When 2,529 people were offered a free subscription to their local newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer, only forty-four accepted—less than 2 percent—according to an academic study set to be published this year in the American Journal of Political Science.  Dan Hopkins, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted the […]

I hadn't seen this from Matt when it first came out last month, but it hit me timely today: When tech oversteps its mandate as a too...

Rural adults are less likely than suburban adults to have home broadband and less likely than urban adults to own a smartphone, tablet or computer.

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Kara Swisher with a lesson for young people on the value of risk-taking and digital responsibility.

“To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.”