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Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic | Populist Publics
by Jennifer Evans
2 days ago
Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic.…
Theodore H. White Lecture: “The Challenges Facing the Media on November 3rd and Beyond” | Shorenstein Center
2 days ago
On Wednesday, October 28th at 6:00pm ET, join us for the 30th annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, delivered…
To Understand Facebook Today, Read Its Earliest Critics | OneZero
by Joanne McNeil
6 days ago
Hardly a week goes by without another Facebook scandal. Frustration with Facebook and criticism of it — even despair over…
Technology and Governance: Exploring law and innovation in the absence of state governance | The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP)
6 days ago
Innovation and technological advancements are continuous, evolving products of knowledge consolidation, human ingenuity, and adaptive capacity. New forms of communication,…
Paper Cuts: How Reporting Resources Affect Political News Coverage | American Journal of Political Science
by Erik Peterson
7 days ago
Media outlets provide crucial inputs into the democratic process, yet they face increasingly severe economic challenges. I study how a…
US election 2020: a toolkit for ‘democracy-worthy’ coverage for journalists | The Conversation
by Cristian Vaccari
7 days ago
As election day approaches in the US, journalists around the world are working in the most challenging environment of their…
Americans Plan To Follow Election Returns Closely; Biden Supporters More Confident Their News Sources Will Make Right Call | Pew Research Center
by Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz, J. Baxter Oliphant & Elisa Shearer
October 21, 2020
Pew Research Center’s American News Pathways project conducted this study to understand how Americans are engaging with and perceiving news…
She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses | The New York Times
by Jenny Anderson
October 14, 2020
In late September, Heidi Larson, an anthropologist and the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project in London, sat on a…
Disinformation is the biggest threat to the 2020 election | Fast Company
by Gregory J. Touhill
October 13, 2020
A recent election security survey from nonpartisan technology association ISACA shows that misinformation (bad information unwittingly shared) and disinformation (bad…