Mining Wikipedia’s Page View Counts With Gossip Machine

Mining Wikipedia’s Page View Counts With Gossip Machine
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Researching famous people has always been a favorite search puzzle of mine. Google works to a point, and there are little search tricks you can use to narrow down your  results, but digging down into substantive news and information about celebrities and the well-known is difficult via a general search engine. If they’re really, really famous it gets even more tough.

Thinking about this, I mused  about famous people, and about references to them, and where those references appear, like Wikipedia. Wouldn’t there be a way to gauge public interest in a famous person via Wikipedia?

I came up with a hypothesis: why would a Wikipedia page get an unusually high number of views? Because more people are interested and looking at it, of course. And why are they looking? Because they were reminded of the page’s topic, probably through a news story or similar happening.

Therefore, Wikipedia page view counts aren’t just page view counts, they’re fossilized attention. They’re markers in time for when a topic has an unusual level of interest.

So why not find those markers and translate them to news searches?

That’s what  Gossip Machine does. You can use it at https://researchbuzz.github.io/Gossip-Machine/ .

Enter the topic you’re interested in, the year you want to search, and how newsworthy  you want the date to be ( When the setting is “VERY Newsworthy,” days must have at least 190% of an average day’s pageviews, while the “Gossip Fiend” setting requires only 150%.)

Gossip Machine goes through every day of a year’s worth of page counts and returns the days that match your settings, along with links to Google News and Google Web searches for that date.

Let’s do a couple of examples. The default search for Gossip Machine is for Snoop Dogg in 2016, with VERY Newsworthy dates to be found. I click the “Fire Up the Gossip Machine” button and get a list of 2016 dates when Snoop’s page had an unusual level of interest and visits. Each date has a link to do a Web search or a News search. Gossip Machine also tells you the average page view count so you can be prepared for the odd results you might get for topics with a low view count.

I clicked on the July 17 news search to see what was going on that day, and yeah, that looks pretty newsworthy!

Clicking on the Web link might bring you links to other news stories or multimedia.

Do you see how that Wikipedia page view count – a marker of increased interest – can super-focus your search results?

It doesn’t work just for people, either. You can search for things like medical conditions, locations (remember, you’re looking for things that people might look up on Wikipedia, so the name of a California city might work better than a really general search like California itself) or even events.

Gossip Machine also does an initial search to find your topic page so don’t worry about getting the name exactly right. If, for example, you look up magic mushrooms in the year 2020, Gossip Machine will get you topical page results, having resolved your query to the topic Psilocybin mushroom:

You’ll note that in this example this topic’s page has a much lower view count than Gossip Machine recommends for good results. It’s still worth checking at least one or two links in the set of results, especially if they’re grouped together around a single date like this one is. In this case there was certainly relevant news:

I don’t think I’m quite done with Gossip Machine. If there’s an interest I can add more sources besides Google News and Web search, and I’ve been thinking about adding a triangulation feature – find the most popular dates that two different Wikipedia pages have in common and get the news for those.

What do you think?

August 29, 2022 at 07:20PM
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Repustar, NASA STEM Activities, Duolingo, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, August 29, 2022

Repustar, NASA STEM Activities, Duolingo, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, August 29, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

New-to-me, from Poynter: Repustar debuts a tip line tool for US fact-checking organizations. “Repustar, a fact-checking organization that crowdsources fact checks, is partnering with journalism and fact-checking outlets in the US to provide both fact checks to the public and verifiable claims to fact-checkers. It aims to rollout the service globally in 2023. The remotely operated startup is also responsible for FactSparrow, a Twitter bot that users can tag under tweets with claims they would like to be checked, and The Gigafact Project, a fact-checking editorial platform.”

NASA: New Aeronautics Activities for the Back-to-School Season. “Kids are going back to school across the country – and NASA Aeronautics is here to help educators engage them with educational Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities related to our flight research. Part of NASA’s agency-wide Back to School campaign for the 2022-2023 school year, this updated aeronautics-focused STEM engagement portfolio includes topics that span the breadth of the agency’s work in aeronautics for students of all ages.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

KnowTechie: Duolingo will now teach you elementary-level math. “Duolingo is expected to launch its flagship math (or maths, depending on what side of the Atlantic you live on) course today. Duolingo Math is a dedicated app for iOS and iPadOS. It re-uses the company’s gamification mechanics to teach third-grade maths.”

