by Eric Newton | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
Eric Newton This blog post is an updated excerpt of News Co/Lab co-founder Eric Newton’s report to the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy. Newton helped the commission develop its recommendations on literacy, including that all Americans by age 18...
by Molly Stellino | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
misinformation As technology advances, fake images and video become harder to spot. A University of Warwick study found participants identified fake images only 60 percent of the time. But these tools can help us figure out if what we’re seeing is actually real....
by Kai Shu | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog
Kai Shu Researchers at ASU’s Data Mining and Machine Learning Lab are pairing artificial intelligence and journalism expertise to better detect misinformation. Editor’s note: Kai Shu is a computer science and engineering doctoral candidate working in the DMML Lab....
by Molly Stellino | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
According to News Co/Lab research, more than one-third of people surveyed could not identify a fake headline. Unsure if a website you’ve navigated to is the real deal? Use these eight resources to check the validity of information and sources you find on the internet....
by Serena O'Sullivan | Jan 22, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
misinformation Automated Twitter accounts spread a significant amount of online misinformation during the 2016 election. A study in Nature Communications found bots were responsible for 34 percent of all shared articles from non-credible sources. The spread of...
by Eric Newton | Jan 14, 2019 | Blog
Eric Newton This blog post is the fourth of a follow-up series on the News Co/Lab’s community news awareness surveys. Should newsrooms help people understand how news works? Yes, said 75 percent of the journalists we surveyed with the Center for Media Engagement....
