Zeynep Tufecki

Professor at University of North Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science

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Assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton

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Zeynep Tufecki on KCRW

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.K. coronavirus variant could become the dominant strain in the U.S. by the end of March.

Can enough Americans get vaccinated before COVID mutations demand different inoculations?

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.K. coronavirus variant could become the dominant strain in the U.S. by the end of March.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Josh Barro talks with Left, Right & Center panelists Lanhee Chen and K.

Impeached again

Josh Barro talks with Left, Right & Center panelists Lanhee Chen and K.

from Left, Right & Center

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan made good on his promise yesterday and shut down Twitter across his country.

Twitter, Turkey and Activism

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan made good on his promise yesterday and shut down Twitter across his country.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

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It turns out that clinicians are not very good at estimating the probability of illness which leads to unnecessary care.

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For years we have used incentives and disincentives to drive people toward specific behaviors. Is driving toward COVID immunization any different?

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