Sorgente: TV set viewership is still king of the home | Media Analysis | Business

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Early Nielsen numbers show that Super Bowl LI ended up with 111.3 million viewers, short of the record 114.4 million viewers from 2015.

Sorgente: Super Bowl LI scores top ratings, just shy of record | Ratings/Measurement | News | Rapid TV News

They left us laughing, they left us crying. These were the best films to come out of the fest this year.

Sorgente: The Sundance Movies You Have to See | Good Sh*t | OZY

Oscar nominees gather during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

Sorgente: Album fotografico The Oscars Class of 2017 Attends the Annual Nominee Luncheon This year’s Oscar nominees came together for | Getty Images

With advertising dollars and big data, a tiny U.S. agency seeks to chip away at the militant groups’ online appeal.

Sorgente: How a U.S. team uses Facebook, guerrilla marketing to peel off potential ISIS recruits – The Washington Post

 

Things may have gotten political this year, but that didn’t mean the ads were humorless.

Sorgente: The Best Super Bowl Commercials, From Avocados to Zelda | WIRED

The faces on your TV may have been surgically altered for a distraction-free experience.

Sorgente: Why Local News Anchors All Have the Same Look – Racked

School is in session – aboard a boat, inside a cave, immersed in the world.

Sorgente: How High Schools Are Demolishing the Classroom | Fast Forward | OZY

Artificial intelligence can predict when a student will succeed, fail and even die – with scary accuracy.

Sorgente: How Artificial Intelligence Will Invade Classrooms | POV | OZY

Meet the global leaders, cutting-edge trends and big ideas that are upending the dusty state of secondary education.

Sorgente: How to Disrupt a High School — for the Better | Wildcard | OZY

The ad was released days after Donald Trump’s travel ban, but Anheuser-Busch says it’s not a political ad.

Sorgente: Budweiser uses a Super Bowl ad to tell an obscure immigrant story — its own – The Washington Post

The work of content moderators is mostly unseen, but thousands of people do this tedious and potentially dangerous labor.

Sorgente: The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity – The New Yorker

Looking back at the year in art, we recall the technologies, both new and old, that have defined the look and feel of art in 2016.

Sorgente: The 10 Technologies That Defined Art This Year – artnwet News

By the age of 6, girls consider boys more likely to show brilliance and be more suited to “really, really smart” activities than their own gender, according to a study.

Sorgente: Girls feel less ‘smart’ by age 6, research says – CNN.com

 

Get ready for a short month with some long nights in front of the TV.

Sorgente: 13 Awesome Shows and Movies Coming to Netflix in February | WIRED

Lego Life wants to be the internet’s first troll-free zone.

Sorgente: Lego Life Is a Social Network That’s Safe for Kids | WIRED

The cast of Hidden Figures accepts the award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture onstage during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Sorgente: Album fotografico Memorable On Stage Moments from the SAG Awards Take a look at the best photos from on the stage and in | Getty Images