Opinion: Enduring democracy should encourage rather than discourage media criticism
Everyone seems to hate what they call "the media."
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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Fake and extremely biased Twitter content decreased between 2016 and 2020, but top influencers were more polarized
"One side can start the polarization and keep it going forever, but it takes two sides to stop it. That's why it easily arises, but it's so difficult to end," Boleslaw Szymanski said. Szymanski is the Claire & Roland Schmitt ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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Australia's media improve on diversity—but there's still a long way to go
Australian media have been widely criticized for not representing the diversity of the community they speak to and write for—nor, importantly, the people they report on. Our latest research shows that while the news industry ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Why you shouldn't be scared of spiders
A school in Gloucestershire, in the west of England, was closed for several days due to an "invasion of poisonous spiders." Experts claimed they were not aggressive, but the school was closed, alarm spread and some media ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2023
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Americans share fake news to fit in with social circles, find researchers
Both conservative and liberal Americans share fake news because they don't want to be ostracized from their social circles, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Study finds K-12 education journalists prefer gut instinct to analytics to determine who's reading their work
A new study from the University of Kansas shows that while journalists do use new technologies to better understand their audiences and what they would like to read, K-12 education reporters and editors still largely rely ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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Whistleblowers losing faith in media impact, finds researcher
The whistleblowers who once trusted journalism are losing faith in the institution.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering can reduce political divide over the truth
Offering a tiny cash reward for accuracy, or even briefly appealing to personal integrity, can increase people's ability to tell the difference between misinformation and the truth, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2023
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Interviews with journalists can seem daunting—but new research shows 80% of subjects report a positive experience
"Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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Study finds political campaigns may change the choices of voters—but not their policy views
A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, measures the overall impact of electoral campaigns and finds that televised debates have little effect on the formation of voter choice. ...
Political science
Mar 2, 2023
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