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Fake news impacts individuals’ behavior and decision-making while also disrupting political processes, perceptions of medical advice, and societal trends. Improving individuals’ ability to accurately assess fake news can reduce its […]
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With the ubiquity of technology in the modern life, contact between different social groups via different digital means is an everyday reality. Can such a digital intergroup contact reduce prejudice, […]
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Navigating power and visibility: French alternative Journalism on YouTube in the hybrid media system
This study examines the strategies and challenges of French alternative news channels on YouTube, using Chadwick’s hybrid media systems and Sandoval and Fuchs’ critical theory of alternative media. Drawing on […]
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Despite the importance of climate news in shaping public engagement, little is known about how different types of media – mainstream and non-mainstream – relate to pro-climate behaviour, and what […]
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This article explores the role played by legacy media in the pervasive situation where far-right activists highly politicize migrant crimes on social media. Focusing on particular crimes they consider indicative […]
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The content moderation systems used by social media sites are a topic of widespread interest and research, but less is known about the use of similar systems by web search […]
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There is an on-going debate about the degree to which Americans’ self-reported beliefs in falsehoods are expressive, serving to increase respondents’ standing with their political in-group and to sway others, […]
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This study examines how the public views the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. We conduct three survey experiments on a representative sample of the US public to […]
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Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outside […]
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Amid complex global challenges and the need for informed public discourse, science outreach is more important than ever. The Pint of Science International Festival, held annually each May, convenes scientists, […]
