Chernobyl, the Deepwater Horizon, the Titanic... each name is associated with disaster - and human error - and UK <a href="https://psychology.as.uky.edu/">psychologist</a> <a href="https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/cmcars1">Melody Carswell</a> wants to examine each accident from a unique investigative perspective. In her class, A&S 300-003, "<a href="https://www.as.uky.edu/courses/2014/Spring/A_S/300/003">Disaster: The Human Factor</a>," students will learn how principles of cognitive psychology can be used to identify and reduce both extraordinary and everyday errors.

This podcast was produced by <a href="http://hive.as.uky.edu/users/jcho222">Cheyenne Hohman</a>.

Decoding Disasters: The Psychology of Calamity with Melody Carswell

There’s a hot debate concerning how the internet should be regulated and major online companies like Google and Facebook are pushing the FCC to ensure net neutrality through lobbying organizations like the Internet Association. Michael Beckerman, president of the Internet Association, explains why these companies consider net neutrality so critical. Beckerman was at the Kennedy School to participate in an Internet Symposium put on by the Institute of Politics.

Decoding Disasters: The Psychology of Calamity with Melody Carswell

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