#Big data analytics shows how America’s individualism complicates coronavirus response

“#Big data analytics shows how America’s individualism complicates coronavirus response” A map showing the “total frontier experience,” or the number of years each county spent on the frontier. No data is available for counties shown in white. (Contributed image) To understand America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers started with data from more than 200…

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#Lockdown returns: Some ask how far coronavirus measures can go before infringing on human rights

“#Lockdown returns: Some ask how far coronavirus measures can go before infringing on human rights” Credit: CC0 Public Domain As of this morning, 10 “hot spot” postcodes in Melbourne’s suburbs have gone back into Stage 3 coronavirus lockdown. In these suburbs, stay-at-home restrictions will be enforced by police patrols, “booze bus”-style barriers and random checks…

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#The 2016 US presidential election coverage a ‘game changer’ for reporters

“#The 2016 US presidential election coverage a ‘game changer’ for reporters” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The 2016 U.S. presidential election is considered a “game changer” for journalists covering the U.S. presidential elections by causing them to dramatically reconsider how they view their role—either as neutral disseminators of information or impassioned advocates for the truth—according to…

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#Report finds that unionist and nationalist identities in NI became stronger in the run-up to Brexit

“#Report finds that unionist and nationalist identities in NI became stronger in the run-up to Brexit” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A research study on political attitudes and identities in Northern Ireland has been released today by ARK—a joint initiative between Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. The report entitled ‘Political attitudes at a time of…

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#The rise of the ‘liberaltarian’

“#The rise of the ‘liberaltarian’” Political economists Neil Malhotra and David Broockman have documented a new species of political animal: the liberaltarian. Malhotra, the Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Broockman, a former Stanford GSB professor who recently moved to the University of California, Berkeley, set out…

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