The Internet might be a useful tool for activists and organizers, in episodes from the Arab Spring to the Ice Bucket Challenge. But over all, it has diminished rather than enhanced political participation, according to new data. Social media, like Twitter and Facebook, has the effect of tamping down diversity of opinion and stifling debate about public affairs. It makes people less likely to voice
The USA Today newsroom. The newspaper considers reporters’ skills at promoting their articles online as important as front page bylines.Credit...Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times TYSONS CORNER, Va. — “Today is a good day to be here because we are starting Social Media Tuesdays,” exclaims Larry Kramer, the publisher of USA Today. At 64, and worth a small fortune, Mr. Kramer could easily be sp
The playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is one of many authors to have gleaned skills from Dungeons & Dragons, now 40 years old.Credit...Ángel Franco/The New York Times When he was an immigrant boy growing up in New Jersey, the writer Junot Díaz said he felt marginalized. But that feeling was dispelled somewhat in 1981 when he was in sixth grade. He and his buddies, adventuring pals with roots in dist
VIKINGMAIDEN88 is 26 years old. She enjoys reading history and writing poetry. Her signature quote is from Shakespeare. She was impressed when the dialect quiz in The New York Times correctly identified where she was from: Tacoma and Spokane, Wash. “Completely spot on,” she wrote, followed by a smiling green emoji. I gleaned all this from her profile and posts on Stormfront.org, America’s most pop
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THE World Cup is finally underway. At long last, soccer fans can don their team colors, head down to the local pub — and begin collecting data to test economic theories. Or at least, some of us will. For instance, I’m interested in penalty kicks. In addition to being an exciting part of the game, penalty kicks present an opportunity to test an important idea in economics: the Nash equilibrium. The
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