There are myriad kinds of digital news websites, but a quick look down the list by comScore of the top news websites by users shows the predominant position legacy media enjoys even online. If you for a moment set aside the huge problem of advertising dollars being usurped by Big Tech, local “big media” rakes…
Month: November 2021
The publishers who made Shakespeare a global phenomenon
Walk into any decent bookshop today in search of Shakespeare’s plays and you’re sure to find at least one. And even if you can’t find what you’re looking for on the bookshelves, there is always the internet, where a great variety of different complete works and editions are also available – almost all of them…
Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
A seminal 2004 study was among the first to investigate the connection between deception rates and technology. What does a 2021 update show?
The rise of dark web design: how sites manipulate you into clicking
The vast majority of websites you visit now greet you with a pop-up. This annoying impediment to your seamless web browsing is called the “cookie banner”, and it’s there to secure your consent, as per online privacy laws, for websites to retain information about you between browsing sessions. The cookie banner purports to offer you…