Why the Space Economy Needs “Spice
When Jeff Bezos announced that he would build a 50,000-satellite space data center, Musk immediately plussed with a million-satellite call.
Read MoreWhen Jeff Bezos announced that he would build a 50,000-satellite space data center, Musk immediately plussed with a million-satellite call.
Read MoreOriginally published in the Times Higher Education If you know how ChatGPT works, you won’t be surprised to learn that AI detection
Read MoreThe article was originally published in The Conversation Quantum computing is like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re
Read MorePlease cite Matei, S. A. (2022-2025). Transforming Warfighting: The Case for Software-Centric Strategies. Matei.org/I Think Blog. https://matei.org/ithink/2024/05/27/doing-more-with-less-a-data-model-driven-methodology-for-efficient-war-fighting-platforms-design/ Since time
Read MoreWhat are the necessary and sufficient factors that lead to the emergence and use of war-winning strategic technologies? The following
Read MoreIn my role as an Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Purdue University, I partnered with two colleagues
Read MoreOnline human networks are highly centralized, with a few nodes raking in most connections. The conventional wisdom is that this
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened Ukraine and its supporters with a nuclear attack that will settle the war
Read MoreIn the digital era, “discourse power” is real power. Disinformation has become a preferred method of confounding the adversary and
Read MoreA potential favoring factor for the invasion of Ukraine and the threats made of China to occupy Taiwan could be
Read MoreThis module is a sequence of the course From Mass Media to Social Media Theory The history of media research
Read MoreWhat can we surmise about China’s intentions in the South China Sea? Although I have no crystal ball, in this
Read MoreWHAT IS, HOW and WHY you should join EUNOMIA? Two years ago, the European Union Horizon 2020 program awarded EUNOMIA,
Read MoreSummary: Affordance theory, proposed by Gibson and brought to technology research by Norman , proposes that the use of an
Read MoreThe development of AIs capable of targeting, shooting, and eliminating enemies in seconds has reached the threshold of possibility. There
Read MoreAn experiment by Tromholt Morten from the University of Copenhagen published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking suggests that people
Read MoreOn Friday May 24, 2019 I organize in collaboration with the French Laboratory of Excellence in Creative Industries, the ICA preconference
Read MoreOnce, Socrates was approached at the local gymnasium by a young Athenian man, seeking the tutoring of the great mind
Read MoreIn collaboration with the Online Masters’ Program in Strategic Communication, I launched the Social Media Analytics Class, which will be
Read MoreNOTE: In some ways, I am a historian born again as a social scientist. A number of years ago in
Read MoreThis article is a companion material to the Course COM 25100 Information, Technology, Society which I teach at Purdue University
Read MoreThis article is a companion material to the courses I teach at Purdue University as a University core class. The
Read MoreThis is an introduction to a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for the Course COM 251 Information,
Read MoreThis is a tutorial on a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for the courses I teach at
Read MoreThis is a tutorial on a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for my courses at Purdue University. For
Read MoreThe results of the French elections are in and the two front runners in the polls did indeed come up
Read MoreWhat does the social media crystal ball say about the biggest global event of the day, the French presidential campaign?
Read MoreToday I launch a new teaching and research initiative which will empower Purdue students aspiring to embrace careers in big
Read MoreDonald Trump’s social media campaign is known for its virulence, but relatively less was said about its virality. Trump had
Read MoreHillary Clinton did a very good job during the debates, as she was expected to, while Donald Trump had a
Read MoreThe rhetorical struggle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is not only about issues, actions and change, but also about
Read MoreGoogle Trends analysis shows that Donald Trump has been dominating and dominates Google Searches by a large margin. This is a
Read MoreOn the quiet Saturday morning of July 23rd, just after the Republic National Convention, Donald Trump was getting about 7500 Tweets
Read MoreDonald Trump rip-roars his way through social media, keeping Hillary Clinton’s Campaign in a tight spot. An average official Trump
Read MoreI dipped the R cup in the Twitter font of wisdom and here is what I found… For the period
Read MoreDonald Trump has an obsession: Donald Trump. But so does Hillary Clinton. This might give the Donald an extra umpf
Read MoreThe issue if and how much is Trump’s celebrity influenced by a so-called “media obsession” with his persona and ideas
Read MoreOn the Super Tuesday (March 1, 2016) Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Bernard Sanders et al. will do the
Read MoreWe live in a world of things. Those who make the things define the way we live our lives. Their
Read MoreTechnologies such as the power grid, plumbing, or mass media rely on standards that are accepted as simply being there.
Read MoreIn Spring 2015, together with my colleagues, Michael Smith, Abrar Hammoud, and Davin Huston I developed a multidisciplinary learning experience
Read MoreHostages, victims of shootout and explosions reported near the Bataclan concert venue, Stade de France in Paris, France… The French
Read MoreParis, France was hit by one of the most horrendous terrorist incidents of the post-2001 era. An ISIS inspired killing
Read MoreView image | gettyimages.com Reuters reports that at least 18 people were killed in shootouts and explosions near a soccer
Read MoreWhat qualifies as a mass communication theory? Typically, the phrase is connected with the idea of “media effects.” Mass communication
Read MorePurdue University Fall 2017 Meeting time: Tuesday – Thursday, 12 – 1:20 PM, BRNG 2275 Office hours: BRNG 2140, 2:15
Read MoreA useful resource for those interested in mining data out of social media flows, the book introduces the novice researcher
Read MoreCesar Hidalgo’s book, “Why information grows” is trying to untangle a very big issue by looking at a very simple problem
Read MoreHow about a Fitbit for social interaction? Instead of measuring steps and calories, such a device measures proximity of others
Read MoreView image | gettyimages.com Spontaneous production groups are thought to be less effective at larger scales. Lacking formal organization,
Read MoreNothing seems more random to the naked eye than the babble of online exchanges. Are the posting patterns on Wikipedia
Read MoreThe more data we generate about a target population, the harder to protect the privacy of the individuals surveyed. Sensitive
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