A startling number of Americans are in "partisan echo chambers," where they only consume TV news that reinforces their existing political and social biases, according to new research co-authored at UC Berkeley.
Political science
Apr 24, 2023
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A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskij proclaiming, "I need ammunition, not a ride"; a seemingly endless line of Russian trucks stuck outside of Kyiv; the bodies of a family killed in Irpin; an injured pregnant ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2023
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News coverage about the Bank of England is closely linked to the parliamentary oversight of the institution and to the Bank's own account-giving activities, analysis shows.
Economics & Business
Apr 21, 2023
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Increased media coverage of COVID-19 led to more individuals taking preventive measures such as hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks, new research from the Stockholm School of Economics and Jönköping University ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2023
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The news media plays a key role in shaping public perception about artificial intelligence. Since 2017, when Ottawa launched its Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, AI has been hyped as a key resource for the Canadian ...
Political science
Apr 20, 2023
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Suppose you are in a pub with friends. You drink a few beers, have a good time, and head home. The following morning you realize your headache is milder than usual. You then discover that you were part of an experiment where ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents—especially on a monthly basis—has been a significant challenge, due to the lag in the release of official ...
Mathematics
Apr 7, 2023
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QAnon's journey from a fringe phenomenon in 2017 to a mainstream presence on Twitter represents an evolution that arrived by tapping into an interconnected media system, according to a recently published paper by a University ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Facebook users were more likely to read fake news about the 2020 U.S. presidential election than users of Twitter and other social media websites, a Washington State University-led analysis found.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2023
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The short-term effects of corruption are often obvious. Numerous sources, both in Russia and in the West, consider the military's endemic corruption one of the main reasons of the logistical problems, very low troop morale, ...
Political science
Mar 29, 2023
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