What’s lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it?
With our attention diverted, we’re no longer in the moment. 'Concert' via www.shutterstock.com Rebecca Macmillan, University of Texas at Austin At a conference on June 14, Facebook executive Nicola Mendelsohn predicted that the social networking site would be “all...
Don’t be fooled by fake images and videos online
Nope, not a real news report from Hurricane Irma. Snopes Hany Farid, Dartmouth College One month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an “Access Hollywood” recording of Donald Trump was released in which he was heard lewdly talking about women. The...
Forging a photo is easy, but how do you spot a fake?
I can tell this has been ‘shopped, on account of the pixels. Mmxx, CC BY-SA Stuart Gibson, University of Kent Faking photographs is not a new phenomenon. The Cottingley Fairies seemed convincing to some in 1917, just as the images recently broadcast on Russian...