Media & Journalism

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Counter protesters face off with protesters as several far-right groups, including militias and white supremacists, rally Saturday, August 15, 2020, in Stone Mountain, GA, USA, while a broad coalition of leftist anti-racist groups organized a counter-demonstration. Photo by Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

White supremacist terrorism: Key trends to watch in 2021

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 15, 2021

PA via ReutersStock photo of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram and Messenger, social media app icons on a smart phone, as WhatsApp users who use the app on an iPhone 4 or older and outdated Android handsets will be unable to use the app properly as of January 1, 2021. Picture date: Tuesday December 29, 2020. Photo credit: Isabel Infantes/EMPICSNo Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland. No Use Australia.

Social media companies need better emergency protocols

Daniel L. Byman and Aditi Joshi

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Election officials in Denver are required to wear buttons indicating their party officiation or if they are unaffiliated while processing and counting ballots for the upcoming presidential election in Colorado, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

What to watch for on election night 2020

John Hudak and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, October 30, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their final 2020 U.S. presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

The debate mute button was a gift to President Trump and all Americans

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Girl watching tv

COVID-19 gives the FCC a platform to leverage educational programming

Jill Shinderman

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence addresses supporters on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at Midwest Manufacturing in Eau Claire, Wis. Pence toured the facility and addressed supporters as part of a "Made in America" event stressing the importance of the American manufacturing industry.MJS-pence25p1

The most important vice presidential debate in American history

Monday, October 5, 2020

President Donald Trump argues with debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News Channel during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Was the first debate of 2020 also the last?

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A photo illustration of a laptop computer screen shows Senator Kamala Harris waving to virtual watch party attendees after accepting the Vice Presidential nomination from the Democratic Party, on the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which is being held almost entirely virtually, in Washington, D.C., on August 19, 2020, amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Before Sen. Kamala Harris officially accepted the Vice Presidential nomination, major Democratic Party figures spoke on night three of the virtual convention, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Former President Barack Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Hilary Clinton. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Did the first virtual conventions succeed?

Linda Peek Schacht

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Caleb Kirkland, (R) gets his ballot from machine judge Pio Sancez during the primary election at Sonoma Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

Election night? Think again—election month might be more like it

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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How misinformation spreads on Twitter

Mary Blankenship and Carol Graham

Monday, July 6, 2020