When the internet became a mass medium in the 1990s, the mantra was “information wants to be free”: everyone should have free access to all information. That was the driving force for the spread of the WWW and at the same time a mortgage. Since then nobody wants to pay money for anything on the…
Why do young people follow influencers? And what role do they play in the consumption of information and in the process of forming opinions? A study investigated these questions. Adolescents and young adults in particular use social networks to find out about socially and politically relevant topics. Content creators and influencers play a major role…
Users of Apple’s iCloud for Windows report serious data protection problems. Due to an error, some could see images that belong in other media libraries. What Is iCloud? The iCloud is Apple’s virtual storage space for data of all kinds. Saving in the iCloud ensures that content can be synchronized on multiple devices. To do…