USEFUL STUFF

Lifehacker: How to Tell If You’re Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness. “This week, the White House announced a sweeping plan to forgive the student loan debt of millions of Americans. The initiative will cancel up to $10,000 in debt for some borrowers and $20,000 for others. Here’s how to see if you’re eligible for loan forgiveness, how you can get your hands on the money, and a look at how the program will effect student loans in the future.”

WIRED: How to Use the Emergency SOS Feature on Your Smartphone. “Emergency SOS works in a similar way across mobile platforms, as we’ll outline below. Whether you’re dealing with a medical emergency or other safety concerns, its main purpose is to let emergency services and your trusted contacts know that you’re in trouble and where you are.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

Reuters: Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is Twitter became a company . “‘The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,’ Dorsey tweeted in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned. Dorsey stands to receive $978 million if the agreement for billionaire Elon Musk to buy Twitter is completed.”

ArtsHub: Is social media the new curators’ portfolio?. “Social media platforms such as Instagram have greatly impacted the visibility of curators but can it give them some leverage in their professional practice?” I know what the word curate means but I didn’t entirely grasp what an art curator does. The Art Gallery of South Australia helped me understand.

SECURITY & LEGAL

CNN: How much trouble is Twitter in with regulators?. “An explosive whistleblower disclosure by Twitter’s former head of security this week exposes the company to new federal investigations and potentially billions of dollars in fines, tougher regulatory obligations or other penalties from the US government, according to legal experts and former federal officials.”

SF Chronicle: I tracked thieves stealing my car in S.F. Then I saw firsthand what police can — and can’t — do next. “In San Francisco, a city rife with gadget-lovers and plagued by high property crime, the technology would seem to be a game changer. But in reality, situations like my stolen Subaru can often be mired in unforeseen complications. The response by police has at times been thwarted by legal constraints — for example, an officer generally can’t enter a home just because the Find My iPhone app says your cell is inside — and at other times by what victims say feels like apathy.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Engadget: Federally funded studies must be freely accessible to the public, White House says . “The White House has updated its policy on federally funded research. Going forward, the results of studies funded by the government must be made public right away. Until now, researchers who receive federal funding have been allowed to publish their findings in academic journals exclusively for one year, effectively adding a paywall to their work. Agencies will need to update their policies accordingly by December 31st, 2025.”

Mashable: Virtual rapper FN Meka underscores how AI perpetuates racial stereotyping. “On Aug. 12, AI-powered rapper FN Meka signed a record deal with Capitol Records, becoming the first digital artist to sign with a major label. Eleven days later, the deal was terminated amidst calls that the character promoted ‘gross stereotypes’ of Black culture, as reported by the New York Times.” There are so many great rappers out there who don’t get enough recommendation. Why make a fake one? Good morning, Internet…

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iFixit Catalog, Twitter, Android Cross-Compatibility, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 28, 2022

iFixit Catalog, Twitter, Android Cross-Compatibility, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 28, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

Review Geek: You Can Now Access iFixit’s Entire Catalog Offline. “To many people, the internet is an invasive, essential, and ever-present force. But nearly half of the world’s population lacks home or mobile internet access, and even in ‘developed’ nations, the internet is held together by superglue. That’s why iFixit has made the entirety of its guides available offline.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

CNN: How Twitter has been shaken by a whistleblower’s allegations. “In the days since it was first reported that former Twitter head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko had filed an explosive whistleblower disclosure, the company has had to confront renewed scrutiny from lawmakers, a dip in its stock price and added uncertainty in its high-stakes legal battle with billionaire Elon Musk.”

The Verge: Google opens the door for Android apps that work across all kinds of devices. “Google’s trying to make it easier for developers to create Android apps that connect in some way across a range of devices. In a blog post, Google explains that it’s launching a new cross-device software development kit (SDK) that contains the tools developers need to make their apps play nice across Android devices, and, eventually non-Android phones, tablets, TVs, cars, and more.”

USEFUL STUFF

Hongkiat: Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (August 2022). “In this edition of the series, we’ll feature some frameworks and resources for web designers, testing tools, and a lot more. If you are a front-end developer or designer, I’m pretty sure you’ll love what we have on the list. Let’s take a look.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

Brown University: To advance research on incarceration, Brown acquires personal papers of prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. “The prison records, correspondence and artwork of Abu-Jamal, and related materials from advocate Johanna Fernández, will anchor a collection at the John Hay Library focused on first-person accounts of incarceration.”

