Machine bias has emerged as a pressing technological issue in contemporary society, raising concerns about the fairness and equity of automated decision-making systems. Computer algorithms in courtrooms often utilize risk assessment scores to determine the likelihood of future crimes committed by arrested individuals.

Machine Bias in Contemporary Society

As men predominantly occupy executive positions, women must exert more effort to reach the top...

Referent Power in the Workplace: Women’s Edition

The impact of trauma on young students is significant and makes developing the skills necessary to thrive in an educational or professional environment relentlessly challenging.

The Impact of Trauma on Academic Performance

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic abuse incidents have increased, fueled by lockdowns and stringent restrictions that have confined victims, hindering their ability to escape and access essential healthcare...

Navigating the ‘Shadow Pandemic’ and the Challenge of Underreporting in Boston.

The Joint Computation + Journalism and European Data and Computational Journalism Conference met in Zurich this past summer from June 22 to June 24.
The venue hosted in-person live-streamed presentations, drawing together respected journalists, researchers, news organizations, and computation and social scientists. As outlined on its website, the conference's primary goal was to bring together industry leaders in journalism, data science, and news production to exchange findings...

Integrating AI, Automation, and Journalism

And what it means for victims of marginalization and abuse...

The Perception of Credibility

Why You Should Stop Chasing Success

Sex, drugs, and Rock'n'roll characterized the 1980s. However, the correlation between poor mental health and these three supposed cultural rites of passage remains worth exploring.

Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark": Navigating Mental Health in the '80s.

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Why You Should Stop Chasing Success

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