Media & Journalism

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Up Front

How misinformation spreads on Twitter

Mary Blankenship and Carol Graham

Monday, July 6, 2020

People take videos of a flag-raising ceremony during smog at Tiananmen Square after a red alert was issued for heavy air pollution in Beijing, China, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee

TechStream

Podcast: Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner on our polluted information environment

Whitney Phillips, Ryan Milner, Evelyn Douek, and Quinta Jurecic

Thursday, July 2, 2020

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The Avenue

A public letter to the Associated Press: Listen to the nation and capitalize Black.

David Lanham

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

TechStream

When are readers likely to believe a fact-check?

Jianing Li and Michael W. Wagner

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Reports

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Media & Journalism

Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its local newsrooms

Clara Hendrickson

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015 (SPIEF 2015) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 19, 2015. Putin said on Friday Russia was doing well in tackling its economic crisis, aggravated by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and a fall in global oil prices. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor - GF10000133125

Technology & Innovation

Weapons of the weak: Russia and AI-driven asymmetric warfare

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, November 15, 2018

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Media & Journalism

How to combat fake news and disinformation

Darrell M. West

Monday, December 18, 2017

Telecommunications & Internet

Did technology kill the truth?

Tom Wheeler

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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Report

What the post-Trump debate over journalism gets wrong

Tom Rosenstiel

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Blog Posts

A woman holds a sign voicing various conspiracy theories believed by QAnon followers out of the sunroof of a car at the "Reopen Virginia" protest in Richmond on April 22nd, 2020. Three Percenters are a movement that advocates for constitutional rights, and takes its name from the belief that only three percent of America took up arms against the British during the Revolutionary War. (Photo by Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechStream

How media consumption patterns fuel conspiratorial thinking

Jordan M. Foley and Michael W. Wagner

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Order from Chaos

The Kremlin’s disinformation playbook goes to Beijing

Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago

FixGov

Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster

Marc Hetherington and Jonathan M. Ladd

Friday, May 1, 2020

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

What does the Gannett-GateHouse merger mean for local journalism?

Clara Hendrickson and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

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Media & Journalism

Trump’s war on the press

Marvin Kalb, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 7, 2018

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Russia

Marvin Kalb’s stories from Russia

Marvin Kalb, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, March 9, 2018

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Enemy of the people

The consequences of misinformation: A symposium on media and democracy

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