Boing Boing: Are YouTubers good or bad for the sport of boxing?. “…boxing is finally getting some mainstream attention thanks to YouTuber super fights. Celebrities like Jake Paul and KSI sell more pay-per-views than most ‘real boxers’ could ever imagine. As a result, boxing purists have become quite vocal in voicing their displeasure toward YouTube boxers, but there’s a strong argument that this new crop of celebrity boxers is great for the sport.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

ZDNet: CISA: Action required now to prepare for quantum computing cyber threats. “Action must be taken now to help protect networks from cybersecurity threats that will emerge in the advent of power of quantum computing, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned. While quantum computing could bring benefits to computing and society, it also brings new cybersecurity threats – and the CISA alert warns that critical infrastructure in particular is at risk.”

IANS: Google Play purges over 2K predatory personal loan apps in India this year. “Google on Thursday said it has purged more than 2, 000 controversial personal loan apps from its Play Store in India in the January-June period after consulting with the law enforcement agencies.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Digital Photography Review: Film Friday: How I track each roll of film I shoot using a custom Notion database. “I’m not the most organized person. As such, I can’t count the times over the years I’ve accidentally shot through rolls of film and forgotten what camera they were shot with or how many stops I pushed/pulled them, making for less-than-pleasing results when sending them out to get developed and scanned. To remedy this problem, I decided to try something new this year. I decided to create a database of sorts that would help me track every roll of film I take out of the freezer, load into my camera and send off to my lab of choice.”

Fielding Graduate University: Ring Camera Security Videos as Entertainment. “The use of Ring camera videos for a TV program is a clever marketing move by the company. It challenges existing social norms about security monitoring by classifying it as entertainment. What used to be invasive and creepy is now not only socially acceptable but downright fun stuff. Although scholarly evidence has shown that widespread surveillance leads to greater public approval, despite the rising threat to privacy, autonomy, and civil liberties, researchers have not yet examined the effect of surveillance as entertainment programming.” Good afternoon, Internet…

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Aberlour Child Care Trust, Idaho Public Meetings, NPR Podcasts, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, August 28, 2022

Aberlour Child Care Trust, Idaho Public Meetings, NPR Podcasts, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, August 28, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

University of Stirling: Historic children’s home archive opens with donation from former resident. “The archive is the result of a year-long project led by a team of University experts, who carefully restored, preserved and recorded hundreds of historic documents from Aberlour, including administrative records, case files, annual reports, photographs and issues of the charity’s magazine. Now fully searchable and open to those who have personal or family connections to Aberlour and to researchers, the archive provides a detailed record of the organisation’s work caring for children across Scotland since the establishment of its first orphanage in 1875.”

Idaho Capital Sun: New website allows Idahoans to sign up for public meeting notices for nearly 200 state agencies. “Idaho residents can now subscribe to receive notifications for public meetings for almost 200 state of Idaho agencies, boards and commissions… according to a Thursday press release from Gov. Brad Little and State Controller Brandon Woolf. Other enhancements to the new website include the ability to use a keyword search, copy meetings to your online calendar and use a text reader to find information in documents related to public meetings, according to the release.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Engadget: NPR’s podcast catalog comes to YouTube. “Google is partnering with National Public Radio to bring the broadcaster’s podcasts to YouTube. On Thursday, the two announced that more than 20 NPR shows, including Up First and Throughline, are now available on the platform.”

Rolling Stone: Will This Be the First Country Bankrupted by Crypto?. “Today, despite efforts to mitigate financial disaster — including bitcoin-backed ‘volcano bonds,’ and a plan for a tax-free crypto mining hub called ‘Bitcoin City’ — the value of bitcoin has plummeted, and the country is on the brink of defaulting on its debt. The International Monetary Fund has repeatedly warned El Salvador to drop bitcoin if it wants to save its economy.”

Washington Post: Truth Social faces financial peril as worry about Trump’s future grows. “There are signs that the company’s financial base has begun to erode. The Trump company stopped paying RightForge, a conservative web-hosting service, in March and now owes it more than $1 million, according to Fox Business, which first reported the dispute.”

