. Comments
Demographic Statistics about the WordPress Community
Low-maintenance open-to-all chats will motivate bonding among employees, allow the group-members to contribute whenever they want, and give a voice to all
By approaching networking with a mentality of service, you will show that you’re just as interested in helping as being helped

Marketing News

The more niche you go, the bigger the need to explain the value first before diving into product features
“All these things, I said we would do them, we did it,” Musk said
Look at the logos for Instagram, Mercedes and Mastercard and explain in your own words what you consider their positioning to be
When you try and please everyone, you will please no one
In marketing-business-land, we think about personalities a lot and we refer to this work as defining tone of voice (TOV)
Zines connect individuals to movements and/or cultures that share common lived experiences, and contain a collection of ideas, words, thoughts, artwork and poetry
In order to convert shoppers into buyers, here’s a list of the common shoppers you’ll encounter, and how to best approach and sell to each type
What brings people here despite all the criticism and negative perceptions in the air?
Meet people where they are right now: online
My First Follow

Top Businesses

While still engrossed in the worldwide health concern, I think that companies providing products that are health and wellness driven will continue to thrive in a bricks and mortar scene
France is the only country where Amazon has shut all of its so-called fulfillment centers after unions complained that they were still too crowded and filed a legal challenge
Macy’s transitions to an ‘’absolute minimum workforce” needed to maintain basic operations
Amazon plans to hire 100,000 people nationwide for full-time and part-time roles in Amazon’s delivery network and at its fulfillment centers
Don’t Break Your Bank to Demolish Your Property – Useful Tips to The Cheapest House Demolition

Freelance Business

One of the greatest causes for this is the stress and burnout associated with being unable to separate work life and home life
If anyone is harassing me, I can report the incident only to myself
As freelance travel writers, we are quite fortunate to have the liberty to work for anyone in any part of the world while residing in any geography
Why aren’t we nailing this remote work thing?
Being blessed enough to wake up and look forward to going to work, working from home or just the day in general is one of the best feelings in life
When you are starting out as a new business your main issue and hurdle to get over is getting your name out there and known
Price shoppers (looking for the *best price*) probably won’t pay fair amounts — whether you give them your prices right away or you spend time crafting an email and a custom quote for them
Need Home Improvement Help? These Tips Are For You!
Chasing things you don’t have
Boost Your Weekly Mood: Starting with Monday

Health Search

When it’s evidence-based that freestanding birth centres are cheaper and more effective, what is the problem here?
I want to speak to scientists and hear what they think and them ask me about what I have been doing with Emily for almost twenty one years now
The physical and spiritual are connected and that to have health in one, we’ve got to be healthy in the other as well
Stress is so bad for your general health and for your immune system
I was just talking to someone yesterday about what it will be like to be back at work
Seth Godin has been studying digital media “viruses” for more than 20 years, and he thinks much of what we have discovered about them comes from the analogy to epidemiology and the behavior of real viruses
The need for closure
SUICIDAL GENERATION
Chronic illness: Shh no one needs to know you’re chronically ill
Artificial Intelligence and the Healthcare

Data Literacy

The trick isn’t “correcting” an improper behavior but instead learning that different contexts come with different expectations
This cloud of metadata that surrounds data is itself data – metadata can be (and usually is) both
Recently, from doing my university work in my bedroom, I’ve been finding it hard to switch off and find a balance between work and relaxing
Exploratory Research / Online Survey: Levels of Literacy
In my mind, a library is a room ruled by books
It is much easier to define what it means to be literate or illiterate than it is to describe literacy
Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of media, including news, advertising, video games, digital media and social media
Tristan Harris Comparison of advertising (or programming human beings) to slavery
Part of being media literate is to recognize when the stereotypes enter your head space
A message for the common masses to use their logic and understanding before reacting to everything

Podcast Videos

How to Be the Most-Watched Person in the Known Universe
Scientific Qualifications: What Aravind Srinivas feels Science demands from (Good) Scientists
If you don’t get any attention, you won’t be in business
All of Your Advice is Kind of Outdated for the Problems that I’m Going Through
I Have Deep Sympathy for People …
That’s So Gross and Disturbing!
I had this instant opportunity to cultivate a sense of purpose for myself, which was now to like figure out what the hell had just happened back there in those previous 14 years … and to turn it into writing — and more than that: writing that might help someone else
Mainstream Ideas
I think at the end of the day: that’s populism
I think it’s a baby with the bathwater type deal

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