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An ongoing infodemic: How people in eight countries access news and information about Coronavirus a year into the pandemic | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Anne Schulz, Richard Fletcher
May 28, 2021
In this report, we use survey data collected in April 2021 to document and understand how people in eight countries…
Grief x Healing x Innovation | Rights x Tech
May 26, 2021
Rights x Tech is a space is for leaders in technology, movement and philanthropy who understand the importance of hearing…
Police Violence, Racial Injustice, and the Press: Reflections on Coverage of the Chauvin Trial | Shorenstein Center
May 25, 2021
The trial of Derek Chauvin sparked national conversations about violent policing and racial injustice. In its wake, how should policy makers,…
Research note: This photograph has been altered: Testing the effectiveness of image forensic labeling on news image credibility | HKS Misinformation Review
by Cuihua Shen, Mona Kasra, and James F. O'Brien
May 25, 2021
Despite the ubiquity of images and videos in online news environments, much of the existing research on misinformation and its…
Targeting Turkish–Georgian Relations: Russian Disinformation is Taking a Local Turn | RUSI
by Kakhaber Kemoklidze and Natia Seskuria
May 21, 2021
Having scored only limited success in their anti-Western disinformation campaign in Georgia, Russian propaganda outlets are now attempting to fuel…
Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor of Communication | Cornell University
by Cornell University
May 20, 2021
The Department of Communication at Cornell University invites applications for a 9-month, full time tenure-track faculty position in communication at…
Beyond Misinformation: Towards a Research Agenda for Information Ecosystems, Network Dynamics and Emergent Epistemologies | C4 lab
May 20, 2021
This workshop starts from the premise that the problem of online misinformation is a symptom, not a cause. While undeniably…
The Global News Media Is in Peril—and Democracy Along With It | Foreign Policy
by Michael Moran
May 18, 2021
The drumbeat of writing from journalism institutions, press freedom monitors, and academia about the sorry state of the news business…
Lies on Social Media Inflame Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | The New York Times
by Sheera Frenkel
May 14, 2021
In a 28-second video, which was posted to Twitter this week by a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of…