Join Bergen LEADER, Maria Deptula for a seminar on misinformation, disinformation, bias and “fake news". Maria Deptula will help attendees…
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Focus Tag: Public Trust
The Vaccine Hesitant on Why They Finally Got the Shot | The New York Magazine
by Sarah Jones
June 2, 2021
Justin Sanetra is “waiting to see how things develop” before he gets a COVID-19 vaccine. His reasons are varied and…
How India fell in, then out of love with Twitter | Rest of World
by Nilesh Christopher and Meher Ahmad
June 2, 2021
Last week, a familiar image appeared on the local news in India: a police raid, with a reporter standing in…
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…
Can COVID-19 uncertainty be fact-checked? | Poynter
by Angie Drobnic Holan
May 27, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 have brought hardships from the deaths of loved ones to economic struggles to social isolation.…
The bleak Hollywood masterpiece that attacked ‘fake news’ | BBC Culture
by Mark Allison
May 27, 2021
In January 1925, experienced cave explorer Floyd Collins became trapped 55ft (16.7m) underground in Kentucky. William Miller, a reporter from…
How to Save Ourselves From Disinformation, a Times Event | The New York Times
May 26, 2021
You’ve seen it. That meme that seems just too good to be true. That outlandish story your family member prefaced…
Fight the Infodemic: Digital Skills to Tackle Misinformation | Montclair Public Library
May 26, 2021
Over the last few years, misinformation has dominated our digital landscape. From email to social media to “news sites,” adults…
Timeline: How the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible | The Washington Post
by Glenn Kessler
May 26, 2021
The source of the coronavirus that has left more than 3 million people dead around the world remains a mystery. But in…
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,…