Americans Don’t Live in Information Cocoons
Date: 25 October 2014
By BRENDAN NYHAN
Brendan NYHAN
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Attacks in West Raise New Fears Over ISIS’ Influence
Date: 25 October 2014
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
David
The Big Bang of Social Networking
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.
The World’s Dissidents Have Their Say
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.
Ebola’s Information Paradox
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.
Epidemics in the News
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.
New York Screening Protocols, Scenarios for Ebola
Date: 26 October 2014
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS