Instructional Video4:59
Big Think

How news feed algorithms supercharge confirmation bias | Eli Pariser

6th - 11th
The most powerful editors in the world? Algorithms. - According to a Pew Research poll, 45% of U.S. adults get at least some of their news from Facebook, with half of that amount using Facebook as their only news outlet. - Algorithms on...
Instructional Video4:39
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Kara Alaimo - Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls

Higher Ed
Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the author of Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls and How We Can Take It Back. She has written opinion and analysis pieces...
Instructional Video7:40
Numberphile

How Random is a Coin Toss?

6th - 12th
It turns out that coin tosses might not be random after all. A math professor explains the results of his work in a video from the Numberphile Coins series. Flipping a coin results in the original state (heads or tails) 51 percent of the...