The study reported 78 percent of parents believe they are good media and technology role models for their children.
Technology
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Social media: How social media helps us connect
Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Trump has been fuzzy with data. That’s a problem when society relies on trustworthy data from its government.
One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
It’s time to admit: our tech is not value neutral.
Claiming to be a tech company should not provide blanket absolution from responsibility.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Free (Hate) Speech on Facebook
It is surprising to see Mark Zuckerberg employ a moral defense of free speech.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Tuning out technology to tune into God
My mind echoes a chant: Don’t look at your phone. Whatever you do, don’t look at your phone. I am sitting on a bench in New York’s Upper East Side. Parents push strollers along the narrow sidewalk, their hands busy scrolling through the feed of a smartphone. A woman jogs through the falling multi-colored leaves. […]
Posted inPolitics & Society
Sick of your Facebook news feed becoming an echo chamber? There could be a better way.
Is it possible to create a business model based on more virtuous, adventuresome news-reading?
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
‘Chaos Monkeys’ peers through the opacity of online advertising
With a sense of itself as the future of humanity, Facebook proves to be no ordinary company. When you’ve got a billion users, Martínez points out, it doesn’t matter if your advertising model is enormously flawed.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Other Things
Why your digital life really isn’t that exciting.
In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Washington Front
Does your Catholic faith shape your politics, or is it the other way around?
We need more faithful Catholics running for office and more outreach to Catholic voters.