In the 1960’s, there was a popular show called Candid Camera. It was one of the first reality TV shows. The premise of the show was that individuals were secretly filmed after being placed in unusual, ridiculous or embarrassing situations. Before the big reveal, the host of the show would announce to those who had been targeted –
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In June, it was revealed that Facebook had conducted a research study on over 600,000 of its users to determine whether it could change their emotions by manipulating their news feeds.
The answer was “yes.”
The results of the research were published in an article entitled – Experimental Evidence of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion through Social Networks.
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Our local PBS station is currently running the Frontline series – United States of Secrets. This program focuses on the release of NSA documents by Edward Snowden. Part 1 covered the history and rationale underlying the development of “The Program” by NSA. The goal of The Program was to monitor all communication,
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