Marcos Cabello
Reporter, Social Sciences and Business & Economics
@marcosacabMarcos Augusto Cabello, based in Boston, covers the Social Sciences and Business & Economics for The Academic Times. Prior to that, he obtained his Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree in criminology and philosophy, with a minor in psychology, from Florida State University.
Jurisdictional reliance on the death penalty continues to be shaped by the broader social, political and economic contexts in which they occur, but these relationships are more complex than what has been suggested by previous state-level analyses, according to a new study that utilized sweeping county-level data on the death penalty.
Academics aren't in agreement on how to define, measure or study "fake news," according to a new meta-analysis that reviewed existing academic research on the topic, raising concerns that companies and governments considering restrictions on speech may be misinformed about the extent of the problem.
Women on the British side of the historic Anglo-French partition of Cameroon are more economically empowered than their French counterparts, but they are also at a higher risk for domestic violence, according to a new study that paints a nuanced picture of female empowerment in developing countries.
Inspirational messaging about the competence of those with a mental illness is generally more effective in anti-stigma campaigns than messages that present information about the biological origins or psycho-social origins of a mental illness, according to a new study that is among the first to provide data about different types of stigma-reducing messaging.
The Great Isaiah Scroll, one of the largest and best-preserved of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls, was likely authored by two writers rather than one, according to new interdisciplinary research that employed computer-based pattern recognition and artificial intelligence techniques to determine writer identification.