Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the LA Times, has a big goal: to make the paper more balanced. He thinks the paper has mixed up news and opinion, so he wants to change that. He plans to bring in more conservative voices to balance the left-leaning side. His idea is that news should be just fac
Google Opinion Rewards is undergoing a significant change. Users are now prompted to agree to share their location data to continue receiving local surveys. This shift is due to Google's decision to store location data locally on devices instead of servers. Previously, the app relied on your device'
When the COVID virus was first detected in the US in January 2020, the government swiftly rolled out a set of restrictions. The goal was to safeguard the elderly from what was deemed a "deadly virus" and a global health crisis. Any dissenting voices were quickly shut down and faced penalties. Intere
Imagine you're in a club or a big group. The leader's views trickle down to everyone, but not everyone is as sure about them. This is what scientists call a "top-down hierarchical fuzzy opinion network. " It's like a pyramid where the leader's opinion is at the top, and it spreads downwards. Interes
Imagine you have two kinds of thoughts about something: your inner feelings and your public statements. This is called dual opinions. Inner feelings come from personal experiences, while public statements depend on what others think. Researchers studied how these two types of opinions change when pe
Finding the right business partners can be tricky because the business world is always changing. So, how can companies find the perfect fit? This study suggests looking at what people are saying about businesses on social media. By analyzing how users react to posts from businesses on Facebook, they
Ever considered how a celebrity's tweet might influence our views on vaccines? Researchers in Indonesia set out to explore this idea. They selected 46 prominent figures and groups with a combined following of 7. 8 million people. The goal? To tweet about vaccines and gauge the impact on public opini
Have you ever wondered how to combine the thoughts of numerous experts into one solid point of view? A clever method has been suggested to do just that. Imagine experts constantly tweaking their opinions based on what others think. Each time they update, they give more weight to opinions that are si
Opinion summarisation is about condensing long texts into shorter versions that keep the main message and opinions intact. But what happens when summaries only reflect the most popular views? That’s what researchers looked into by examining three hotly debated topics related to COVID-19. They found
Ever wondered how opinions spread like wildfire? It turns out, it’s not just about what we hear, but who we hear it from. Mass media theory says that opinions go through a two-step process. First, influencers, or opinion leaders, get the message from the original sources. Then, they pass it on to th
