by Molly Stellino | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
news literacy Only 26 percent of U.S. adults could properly distinguish between fact and opinion statements. Political awareness, digital savviness, and news trust played a role in the results. Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in...
by Kristy Roschke | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Day: August 16, 2018 “‘A journalist should step correct:’ Building trust in local news” provides a useful summary of months of assessment and conversation about local journalism with two demographically different neighborhoods in the...
by Sayo Akao | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Sayo Akao Gleb Tsipursky, co-founder of the Pro-Truth Pledge project, details 12 small efforts to help steer people to act honestly on social media. The Pro-Truth Pledge project is an effort from a group of behavioral scientists at the University of...
by Kristy Roschke | Jun 14, 2018 | What We're Reading
Kristy Roschke The public believes the current media landscape is dominated by opinion, and that journalists have low expectations of their audiences’ knowledge of how news works. Journalists have an opportunity to improve trust and communication with the...
by Kristy Roschke | Jun 1, 2018 | What We're Reading
Kristy Roschke The purpose of Bad News is to gain a social media following while earning six different badges like Emotion and Impersonation. Once a user sets up a fake account he/she can use bots and memes to reach more followers. The game explains these terms before...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 1, 2018 | What We're Reading
Sayo Akao “At a certain point you have to realize you’re promoting them.” Whitney Philips discusses the best way to report on extremists, antagonists and manipulators who spread misinformation online. Data & Society’s latest...
