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myCube Explained

myCube is new way to help people who want to burst their bias bubble when reading the news.

The myCube is an actual cube that displays news articles from

lets you save and then read these articles on a companion app.

This system gathers data from Facebook, the cube, and the app to tell you about your news biases and habits.

We provide visualizations of your stats and let you set goals in order to become a more well rounded news consumer.

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News Outlets

Authors

Articles Likes

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Bias RatingTeam / Network

UserInteractions

Articles have publication data such as Author, Source, and date.

FB API allows us to fetch user data if connected to usersÕ accounts.

Get ContentContent for the myCube experience is generated by news publishers which is automatically pulled into the myCube platform.

Get User BehaviorOver time the cube and app will log user engagement to gain insight on the user's consumption habits and behaviors.

BiasBalance

UserHistory

TopicBreakdown

SourceDiversity

EngagementFrequency

By analyzing user data we can model and track various aspects of their news consumption behaviors, which informs system feedback.

Provide Feedback

System Diagram

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Interaction Flow

Interaction Model - Cube

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Passive State

Cube is set down 1+ minute. Base has no screens.

Active State

Cube is picked up. Rotation dictates what information is visible.

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Clock & Countdown

The clock provides additional functionality and practicality to the cube. The timer denotes countdown to the next topic. When the countdown ends, the cube goes blank momentarily and the timer resets. This screen disappears when the cube is picked up.

Animation

The animation only displays in passive state and disappears on two occasions: when the cube is picked up or when a new topic is set. The screen goes blank (white background) momentarily in both cases.

Action Screen

This is the only screen with touchscreen interaction. Users tap the screen to take action on the set of articles. This interaction is recorded and sent as data to the app.

Article Screen - Learn Setting

With the learn setting engaged, the Active State of the cube shows source and bias information on the articles. A color band does not appear after looking at the source.

Source Screen

In discovery, the source screen lets users learn what the source of the article is and what the bias is. This creates a moment of delight as they can guess the bias before discovering it for themselves.

Article Screen - Discover Setting

When the cube is picked up, the device enters the Active State (passive screens go away) and defaults to the Discover setting for articles. Source and bias information does not show.

When a person rotates the cube to look at the source screen and then rotates the cube back to the original article, a color band representing the source bias appears.

Wireflow

Jo wakes up to her morning alarm and taps her phone to shut it off. Annoyed by her phone’s rudeness, she grabs her myCube next to it. The cube’s relaxing background immediately fades out and is replaced by news.

Jo closes the app and opens Facebook. She knows that whatever news she engages with on Facebook will be tracked by the myCube App. Jo continues to try and burst out of her bias bubble!

Jo is happy with her stats and goes to check out her goals - only two more neutral articles to go! Reading from different sources has helped her become more aware of bias in news headlines.

Once done reading, Jo wants to see how she’s doing with her bias balance stats. She opens the stats page and sees that her bias balance has been updated.

She opens her saved articles and then selects the neutral article from Reuters. North Korea is at it again, it seems.

Jo sets down the myCube on her desk. She unlocks her phone and opens up the myCube app.

Jo isn’t interested in reading about health care articles, so she skips the topic. New articles about North Korea appear and she tries her hand again at guessing the bias. She saves these wanting to know more.

It looks like today’s topic is Health Care. She looks at the headlines and tries to guess the bias of the article before looking at the source.

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Your Stats

Recommendations

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Right 20%

Center 20%

Left -Center 15%

Weekly News BubbleJULY 17-23

Right-Center 40%

This graph shows the biases of sources you most engage with on the app. Articles saved and opened in the app inform this graphic, as well as how long those articles were open for.

Your biggest bias bubble matches your bias profile. Break out of that bubble by reading sources you don’t normally go to.

News TopicsNews Bias

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Reuters

Published on July 5, 2017

Written by Michelle Nicols

ARTICLE

Reuters is is an international news agency headquartered in London, England. It tries to avoid any bias which may stem from control by specific individuals or interests.

Reuters journalists are committed to reporting the facts and in all situations avoid the use of emotive terms. The only exception is when quoting someone directly or in indirect speech.

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ARTICLE

HEALTH CARE

July 5, 2017

The U.S. Senate will delay its consideration of healthcare legislation

while Arizona Republican Senator John McCain recuperates from

surgery, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday.

McCain's absence cast doubt on whether the Senate would be able to

pass the legislation to dismantle and replace Obamacare. McConnell

needs 50 "yes" votes for passage in a chamber the Republicans

control by a 52-48 margin…

Senate delays healthcare vote as McCain recovers from surgery

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SOURCE

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States cautioned on Wednesday it was ready to use force if need be to stop North Korea's nuclear missile program but said it preferred global diplomatic action against Pyongyang for defying world powers by test launching a ballistic missile that could hit Alaska.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that North Korea's actions were "quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution" and the United States was prepared to defend itself and its allies.

"One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction," Haley said. She urged China, North Korea's only major ally, to do more to rein in Pyongyang.

Speaking with his Japanese counterpart on Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis underscored the "ironclad commitment" of the United States to defending Japan and providing "extended deterrence using the full range of U.S. capabilities," Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement.

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North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. urges global actionReuters Written by Michelle Nichols July 5, 2017

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Saved Articles

Vox.com

Saved on July 5, 2017

Reuters

Washington Times

NORTH KOREA

Breitbart

Saved on July 1, 2017GAY RIGHTS

North Korea’s successful test of an intercontinental missile is a test for Trump

North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. urges global action

North Korea’s surprise launch of ICBM has power to reach Alaska, upset East Asia power balance

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