Our world is awash in mis- and disinformation. Conspiratorial thinking and misguided beliefs and attitudes towards science are widespread. But…
Focus Tag: Polarization
Artificial intelligence is creating a new colonial world order | MIT Technology Review
My husband and I love to eat and to learn about history. So shortly after we married, we chose to…
Distinct Archetypes of YouTube Politics
The following is an essay written by a SSRC Social Data Research Fellow, based on their project. The program was…
America’s internet is splitting along party lines | Axios
New investments flooding partisan media platforms are starting to restructure America's internet business around the nation's deepening political divide. Why…
Use of social media for news doesn’t seem to increase false political beliefs among Mexicans, one study finds | Nieman Journalism Lab
In Mexico, social media isn’t the major driver of political misinformation as it’s popularly believed to be, according to a…
Scientists must be free to communicate without politicians’ spin | The Guardian
Twenty years ago, when I set up the Science Media Centre, researchers were notably absent from the nation’s airwaves. Frenzies about…
China’s promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie | CNN
Beijing (CNN) - In public statements and at international summits, Chinese officials have attempted to stake out a seemingly neutral…
Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem | The Atlantic
If you want to understand why Facebook too often is a cesspool of hate and disinformation, a good place to…
Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation: a literature review | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Terms like echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation are widely used in public and political debate but not in ways…
National Butterfly Center in Texas shuts down amid right-wing harassment | NPR
The butterflies will fly no more — or not in public view, anyway. The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas,…