American academic freedom is in peril Calo, Ryan; Starbird, Kate
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science),
07/2024, Volume:
385, Issue:
6704
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Academics researching online misinformation in the US are learning a hard lesson: Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted. They face a concerted effort—including by members of Congress—to ...undermine or silence their work documenting false and misleading internet content. The claim is that online misinformation researchers are trying to silence conservative voices. The evidence suggests just the opposite.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet ...considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an object we both do and do not recognize. Concluding with the prospects for its future in a world burgeoning with noise, Biguenet asks whether we should desire or fear silence-or if it is even ours to choose.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
This study aims to shed light on one of the most important contemporary issues, which is what is known as “organizational silence”. Where we will address through our research paper the concept of ...organizational silence, its three dimensions, the factors causing it, its effects, as well as how to break the climate of silence for the success of the organization. This study concluded that: it is necessary to establish an appropriate climate that encourages communication between employees to express their opinions.
Une nuit d'ete. Tout est pret a accueillir le corps dans le doux passage vers le jour naissant: le lit, le silence et le sommeil. Les murs de la maison, les rideaux et les volets n'attenuent qu'un ...peu la luminosita de ce mois d'aout alors que l'odeur des vacances impregne les draps encore frais. La lueur palpable de la fete, brillance insondable dans l'obscurite, se re flete sur l'ecran de l'ordinateur.. Adapted from the source document.
