SciShow
Why People Do So Many Weird Things on the Internet | Compilation
The internet has given us access to a wealth of information about humanity, including about those big weird brains that make us who we are.
TED Talks
Nancy Frates: Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge craze this summer? Meet the mom who started it all. When Nancy Frates's son Pete hurt his wrist in a baseball game, he got an unexpected diagnosis: it wasn’t a broken bone, it was ALS, and there is no...
TED Talks
Margaret Gould Stewart: How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)
Facebook's "like" and "share" buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook's director of product design, outlines three rules for design at...
Crash Course
Casual Gaming: Crash Course Games
Today, we're moving on from game consoles to talk about a bigger shift that was happening in the gaming industry. In the mid 2000s, we saw a proliferation of Internet accessible devices and with them gaming would expand to a new...
TED Talks
Ronny Edry: Israel and Iran: A love story?
When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold message: "Iranians ... we [heart] you." Other Israelis quickly created their own...
PBS
Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?
With 955,000,000 worldwide users, Facebook seems like just about everyone makes use of the social media giant to connect with friends, share photos, and update everyone they've ever met since grade school about their dinner plans. But...
Crash Course
Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6
Today we’re going to focus on how to tell good evidence from bad evidence and maybe importantly, how to identify “Fine, but that doesn’t actually prove your point” evidence - the stuff that the Internet is built on.
TED Talks
TED: What capitalism gets right -- and governments get wrong | Katherine Mangu-Ward
Is capitalism a good thing? Journalist Katherine Mangu-Ward makes the case that "weirdos" left alone to innovate and explore far-out ideas in a free market system are our best hope for the future. She asks us to reconsider our qualms...
TED Talks
Hannah Brencher: Love letters to strangers
Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she did what felt natural -- she wrote love letters and left them for strangers to find. The act has become a global...
Bozeman Science
Cell Communication
Paul Andersen discusses cell communication. He begins by explaining how he communicates with other individuals using various forms of electronic communication. He them explains how cells communicate when the distance between them is big,...
TED Talks
Jennifer Golbeck: Your social media "likes" expose more than you think
Do you like curly fries? Have you Liked them on Facebook? Watch this talk to find out the surprising things Facebook (and others) can guess about you from your random Likes and Shares. Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck explains how...
SciShow
What Does Facebook Really Know About Your Personality?
Facebook has access to extensive data about its millions of users across the world, but what exactly can they learn from that information?
TED Talks
TED: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi
Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas...
Crash Course
History of Media Literacy, Part 2: Crash Course Media Literacy
Jay continues our journey through the history of media literacy with the arrival of movies, television, and the other screens that now permeate our lives – along with some of the different approaches to media literacy that these...
Crash Course
Intro to Big Data - Crash Course Statistics
Today, we're going to begin our discussion of Big Data. Everything from which videos we click (and how long we watch them) on YouTube to our likes on Facebook say a lot about us - and increasingly more and more sophisticated algorithms...
SciShow
Why Do So Many People Share and Believe Fake News?
Fake news spreads across the Internet like wildfire, and might even spread more quickly than real news!
TED Talks
Debbie Millman: How symbols and brands shape our humanity
"Branding is the profound manifestation of the human spirit," says designer and podcaster Debbie Millman. In a historical odyssey that she illustrated herself, Millman traces the evolution of branding, from cave paintings to flags to...
SciShow
The Data Explosion | The History of the Internet, Part 3
Nearly twenty years after the dot-com bubble burst, the internet is an essential piece of the modern world, with the public side mostly commanded by a few powerful companies.
PBS
Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?
Everyone is familiar with Twitter, the uber-popular micro-blogging site, which limits the user to 140 characters. The tweet is perfect for sharing your favorite links and updating the world about your life, but it might also be the...
TED Talks
TED: The future of digital communication and privacy | Will Cathcart
People send 100 billion WhatsApp messages every day -- and they're all encrypted to protect them from potentially curious entities like companies, governments and even WhatsApp itself. With our increased reliance on digital communication...
Crash Course
Future Literacies: Crash Course Media Literacy
We’ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it’s clear that change isn’t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy? How...
Curated Video
Is YouTube Social Media
Unveil the truth about YouTube and its classification as social media in this informative video. Explore the characteristics and functionalities of YouTube to understand its role in the digital landscape. Discover the similarities and...
Curated Video
You and Your Web Presence
CandidCareer.com co-founder Billy walks us through how to effectively manage your web presence! Whether you're seeking work or currently employed, make sure your social media networks are focused on you as the professional, not the clown!
Curated Video
Cyber Security for Absolute Beginners - 2022 Edition - Part 02 - Darknets
In this video, we will look at some of the websites classified on the dark web that allows you to browse websites or post questions anonymously.