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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Beth Meisinger |Roger Kreuz
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. What is that voice in your head when you read? – Luiza, age 14, Goiânia, BrazilWhen you first begin reading, you read out loud. Reading aloud can make the text easier to understand when you’re a beginning reader or when you are reading something that’s challenging. Listening to yourself as you read helps with comprehension.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Roger Kreuz
By Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s meant to encapsulate the zeitgeist of the prior year. In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
thederrick.com | Roger Kreuz
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
idahopress.com | Roger Kreuz
Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Roger Kreuz
Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s meant to encapsulate the zeitgeist of the prior year. In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Roger Kreuz
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
bhpioneer.com | Roger Kreuz
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
japantoday.com | Roger Kreuz
Fiction writers have explored some possibilities. In his 2019 novel “Fall,” science fiction author Neal Stephenson imagined a near future in which the internet still exists. But it has become so polluted with misinformation, disinformation and advertising that it is largely unusable. Characters in Stephenson’s novel deal with this problem by subscribing to “edit streams” – human-selected news and information that can be considered trustworthy.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
talkingpointsmemo.com | Roger Kreuz
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. How will the internet evolve in the coming decades? Fiction writers have explored some possibilities. In his 2019 novel “Fall,” science fiction author Neal Stephenson imagined a near future in which the internet still exists. But it has become so polluted with misinformation, disinformation and advertising that it is largely unusable.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Roger Kreuz
It’s Elon Musk’s America — and the left can’t stand itThe political left already hates Elon Musk. But its anger toward the disruptive billionaire, Tesla founder and now Donald Trump bestie is only going …
