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Dr. Alison Novak

@AlisonNovak

Associate Professor. Millennial. Cat lady.

 Rowan University
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Joined March 2009
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Antonio Byrd@DrAntoniowrites7 Jul 2023
ChatGPT users drops as summer begins. Why? Because the kids are out of school and there’s no homework to do. Lol fortune.com/2023/07/06/chatg…

ChatGPT suddenly 'isn't booming anymore,' Google A.I. researcher says—and kids are the big problem...

ChatGPT just lost users for the first time, and Francois Chollet says it's because a big use case is homework.

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@TIME6 Apr 2023
How ethical are your eggs? ti.me/416jxSs

Chocolate Companies Ranked by Sustainabilty

How the world's biggest chocolate manufacturers—from Nestlé to Mars to Cadbury—rank on environmental and human rights.

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@nytimes4 Apr 2023
Teenagers and young adults are purchasing less milk than the national average, citing health concerns, climate change and skepticism towards the dairy industry. Now there are aggressive marketing campaigns to "reclaim milk's mojo." nyti.ms/3ZJ9YYt
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We are pleased to announce Alison Novak, Associate Professor at Rowan University, will serve on the inaugural Editorial Board for the "Year in C-SPAN Archives Research" book series. cla.purdue.edu/academic/comm…
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@CNN23 Feb 2023
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doesn’t want another incident like Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, but they are planning for the unexpected cnn.it/3SnFv06
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@TheAtlantic25 Jan 2023
When @stefi_bear watched toy ads with her 3-year-old, she saw a retrograde world of play: dolls and beauty products for girls, transportation and adventure for boys. Those gender cues, she reports, can shape how kids play—and play shapes their development: on.theatln.tc/cdiL8Kv
Why Are Toy Commercials Still Like This?

Why Are Toy Commercials Still Like This?

Plenty of modern parents want their kids to play with whatever they like. But in ad-world, dolls are for girls, and trucks are for boys.

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@TIME25 Jan 2023
"Men have on average 5 hours more of leisure time per week than women—equivalent to 260 hours, or 10.8 full 24-hour days, each year. Why is there this time inequality?" 📝 Lauren C. Howe, Lindsay B. Howe, and Ashley V. Whillans ti.me/3DdBtRq
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Fighting AI Chat GPT Tools npr.org/2023/01/09/114754984…
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Created by scholar @AlisonNovak, our new Page Center Ethics Training module covers digital media activism. Learn more: bellisario.psu.edu/page-cent…
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Before the next election, you might want to find a better way to poll anyone under the age of 30 since they would rather pick up a pinless grenade than a call from an unknown number.
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@AOC9 Nov 2022
The role of young people in this election cannot be understated. Turnout delivered on many of these races. By 2024, Millennials & Gen Z voters will outnumber voters who are Baby Boomers and older, 45/25. We are beginning to see the political impacts of that generational shift.
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Bob Casey Jr.
@Bob_Casey7 Nov 2022
WESTERN PA 🆘 Hundreds of mail-in ballots have been reported as incorrectly dated. If you submitted a mail-in ballot in Allegheny County, please make sure your name isn’t on this list. Having the wrong or no date means your ballot won’t count. alleghenycounty.us/elections…
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@nytimes14 Sep 2022
Patagonia’s founder gave the $3 billion company to a set of trusts and nonprofits meant to combat climate change. nyti.ms/3xocRmm
Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company (Published 2022)

Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company (Published 2022)

Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.

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This boggles the mind from a grammatical standpoint. You had the object pronoun sitting.right.there.
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@latimes11 Feb 2022
Right now, thousands of caps, T-shirts, sweatshirts and face masks proclaiming the L.A. Rams the next Super Bowl champion are sitting in boxes. A parallel pile of merchandise celebrates the victory of the Cincinnati Bengals. What happens after the game? latimes.com/business/story/2…
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CNN International
@cnni21 Jan 2022
Netflix and Peloton were two of the biggest pandemic winners, along with video call provider Zoom Video and electronic signature firm DocuSign. Now, the pandemic boom is over. cnn.it/3fIvDLV
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CNN International
@cnni20 Jan 2022
Peloton shares sank 20% Thursday after it was reported to have temporarily halted production of its bike and treadmill products because of waning consumer demand. cnn.it/3Ai8Lfv
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Take a moment to order your free at-home COVID-19 tests and follow official safety guidelines. special.usps.com/testkits
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Omicron is here, cases are exploding, and lots of people who have "followed the rules" are going to turn up positive. Here's how to cope. washingtonpost.com/wellness/…
Thousands who ‘followed the rules’ are about to get covid. They shouldn’t be ashamed.

Thousands who ‘followed the rules’ are about to get covid. They shouldn’t be ashamed.

Omicron is here, cases are exploding, and lots of people who have "followed the rules" are going to turn up positive. Here's how to cope.

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@InsiderLife10 Jan 2022
2021 ended on a dark note, as the Omicron wave washed over the holiday season, but the start to 2022 is brighter: it's purple. 💜 Here's how the color could define a generation. 👇 businessinsider.com/millenni…
Millennial pink and Gen Z yellow captured their generation's economic struggles. Now it's purple's...

Millennial pink and Gen Z yellow captured their generation's economic struggles. Now it's purple's...

Very Peri and Orchid Flower are the colors of 2022. They embody "a sense of positivity," which experts hope signals a brighter economic outlook.

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