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Local news media are a cornerstone of democracy in the United States. They help keep residents informed of the significant issues facing their cities, towns and nearby areas; hold political […]
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How can we stop the spread of misleading, sometimes dangerous content while maintaining an internet with freedom of expression at its core? Misinformation expert Claire Wardle explores the new challenges […]
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It’s been over three years since the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union in June 2016 – and the role the news media played during the referendum […]
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Is the crisis in American democracy the result of propagandist intervention? Yochai Benkler reflects on the origins of current disfunction, encouraging scholars to distinguish between evidence of activities and evidence of effects, and urging us to look past recent political shocks to the roots of our epistemic crisis.
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“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to, philosophy, computer and information science, political science, library […]
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If you thought democracy was doing fine in Peru, think again. According to the latest poll released this week by the Latin American Public Opinion Project out of Vanderbilt University, only 28% […]
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First, it happened on Fox News. Chris Wallace asked White House adviser Stephen Miller about the president’s decision to use private lawyers “to get information from the Ukrainian government rather […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans remain largely mistrustful of the mass media as 41% currently have “a great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report […]
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Online fakery runs wide and deep, but you don’t need me to tell you that. New species of digital fraud and deception come to light almost every week, if not […]