Building and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Team in Oncofertility
Dr. Kate Waimey Timmerman and SONIC lab member Alina Lungeanu have written a blog post in Team Science Toolkit entitled Building and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Team in Oncofertility. Be sure to check it out.
https://www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov/public/ExpertBlog.aspx?tid=4
A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
Robert M. Bond, Christopher J. Fariss, Jason J. Jones, Adam D. I. Kramer, Cameron Marlow, Jaime E. Settle & James H. Fowler
Results from a randomized controlled trial of political mobilization messages delivered to 61 million Facebook users during the 2010 US congressional elections show that the messages directly influenced political self-expression, information seeking and real-world voting behaviour of millions of people. Furthermore, the messages not only influenced the users who received them but also the users’ friends, and friends of friends. The effect of social transmission on real-world voting was greater than the direct effect of the messages themselves. Read more…
Wolfram Alpha lets you stalk yourself on Facebook, reminds you how noisy you are – Engadget
The ‘Philosophy’ of Networks – Syndio Social
Albert-László Barabási | Cambridge Nights
The Results Are in: Scientists Are Workaholics | Wired Science | Wired.com
Computational social science: Making the links : Nature News & Comment
The Gathas recited by Dr. Kersey Antia
Contractor featured in AP television story about Twitter and the Olympics
SONIC Lab Director Noshir Contractor featured in Associated Press television story on the role of Twitter in the 2012 Olympics. To view the clip go to: http://video.games.com/olympics-awash-in-twitter-for-better-or-worse-517431035