USEFUL STUFF

How-To Geek: How to Convert an Image to JPG Format. “Many websites have strict rules that limit the size and type of image format you’re allowed to upload. With JPG being the go-to file format of the internet, we’re going to take a look at how you can convert your images into JPG format.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

CNBC: Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks, some call to modify vaccine policy. “Google employees are receiving regular notifications from management of Covid-19 infections, causing some to question the company’s return-to-office mandates. The employees, who spoke with CNBC on the condition of anonymity, said since they have been asked to return to offices, infections notifications pop up in their email inboxes regularly. Employees are reacting with frustration and memes.”

Hyperallergic: Why One Organization Is Rushing to Digitize Decades of Broadcast Media. “Today, [New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service] staff and volunteers are at the leading edge of digitizing decades’ worth of irreplaceable New Mexico-produced broadcast media via the New Mexico Public Media Digitization Project. The endeavor will preserve thousands of analog and digital media from the 1960s to the present and includes half-hour episodes, hour-long programs, and rolls of raw footage from five public television and radio stations across the state. The project, which will digitize more than 8,000 video and audiotapes, is expected to be completed later this year.”

Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals: Housatonic Museum of Art receives grant for online collection database. “The museum, which located on the Housatonic Community College campus in Bridgeport, will use the grant funds in documenting, digitizing and archiving 600 objects into an online collections database, thus expanding visitor access beyond the limited number of collection items that are available for viewing during in-person visits.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

CNET: Who Andrew Tate Is and Why He’s Been Kicked Off Social Media. “TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have all banned Andrew Tate after a long-running series of inflammatory and grossly misogynistic comments.”

Ars Technica: The number of companies caught up in the Twilio hack keeps growing. “The fallout from this month’s breach of security provider Twilio keeps coming. Three new companies—authentication service Authy, password manager LastPass, and food delivery service DoorDash—said in recent days that the Twilio compromise led to them being hacked.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

The Scientist: AAAS Shutters Its Center for Public Engagement. “The American Association for the Advancement of Science has confirmed that it has closed its Center for Public Engagement with Science & Technology as part of the final stages of an ongoing strategic planning process. For nearly two decades, the center offered the scientific community programs geared toward increasing the public’s awareness of and trust in science and the process of conducting research.” Good morning, Internet…

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Maine Community Services, Google, Google Sheets, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 27, 2022

Maine Community Services, Google, Google Sheets, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 27, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

State of Maine: DHHS Launches New Dashboard Highlighting Services By the Numbers . “Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) posted a new ‘DHHS By the Numbers’ Dashboard. It displays current data on services provided by the Department’s 3,400 workers in its eight Offices and two psychiatric hospitals.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Search Engine Land: Google helpful content update is now rolling out. “Google has started to roll out the new helpful content update that it pre-announced last week. As a reminder, Google’s helpful content update is a sitewide signal. It targets websites that have a relatively high amount of unsatisfying or unhelpful content, where the content is written for search engines first. In short, did you write that piece of content to rank on Google or did you write it to help users?”

9to5 Google: Google Sheets adds XLOOKUP, Named Functions, and a few other advanced features. “Ben Collins, a Google Developer Expert working with Sheets, shared this week an explanation detailing several new features that have been released for Google Sheets. Specifically, 10 new functions that will be helpful for power users.”

USEFUL STUFF

Wirecutter: Free Video Games You Can Download Right Now. “Whether you own a PlayStation, Xbox, or a gaming PC, accounts or memberships you probably already have regularly give away full-length games on a monthly or weekly basis. These games offer great opportunities to break out of your comfort zones and try new genres.”

WIRED: Curious About 3D Printing? Here Are Some Tips Before You Dive In. “For the purposes of this guide, I’m assuming you’re looking for desktop consumer printers. With the recent explosion in the availability of printers, anything less than $500 is sufficient for household jobs. This range will all meet similar standards of accuracy and speed, and maintain options to upgrade.”

Tom’s Guide: How to stream on Twitch. “If you want to start streaming, theoretically, all you need to do is a computer and a somewhat stable internet connection. The whole process itself is so simple that you could set everything up before you reach the end of this article. However, if you’re keen on putting together a more polished setup, you could accomplish this within the hour, whether that’s using your gaming PC, laptop, console, or even your mobile phone.

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

CNET: Paul Allen’s $1 Billion Art Collection Heads to Auction. “Christie’s auction house said Thursday it would handle the sale of the impressive art collection of Paul Allen, the late co-founder of Microsoft, a collection valued at more than $1 billion that includes masterpieces by Renoir and Roy Lichtenstein.”

