After seeing a viral video featuring Stephen Fry, Cristina examines the practice of turning on same-language subtitling and its surprising effect on reading skills, particularly in children. Adam looks at examples of recent cases where Google and Twitter algorithms are being accused of bias.
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Subtitles and Reading Skills
Research into Same-Language Subtitling
Stephen Fry talks about turning on the subtitles
Science of Learning: Interview with John Gabrieli
Same Language Subtitling of Bollywood Film Songs on TV: Effects on Literacy
Closed-captioned television: A new tool for reading instruction.
Biased Algorithms
Twitter apologises for ‘racist’ image-cropping algorithm – The Guardian
Transparency around image cropping and changes to come – Twitter
Quick test to see if Twitter’s cropping algorithm is still racist. – Twitter
