Tag: smartphones
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Clay Calvert, University of Florida – Filming Police
The filming of police has dominated the news recently. Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, examines the issues surrounding capturing police officers at work, for good or bad. Clay Calvert is Professor and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication…
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Russell Johnson, MSU – The Harmful Effects of Smartphone Use
Most Likely To Change The World Congratulations to Russell Johnson of Michigan State University for winning our 2014 Most Likely To Change The World Senior Superlative award. His segment analyzed the harmful effects of smartphone usage, especially right before bed. This segment originally aired on March 14th, 2014
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Gary Small, UCLA – Teens and Screens
Smart phones are everywhere these days. It seems anywhere you turn, you’ll find someone with their head metaphorically buried in their mobile device. They may be checking their social media profiles, googling something or even looking up directions – but one thing is for sure: they’re not interacting with the people surrounding them. Gary Small,…
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Richard Willson, University of Houston – Smartphone Medical Apps
You may have a highly advanced medical detection device in your pocket right now! Along with colleague Jiming Bao, Richard Willson is working to turn smartphones into precision detectors of viruses and disease. Richard Willson is the Huffington-Woestemeyer professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a professor of biochemical and biophysical sciences at the University…