CNN: They met on a promenade in Nice. Now this couple makes a living traveling in a world of sounds. “In the six years since that first recording, Libby and Marcel have captured audio in more than 25 countries, mostly in Asia, Europe and North America, spending months at a time in each nation. They have developed a more sophisticated recording setup to encompass stereo, Ambisonic and binaural techniques — but still compact enough to fit their traveling lifestyle.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Reuters: Privacy complaint targets Google over unsolicited ad emails. “Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France’s data protection watchdog.”

Engadget: Plex tells users to reset their passwords after potential data breach. “Plex users may want to change their passwords as soon as they’re able. The digital media player and streaming service said a bad actor had infiltrated its system in a letter sent to users affected by the breach.” Good afternoon, Internet…

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Hurricane Harvey, Gene Roddenberry, Monkeypox Guidance, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, August 27, 2022

Hurricane Harvey, Gene Roddenberry, Monkeypox Guidance, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, August 27, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

Fox 26 Houston: University of Houston highlighting city’s resilience during Hurricane Harvey. “Entitled Resilient Houston: Documenting Hurricane Harvey, viewers may access an online archive of oral history interviews from residents across the city, learn how different communities were affected, and how people stepped up to assist their neighbors.”

Deadline: The Roddenberry Estate & Otoy Unveil First Immersive Roddenberry Archive Experiences, Multi-Year Roadmap To Preserve History Of The ‘Star Trek’ Universe. “The Roddenberry Archive immersive experience and behind-the-scenes video logs are available for the public to view online at this link. These materials will be augmented with additional archive features throughout 2022.”

CBS 17: CDC launches new website to help colleges deal with monkeypox spread. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched a new landing page full of monkeypox resources for people in higher education. It offers tips for students on how teens and young adults can prevent the spread of the disease and other things they need to know.”

EVENTS

NARA: National Archives Public Programs in September . “In September, the National Archives celebrates Constitution Day (September 17), opens its new All American: The Power of Sports exhibit on September 16 at its DC Museum, and continues offering free public programs at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC, at Presidential Libraries nationwide, and virtually on the National Archives YouTube Channel.” Interesting census program on September 8!

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Reuters: Elon Musk’s ‘absurdly broad’ Twitter data requests mostly rejected by judge. “Elon Musk’s demands for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) user details were rejected as ‘absurdly broad’ by a judge on Thursday, although the billionaire will get some data as he pursues his bid to end his $44 billion acquisition of the company.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

The Mainichi: Ordinary Japanese ‘salarymen’ reach TikTok stardom. “Daikyo Security Co.’s account, which gathers goofy dances, gobbled instant noodles and other everyday fare, is the brainchild of the company president. Despite his unpretentious demeanor, Daisuke Sakurai is dead serious about not only enhancing brand power but also recruiting young people to his company, a challenge he sees as a matter of survival.”

Reader’s Digest: How TikTok is changing book cover designs. “We’ve all heard the saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, but it’s pretty evident that the look of the novel in question has to grab our attention. With a new digital trend that sees readers sharing their beloved purchases on social media apps like Instagram and TikTok, there’s more of a drive than ever to ensure that those covers match their desired target audience.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

The Conversation: Social media ads are about to change – how new rules on content marketing will affect what you see and share. “We’ve all scrolled through social media and come across a witty post shared by a friend. Perhaps it references a favourite TV show, or speaks to your current mood. If you were intrigued enough to click on it, you may have been surprised to discover it’s actually an ad for fast food, fashion or even gambling. Such ads, with no apparent connection to the product and which are not overtly trying to sell you something, are called content marketing.”

USA Today: Scribbled notes, classified materials and golf carts: Here’s how the millions of White House documents and artifacts should be archived. “Until the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration, former presidents owned their records, although some worked with the National Archives to create presidential libraries. But when Richard Nixon, after resigning, wanted to destroy the White House tapes that incriminated him in the cover-up of the Watergate complex burglary, Congress passed a law giving control over presidential records to the National Archives at the end of an administration.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

PBS: Not all scientists wear lab coats. Volunteers are fueling research nationwide. “There’s a term for people who contribute to this knowledge purely out of love of the game: citizen scientists. And opportunities to get involved with federally run or sponsored initiatives — from mapping mosquito habitats with smartphones to tallying up plastic pellets spotted on the beach — have only expanded over time.”

