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Guess which states saw the most election disinformation in 2020 | MIT Technology Review
by Tate Ryan-Mosley
December 18, 2020
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
by Jeff Jones
December 17, 2020
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
by Angela Fu
December 15, 2020
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
October 26, 2020
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
by Erik Peterson
October 23, 2020
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
by Peter Mooney & Levente Juhász
August 6, 2020
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
by Mohamed Adow
July 23, 2020
The power of climate science denial in the UK, thankfully, has been in retreat over the past decade. Nigel Lawson’s…
Adriana DiSilvestro
July 6, 2020