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We are in a crisis of knowledge - and it couldn’t have happened at a worse time | The Globe and Mail

webfull — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:31:34 +0000

October 20, 2023 | This opinion piece by Taylor Owen talks about the reasoning behind why he decided to take a break from X, formerly Twitter, a platform he has been using as a gateway to information for over a decade.

He said "the platform is now broken. Where it once filtered valuable information about the world in a timely manner, it is now calibrated to anger and extremes under the ownership of a spiteful billionaire clearly caught in an ideological rabbit hole."

Published: 24 October 2023

Will Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover have ‘big implications’ for Canada’s upcoming online harms bill? | Toronto Star

webfull — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:14:58 +0000

November 9, 2022 | Professor Tyler Owen weighed in the coming bill, saying Canada should look at how other jurisdictions have handled Musk’s “convulsions.” For example, the European Union has passed a Digital Services Act last summer that would require tech giants to monitor their platforms for harmful content.

Published: 11 November 2022

Stronger government regulation of social media companies could improve free speech, says expert | CBC Radio

webfull — Mon, 02 May 2022 16:01:58 +0000

In an interview with CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen—who leads the School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy—opined on the role regulation can play in safeguarding free speech and online safety.

Access the interview.

Published: 2 May 2022

Expert: Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44B US

webfull — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:54:34 +0000

Elon Musk has sealed a deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion US. The move comes after the richest man in the world started buying shares in the company in March, complaining that the social media network wasn't doing enough to ensure free speech. The company rebuffed his advances for weeks before the two sides struck a deal over the weekend that was made official on April 25. (CBC News)

Published: 28 April 2022

Whose speech will Elon Musk’s Twitter be protecting, exactly? | Globe and Mail

webfull — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:08:47 +0000

April 27, 2022 | Taylor Owen and Supriya Dwivedi of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy write that Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter might strengthen the democratic governance that social media companies have fought against.

>>Read the article

Published: 28 April 2022

Americans are super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation

webfull — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:25:48 +0000

Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A study led by �山ǿ�� shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.

Published: 6 April 2021

COVID-19: Social media users more likely to believe false information

webfull — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:26:07 +0000

A new study led by researchers at �山ǿ�� finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.

Published: 29 July 2020

Your friends have more friends than you do

webfull — Wed, 18 May 2016 14:32:13 +0000

By Katherine Gombay, �山ǿ�� Newsroom

Research uncovers the inherently hierarchical nature of social media

Published: 18 May 2016

ECP's Professor Nathan Hall is Sh#t Academics Say - Read his article about his Twitter account

webfull — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:28:55 +0000

Dr. Nathan Hall, professor with the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and director of the Achievement Motivation and Emotion (AME) Research Group, has written an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education about his parody Twitter account, Shit Academics Say.

Published: 1 July 2015

Mintzberg turns 75 and -- to Twitter

webfull — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:01:27 +0000

Published: 2 September 2014