Recent press on topics related to digital tools and social transformation
From tech critique to ways of living
By Alan Jacobs, Winter 2021. Rather, it is to find and use technologies that, instead of manipulating us, serve sound...
How online stereotypes about depression can make it worse
By Andrew Devendorf, April 2021. A new study finds that YouTube videos perpetuate harmful and stigmatizing myths about depression.
The internet as network, world, co-construction, and mode of governance
By Andrew Feenberg, 2019. Praise for the Internet as the alternative to hierarchy contends with condemnation of its commercialism.
How technology can be part of a happy life
By Amy Blankson, May 2021. Researchers are exploring what wellness looks like in a digital world.
Video game giant EA steering players into loot-box option in popular soccer game, insider says
By Erica Johnson & Kimberly Ivany, Apr 26, 2021. Electronic Arts denies any part of FIFA 21 is linked to...
Screen time at 'breaking point' but can tech help?
By Cristina Criddle, April 21. To prevent digital burnout, tech firms are now trying to design technological solutions to encourage...
Lina Khan: The 32-year-old taking on Big Tech
By James Clayton, June 2021. On Tuesday, 32-year-old Lina Khan was sworn in as chair of the US Federal Trade...
Lobbying row: Why ministers have two mobile phones
By Justin Parkinson, April 2021. The lobbying controversy that has enveloped Westminster is a complex and fast-developing story but there...
Digital divide holds back Indigenous communities and Canada's economy, new report finds
By Pete Evans, July 2021. Two-thirds of jobs held by Indigenous workers at risk of being eliminated, drastically changed by...
Influencers react to Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'?
By Kirsty Grant, July 2021. A new law in Norway is coming into affect that will mean social media influencers...
Should encryption be curbed to combat child abuse?
By Mary-Ann Russon, May 2021. Is more privacy coming at the expense of our children's safety?
Your free speech is at risk with Ottawa's push to regulate online content, experts warn
By Ryan Patrick Jones, April 2021. Experts are warning that recent amendments to the government's bill amending the Broadcasting Act...
Patients are desperate to resemble their doctored selfies. Plastic surgeons alarmed by ‘Snapchat dysmorphia.’
By Allyson Chiu, August 2018. Doctors have spotted a trend of people bringing in their own selfies, usually edited with...
Facebook calls on Canadian government to set social media rules
By Elizabeth Thompson, January 2021. Facebook says it would welcome increased regulation by the Canadian government, including rules for what...
The humane world of Ursula Franklin, a scientist who wanted us to question technology
By CBC Radio, December 2020. Her influential 1989 Massey Lectures explored technology's power to shape our world