Literati roundup: Blogging or tweeting about research papers? “Umberto Eco’s How To Write a Thesis…

  The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it? Eager to find out what impact blogging and social media could have on the dissemination of her work, Melissa Terras took all of her academic research, including papers that have been available online for years, to the web and found that her audience … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Facebook vs. Google at search; EFF on Cybersecurity Bills; Instagram for Android…

Man vs. Machine: Could Facebook?s people-sourced search beat Google?s algorithm? from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff It?s a well-known fact that most people don?t get past page one of Google?s search results. This is why the company is doubling down on integrating a social layer into everything that it does. While algorithms can crawl … Read more