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ESMH : Science and Practice of Virality on Social Media
What drives virality on social media platforms? And how the European message can be conveyed more effectively?
ESMH Press Review – January 23, 2019
Smart homes, planetary health diet, fake users in internet : check the latest ESMH selection of 20 science and tech news published in the last two weeks all around the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media.
The Oceans of Plastics – Plastisphere: A new term for the marine environment
Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic waste enters the oceans. Plastic pollution is so ubiquitous that scientists have coined a new term for the marine environment: the plastisphere.
The growing threat of internet addiction
Excessive and problematic internet use is increasingly recognised as a potential threat to public health.
ESMH Press Review – January 9, 2019
Here is the ESMH selection of science and tech news published in the last two weeks all around the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media.
Debate on “killer robots”: the crucial role of human control
Advancement in military automation is raising concerns across the world, especially about the prospects of so-called "killer robots".
Antibiotics on farms: Europe starts to curb bad practices
Resistant infections kill an estimated 33 000 people in the European Union annually.
ESMH Press Review – December 12, 2018
Here is the ESMH selection of science and tech news published in the last two weeks all around the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media.
Technology and elections : first event for journalists from all 28 EU member states Nov. 6-7, 2018
How technology could be used or misused in electoral campaign? This was the main topic debated during the two-day event in the European Parliament (EP), organised by the European Science-media Hub/ the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) together with the Communication Directorate of the EP.
The ESMH kick-off event : Communicating Science via Social Media June 27, 2018
More than 50 representatives of the scientific community, European research organisations and journalists engaged into a stimulated debate on the challenges of communicating science via social media.