Tag: Russell Golman

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.4.24-4.28

    The Academic Minute for 2017.4.24-4.28

    Academic Minute from 4.24 – 4.28 Monday, April 24th Adam Klein – Pace University Hate Groups Go Online Dr. Klein is the recent author of Fanaticism, Racism, and Rage Online: Corrupting the Digital Sphere (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).  His work on radical voices in global media and politics has included studies on the white power movement, terrorist networks, hacktivists, and authoritarian press systems.  He…

  • Russell Golman, Carnegie Mellon University – Information Avoidance

    Russell Golman, Carnegie Mellon University – Information Avoidance

    Are you avoiding some important information? Russell Golman, assistant professor of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses this question. I was trained as a game theorist with a Mathematics Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  But whereas game theorists usually assume that people making strategic decisions are hyper-rational, I try to acknowledge…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.24)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.24)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.4.24 Monday, April 24th Adam Klein of Pace University explores how hate groups have gone online to spread their messages. Tuesday, April 25th Joanna Huxster of Bucknell University discusses if partisan media can change perceptions of climate change in the public. Wednesday, April 26th Russell Golman of Carnegie Mellon University examines why we avoid…