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Combating misinformation in under-resourced languages: lessons from around the world | First Draft
by Ali Abbas Ahmadi
December 18, 2020
2020 has taught us that virtually all communities struggle with the effects of misinformation. While those that speak majority languages…
California’s Proposition 22 Reinforces the Need for Fair Working Conditions Worldwide | Oxford Internet Institute
by Sara Spinks
November 11, 2020
Last Tuesday, voters in California passed Proposition 22, a measure that allows gig companies to hire drivers and couriers as…
Technology Does Not Operate in a Vacuum: The Impact of Women’s Mobile Phone Ownership on Economic Well-being in Tanzania |PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series
October 26, 2020
In many emerging economies, a significant mobile gender gap persists—in which women not only have less access to mobile internet…
Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
October 19, 2020
Knight Public Spaces Forum, hosted by Knight Foundation October 21-22, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day…
Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
October 19, 2020
Knight Public Spaces Forum, hosted by Knight Foundation October 21-22, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day…
The Future of Democracy: Science, technology, and social inequality
September 24, 2020
How is the pandemic changing our nation’s social structures? Does access to technology change who can succeed now and in…
Profiting from panic: the bizarre bogus cures and scams of the coronavirus era | Empirical Studies of Conflict
by Alaa Ghoneim, Saiful Salihudin, Isra Thange, Anne Wen, Jan Oledan & Jacob N. Shapiro
August 18, 2020
As the world awaits a scientifically proven treatment for COVID-19 alternative and evidence-free remedies such as pure vodka in Fiji or dried…
Yes, Fake News Is a Problem. But There’s a Real News Problem, Too | The New York Times
by Jennifer Szalai
July 29, 2020
What do you call it when a hedge fund buys a local newspaper and squeezes it for revenue, laying off…
Information inequality in the UK coronavirus communications crisis | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Dr Richard Fletcher, Dr Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Felix Simon & Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
July 27, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is a communications crisis in addition to being a public health emergency. Few, if any, citizens are,…