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Can news help? New evidence on the links between news use and misinformation | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

News, at its best, helps people become more informed and thus potentially more resilient to misinformation, propaganda, and other attempts to lead them astray.

As Alessandra Galloni, the editor-in-chief of Reuters, put it earlier this month, “At its best, fact-based journalism can serve as an antidote to the disinformation that clogs up social media platforms more and more”.

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Source: Can news help? New evidence on the links between news use and misinformation | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism