Over the past year, mobilizations around the world have sprung up against governmental efforts to contain the coronavirus through lockdowns,…
Focus Tag: Geography
Guess which states saw the most election disinformation in 2020 | MIT Technology Review
On November 3, Tina Barton ran into a problem. It was Election Day in the US and Barton, a Republican,…
Local news attention at low ebb after election; few say it spread misinformation or division | Knight Foundation
In a year full of intense news cycles, Americans’ media diets have fluctuated dramatically. Current attention levels to local news…
A contentious local election revealed an information gap. High school reporters stepped up to fill it. | Poynter
Last fall as Facebook geared up to fight misinformation related to the 2020 elections, residents of Sammamish, Washington, realized they…
When good is the enemy of great: Rural broadband in a time of COVID | PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series
With the global onset of COVID-19, broadband access has never been more vital to our economies, democracies, and social well-being.…
Paper Cuts: How Reporting Resources Affect Political News Coverage | American Journal of Political Science
Media outlets provide crucial inputs into the democratic process, yet they face increasingly severe economic challenges. I study how a…
Mapping COVID-19: How web-based maps contribute to the infodemic | SAGE Journals
A proliferation of web-based maps have appeared depicting many different aspects of the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In…
Africa can become a renewable energy superpower – if climate deniers are kept at bay | The Guardian
The power of climate science denial in the UK, thankfully, has been in retreat over the past decade. Nigel Lawson’s…