The “Narratives, Tech, and Countering Disinformation” session on February 20, 2022 will explore the roles, stories, and narrative framing play in both propagating and countering disinformation. Fundamentally, the group will discuss how technical solutions must be coupled with social interventions to effectively address the issue.

Vacation photos of zebras and whales that tourists post on social media may have a benefit they never expected: helping researchers track and gather information on endangered species.

When it comes to the design and development of socio-technical systems, the public interest isn't always a priority. A human-centered approach that includes input from the public is needed to build sustainable solutions.

Faculty from Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs and Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication are teaming up to present the workshop, “Techniques for Communicating Science in an Age of Declining Trust,” at the upcoming American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting.

New research released today [17 Feb] finds that, while the Knights of the Round Table have won global fame, most medieval heroic or chivalric stories in English have been lost. Meanwhile, more than three quarters of medieval stories in Icelandic and Irish survive to the present, in an unusual pattern suggesting island ‘ecosystems’ helped preserve culture.

A first-of-its-kind, eight-year study has found widespread and frequent lead poisoning in North American bald and golden eagles impacting both species’ populations. The paper, “Demographic Implications of Lead Poisoning for Eagles Across North America,” was published in the journal Science. Led by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Science Global, Inc., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, researchers evaluated lead exposure in bald and golden eagles from 2010 to 2018.