Why is the public so hesitant to support efforts to combat misinformation? Misinformation is false or inaccurate information communicated regardless…
Focus Tag: Media Access and Policy
Project Veritas pokes at the New York Times but loses a legal battle | Columbia Journalism Review
Project Veritas, the right-wing website that often publishes surreptitiously recorded and selectively edited videos to embarrass liberals and mainstream media…
Knight Media Forum 2022 | Knight Foundation
On Feb. 22-24, join us virtually for the 15th Annual Knight Media Forum (KMF), where we will examine current trends…
Spotify Was Never Going to Drop Joe Rogan | WIRED
This week, Spotify removed the musical catalog of Neil Young from its platform. On Monday, the legendary rocker published a…
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review Retracts Article, Admitting Editorial ‘Failure’ | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review has admitted to publishing misinformation. The journal, published by HKS’s Shorenstein Center, retracted an…
COVID misinformation is a health risk – tech companies need to remove harmful content not tweak their algorithms | The Conversation
Many worldwide have now caught COVID. But during the pandemic many more are likely to have encountered something else that’s…
Opinion: The rise of a pro-democracy media | The Washington Post
America’s news media is increasingly covering the growing radicalism of the Republican Party and its democracy-eroding behavior. That’s a welcome…
If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift | The Washington Post
In the year since the Jan. 6 insurrection, mainstream journalists have done a lot of things right. They’ve published major investigations,…
Are partisan news sites to blame for polarization? A massive study suggests they’re not | Nieman Journalism Lab
If there is one thing we all can agree on, it’s that Americans with strong political opinions can’t seem to…
Resisting and Reversing Western Media Imperialism?: Turkey’s Global Communication Outlets | Annenberg School for Communication
Since the 2010s, Turkey’s ruling AKP government has vastly expanded its global communication apparatus to promote the country as a…