Technoplasmosis (n.) — A pervasive, adaptive process by which the architectures, affordances, and embedded value systems of technological artefacts permeate and recalibrate the cognitive schemas, evaluative criteria, and behavioral repertoires of their human users and host institutions. This phenomenon operates through continuous feedback between human practice and technological mediation, progressively aligning perception, judgment, and decision-making with the implicit imperatives of the technology itself.

See what people are searching everywhere, from Google to ChatGPT

A new survey from The Verge and Vox Media addresses this moment of internet fragmentation.

7 customer research sources: 1/ Media Kits 2/ Google Scholar 3/ Amazon Reviews 4/ The New Forums 5/ Comment Sections 6/ Customer Data 7/ Interviews

1) This 7-touch concept is woefully outdated; and 2) Due to internet technology, the number of potential touches in today’s market has grown considerably since this 7-touch theory was formulated.

Syndromic surveillance systems monitor disease indicators to detect emergence of diseases and track their progression. Here, we report on a rapidly deployed active syndromic surveillance system for tracking COVID‑19 in Israel. The system was a novel combination of active and passive components: Ads were shown to people searching for COVID‑19 symptoms on the Google search engine. Those who clicked on the ads were referred to a chat bot which helped them decide whether they needed urgent medical care. Through its conversion optimization mechanism, the ad system was guided to focus on those people who required such care. Over 6 months, the ads were shown approximately 214,000 times and clicked on 12,000 times, and 722 people were informed they needed urgent care. Click rates on ads and the fraction of people deemed to require urgent care were correlated with the hospitalization rate ( R2=0.54 and R2=0.50 , respectively) with a lead time of 9 days. Males and younger people were more likely to use the system, and younger people were more likely to be determined to require urgent care (slope: −0.009 , P=0.01 ). Thus, the system can assist in predicting case numbers and hospital load at a significant lead time and, simultaneously, help people determine if they need medical care.

Why are “click here” and “by this link” poor choices? And is it acceptable to use “read more”? In this article, I’ll explain popular wording and formatting mistakes and will show more accessible and informative alternatives.

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A review of recent research provides clear evidence that many organizations are currently undervaluing the power of digital design and should invest more in behaviorally informed designs to help people make better choices. In many cases, even minor fixes can have a major impact, offering a return on investment that’s several times larger than the conventional use of financial incentives or marketing and education campaigns.

good example of an advocacy microsite/social media toolkit