Stanford University: New App VideoSticker Uses AI To Help Students Take Rich Notes from Video Lessons. “At present, note-taking of video means manually taking screenshots, clipping and cropping visual objects, reviewing transcripts and manually taking notes, all the while bouncing back and forth between video player and a note-taking app, [Hari] Subramonyam says. But VideoSticker combines video, audio, transcripts, and a powerful visual and a textual note-taking application. Better yet, using AI, VideoSticker can automatically identify and trim objects out of the video and place them in the note-taking area.”

Science Daily: What makes us share posts on social media?. “A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Generalled by University of Pennsylvania researchers Danielle Cosme and Emily Falk analyzed the behavior of more than 3,000 individuals to explore the psychology behind sharing information online. It turns out that the answer is quite straightforward: People share information that they feel is meaningful to themselves or to the people they know.” Yup. Good morning, Internet…

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Medieval Manuscripts, Preserving File Formats, Ohio Monkeypox, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 26, 2022

Medieval Manuscripts, Preserving File Formats, Ohio Monkeypox, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 26, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

British Library: Hildegard-go! “Thanks to generous funding from Joanna and Graham Barker, the British Library is digitising many of its manuscripts, rolls and charters connected with women from Britain and across Europe, and made between 1100 and 1600. We have some great news to report: the first batch of ten manuscript volumes is now available to view online.”

NARA: NARA’s Digital Preservation Framework Goes Live as Linked Open Dataset. “Beginning today, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is making its Digital Preservation Framework available as a Linked Open Dataset, a first for the agency…. The Digital Preservation Framework describes best practices for the preservation of 684 file formats, some dating back to the first transfers of electronic records to NARA 50 years ago.”

Ohio Department of Health: Ohio Department of Health launches new monkeypox cases dashboard. “The Monkeypox Cases Overview dashboard and interactive map, available on the Ohio Department of Health website (odh.ohio.gov), shows the total number of cases across the state, the number of cases per county, the age range of people affected by monkeypox, the percentage of cases by sex, and outcomes, including any hospitalizations and deaths. The dashboard, which will be updated weekly on Thursdays, is modeled after other dashboards ODH has developed to share information with Ohioans about infectious disease outbreaks, including the 2018 statewide outbreak of Hepatitis A.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Engadget: Google Search and Maps results will confirm if a medical center offers abortions. “In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, Google announced that it is making it easier to use its Maps and Search products to find medical providers that offer abortions. When someone searches for specific services and Google has confirmation that a location provides those services, it’ll be clearly labeled in Search and Maps.”

How-To Geek: Chrome’s Next Privacy Upgrade Might Break Some Websites. “Most web browsers have been slowly phasing out User Agents, which send details about your computer and browser to sites. Starting in October 2022, the Chrome web browser will take another step towards ditching User Agent strings entirely.”

USEFUL STUFF

The Verge: Find the best AI-powered app to transcribe your audio. “Whenever a popular online app announces a change to its fees, or in the services it provides for those fees, you’re going to get a reaction from its subscribers — especially the long-term ones. The latest app to cause this type of dismay is Otter, a recording and transcription service that recently announced downgrades of the services it provides on two of its plans and raised the price on a monthly plan.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

LastPass: Notice of Recent Security Incident. “I want to inform you of a development that we feel is important for us to share with our LastPass business and consumer community. Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment. After initiating an immediate investigation, we have seen no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults.”

The Guardian: British judge rules dissident can sue Saudi Arabia for Pegasus hacking. “A British judge has ruled that a case against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia brought by a dissident satirist who was targeted with spyware can proceed, a decision that has been hailed as precedent-setting and one that could allow other hacking victims in Britain to sue foreign governments who order such attacks.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

New York Times: Spiders Are Caught in a Global Web of Misinformation. “Recently, more than 60 researchers from around the world, including Dr. [Catherine] Scott, collected 5,348 news stories about spider bites, published online from 2010 through 2020 from 81 countries in 40 languages. They read through each story, noting whether any had factual errors or emotionally fraught language. The percentage of articles they rated sensationalistic: 43 percent. The percentage of articles that had factual errors: 47 percent.”

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Sponsorship disclosures by social media influencers reduce engagement, study finds. “A new study in the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice by Parker Woodroof, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business, looked at pet influencers marketing and the effect that certain textual and visual cues within sponsored posts have on social media engagement behaviors. Woodroof’s study found that mentions of sponsorships, using brand logos and overall saturation of sponsorships hinder social media engagement in pet influencer marketing.” Good afternoon, Internet…

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