Over the past several months, much has been said about transparency being the new objectivity in journalism. As news organizations figure out whether they’ll use social media, and, if so, how they’ll ...
One of the biggest problems in reviewing tech products — especially mobile products such as cell phones, headsets, media players, etc — is the problem of objectivity. How objective can you be in a ...
I’ve heard professors get frustrated that students can’t tell them what a text means, but the same students can explain what a text means to them. There was a time when people emphasized the objective ...
For centuries, humanity has sought truth as if it were a fixed point, a universal coordinate we could all see the same way. However, in practice, truth often has as many versions as there are people ...
Sorry to break it to you, but objectivity in journalism is a rare thing. If we're completely honest, we have to admit that any time someone sets out to report events, analyze a situation, and, yes, ...
Objectivity is in many ways a myth — but this isn’t a novel thought. I think we all accept that no one can be truly objective in how they view a situation. But our lack of objectivity goes even deeper ...
It seems everyone is interested in big data these days. From social scientists to advertisers, professionals from all walks of life are singing the praises of 21st-century data science. In the social ...