For the crimes of few – or even just one – the group must pay. This method of punishment was a Machiavellian favourite of Professors Umbridge and Snape in the famed Harry Potter series. Remembering the injustice, one smoulders still. ...

There's nothing sinister about cute monster avatars, right? Wrong, say University of South Australia researchers. They evaluated the cartoon critter-laden classroom app, ClassDojo, and reached a worrisome conclusion, namely, that it 'promotes controlling techniques of discipline and governance, rather than ...