Stories by Catherine F. Brooks

Catherine F. Brooks, PhD, is an associate professor and associate director of Arizona's School of Information and is also the founding director of the Center for Digital Society and Data Studies. She is a Public Voices fellow with The Op Ed Project.

Policy

Are Science Communicators Chasing Public Attention at the Expense of Trust in Science?

We too often fall into the trap of relying on emotional rather than factual approaches

September 13, 2018 — Catherine F. Brooks

Policy

In a Big Data World, Scholars Need New Guidelines for Research

User information from Facebook and other social-media sites is invaluable to political and social scientists, but it must be treated with care

May 4, 2018 — Catherine F. Brooks