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Emerging into the Future: Trends in Law, Medicine and Technology Post-Pand | Center for Global Governance and Emerging Law
January 29, 2021
In barely a year, Covid-19 has transformed from a localized outbreak to a global pandemic and, in the process, dramatically…
The psychology of fairness: Why some Americans don’t believe the election results | The Conversation
by David M. Mayer
December 22, 2020
The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden 306…
Mapping Black Media | Center for Community Media
by Black Media Initiative
December 3, 2020
As part of the Center for Community Media’s (CCM) Black Media Initiative, we’re offering a map and directory of nearly…
What we think we know and what we want to know: perspectives on trust in news in a changing world | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Benjamin Toff, Sumitra Badrinathan, Camila Mont'Alverne, Amy Ross Arguedas, Richard Fletcher, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
December 3, 2020
Trust in news has eroded worldwide. According to the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2020, fewer than four in ten…
Investigative Digital Ethnography: Methods for Environmental Modeling | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Brian Friedberg
October 21, 2020
Investigative Digital Ethnography combines elements of investigative journalism with ethnographic observation in a practice useful for academic researchers, policy makers,…
She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses | The New York Times
by Jenny Anderson
October 14, 2020
In late September, Heidi Larson, an anthropologist and the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project in London, sat on a…
The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful | The Atlantic
by Kaitlyn Tiffany
August 20, 2020
A blush-colored square filled with the all-caps advice SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE IN belongs to one…
Job Opening | Dalton Family Professor, New and Emerging Media | Boston University
by Boston University
July 21, 2020
The College of Communication at Boston University believes that trustworthy, high-quality communication that engages diverse audiences is an essential underpinning…
Call for Papers | Vienna Anthropology Days 2020
by Vienna Anthropology Days 2020
May 7, 2020
Please click on Online Paper Submission to submit a descriptive abstract (in English; max. 350 words) for one of the sessions listed…