Bullshit Readings
The natural ecology of bullshit. Where do we find bullshit? Why news media provides bullshit. TED Talks and the marketplace for upscale bullshit (Oh no! I love TED Talks!). Why social media provides an ideal condition for the growth and spread of bullshit.
READ Gordon Pennycock et all. (2015) On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit. Judgement and Decision Making 10:549-563.
OR...
READ Adrien Friggeri et all. (2014) Rumor Cascades. Proceedings of the Eigth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media.
Educational Research PowerPoint
What is quantitative research? READ this PowerPoint to find out.
Tasks
Read one of the articles, read the PowerPoint, and do Blog #3.