Social media was used to both spread misinformation and for fact-checking during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study which explores how individuals perceive and make sense of information they encounter ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
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A new study shows that media coverage of crises can increase governments' allocation of emergency humanitarian aid—whether or not the crisis merits it.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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In the days following the 2020 presidential election, as states re-counted and certified votes and President Joe Biden's win became more objectively certain, Republicans, paradoxically, became less confident in the legitimacy ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2021
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The rise of fake news is one of the sweeping challenges facing the media industry. It's everywhere—and unfortunately, it only seems to be getting worse.
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2021
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The Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building gave two South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism faculty members an opportunity to examine what motivates compulsive social media use during ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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Someone on your favorite sports team is accused of date rape. A local city council candidate is charged in the sexual assault of a co-worker. Accusations surface about coaches of a gymnastics team.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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Reporters looking for insight and research around the phenomena of "missing white woman syndrome," please see comments from Syracuse University professor of communications Carol Liebler of the Newhouse School.
Political science
Sep 28, 2021
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In this era of political polarization, many accuse online social media platforms such as Twitter of liberal bias, intentionally favoring and amplifying liberal content and users while suppressing other political content.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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A new analysis suggests that online searches could help correct people's predisposed belief in misinformation, but that searching may still promote negative feelings about a targeted minority group, despite correction of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum through high-profile cases ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2021
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