Mar 17 Mar 17 TikTok and Challenges to Social Media Disentanglement Dennis D. McDonald Artificial Intelligence, Social Networking, Social Media Decay, Social Media, Media, Anonymity, Authenticity, ChatGPT, Cognitive Enhancement, communications
Mar 2 Mar 2 Some Folks Just Don't Want to Pull Back the Identity Curtain Dennis D. McDonald Social Media Decay, Social Media, Anonymity, Media, Newspapers, Editorials, Opinions, Bestech23
Feb 23 Feb 23 On Using Synthetic Text Generation To Report Scientific Research Dennis D. McDonald Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Data Governance, Data Literacy, Science, Research, Research Data, Peer Review, Journals, AI Governance
Feb 20 Feb 20 Dueling Languages & Research Publishing Dennis D. McDonald Language, Science, Research, Publishing, Media
Feb 13 Feb 13 1984’s Winston Smith would recognize Google Pixel's Superbowl Commercial! Dennis D. McDonald Google, Pixel, Orwell, Propaganda, Fake News, Media, News
Jan 31 Jan 31 Beware "Unfunded Mandates" for Research Data Sharing Dennis D. McDonald Accessibility, Data Governance, Data Access, Data, Science, Research Data, Research, Standards
Jan 20 Jan 20 Glimpsing the Future: A Visit to the NASM in Washington DC Dennis D. McDonald History, Satellites, Space, Space Travel, Science, Science Education, Museums
Jan 17 Jan 17 Documenting Russia's Devastating Attacks on Ukraine's People Dennis D. McDonald War, Ukraine, Russia, Atrocities
Jan 1 Jan 1 Why I don’t trust political polls -- and why you shouldn’t, either Dennis D. McDonald Data, Analytics, Politics, Policy, Surveys, Propaganda
Dec 29 Dec 29 Satellites, War, and Data: Who Wins and Who Loses? Dennis D. McDonald Space, War, Military, India, Russia, Data Access, Data Program Management, Data Ownership, Data Governance, Data, Satellites, Research Data, Research
Dec 12 Dec 12 New Government Web Site Makes “Restricted Microdata” More Accessible To Researchers Dennis D. McDonald Data Ownership, Data Governance, Data Access, Data, Research Data
Dec 5 Dec 5 Can the Metaverse Transform Home Schools Into Metaschools? Dennis D. McDonald Metaverse, Education, Technology, Virtual Reality, Virtual, Avatar
Dec 2 Dec 2 More On the Twitter Mess Dennis D. McDonald Truth, Trust, Social Media Decay, Social Media, Twitter, News, Media, Propaganda, Misinformation
Nov 28 Nov 28 Implications of Research Data "Informed Re-Consent" Requirements Dennis D. McDonald Research, Research Data, Data, Privacy, Big Data, Science
Nov 15 Nov 15 On the Possibility of Life Without Social Media Dennis D. McDonald News, Social Media Decay, Social Media, Propaganda, Google+, Customer Communication, Communications, Twitter, Facebook
Nov 7 Nov 7 How "Public" Should Webb Telescope Data Be? Dennis D. McDonald Open Access, Journals, Peer Review, Research, Research Data, Science
Oct 29 Oct 29 Why I gave up Twitter -- again Dennis D. McDonald Twitter, Social Media, Social Media Decay, Propaganda, Fake News, Free Speech, News, Media
Aug 9 Aug 9 So What if Spreadsheets are the “Lowest Common Denominator” of Data Analysis? Dennis D. McDonald Data Governance, Data Program Management, Data Stewardship, Analytics
Jul 21 Jul 21 What do you mean by "the news," anyway? Dennis D. McDonald Media, News, Newspapers, Television, Social Media, Propaganda, Politics