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Focus Tag: Polarization
Call for Papers and Talk Proposals: Conference on Truth and Trust Online
by Truth & Trust Online
July 6, 2020
The modern media ecosystem in which the public seeks truthful information and trustworthy sources is increasingly dominated by large-scale online…
Conference for Truth and Trust Online
July 6, 2020
What is Truth and Trust Online? While trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide, confuse, and…
Lies, damn lies, and media: Right-wing repetition of debunked narratives reshapes reality | Media Matters for America
by Parker Molloy
July 2, 2020
February 7, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Green New Deal resolution in the House…
Domestic Disinformation is a Growing Menace to America | Time
by Richard Stengel
June 29, 2020
We’ve become so familiar with the idea that during the 2016 election thousands of Russian trolls—with very poor grammar—pretended to…
The Return of Reality? | BBC Radio 4
by BBC Radio 4
June 1, 2020
Before Covid-19 hit, the latest research showed we were more polarised than ever. We broadly agree on the issues -…
The contraception mandate is back at the Supreme Court — and so is the right-wing misinformation | Media Matters for America
by Julie Tulbert
May 5, 2020
On May 6, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Little Sisters v. Pennsylvania (consolidated with Trump v. Pennsylvania), a case concerning…
Resilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research | International Journal of Press/Politics
by Edda Humprecht, Frank Esser, & Peter Van Aelst
January 29, 2020
Online disinformation is considered a major challenge for modern democracies. It is widely understood as misleading content produced to generate…
No, We’re Not Living in a Post-Fact World | POLITICO
by Ethan Porter and Thomas J. Wood
January 6, 2020
One of the most pessimistic claims about facts in American democracy is that when people see factual information, they respond…
Images That Generate Clicks Among Both Liberals and Conservatives | Center for Media Engagement
by Caroline Murrary & Natalie Jomini Stroud
December 19, 2019
The Center for Media Engagement partnered with ProPublica to determine if news story headlines and images can be crafted in…