Beyond Gab: The widespread social problem of online extremism
…environment like Gab or another fringe media space, these are large portions of American internet users who are consuming this,” he said. “We need to be talking about that far…
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Political polarization increases after local newspapers close
…in the local media environment,” the authors write. The researchers attribute the increasing political polarization not to the loss of information resulting from local newspaper closures but rather to the…
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How journalists cover mass shootings: Research to consider
…from a good environment.” When journalists reported a mass shooting was gang related, perpetrators generally were people of color. In these stories, the researchers found that journalists usually referenced the…
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Skydivers don’t need parachutes, scientists don’t actually find
…for the evaluation of most new treatments.” “Our message was to understand trials and research in context, in the clinical environment in which research is conducted,” Yeh said. To this…
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U.S. county health rankings focus on the burden of housing costs
…by many variables, including the physical environment and social and economic factors. “Where we live makes a difference in how well and how long we live,” she said. Marjory Givens,…
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Elite college admissions: A preference for athletes and legacy students
…to set up either minorities or athletes for academic failure by dumping them unprepared into a very competitive academic environment,” the authors write. For legacy students, however, the larger the…
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How Fed rates helped fuel the investment bust that sparked the Great Recession
…that would slow down the boom. What’s happening is you are in a different environment. As you tighten, you have the same impact on banks as you always had, but…
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Why journalists need statistics, diverse sources: 8 questions for John Wihbey
…color an individual journalist’s view of what is true and interesting. As journalists, we have to be careful to recognize the limits and constraints of our environments. Something may be…
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How business interests shaped US public records law: Q&A with Jeannine Relly
…out on the web related to critical infrastructure. The Environmental Protection Agency had a lot of that out on their site. The Homeland Security Act was passed at the end…
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53% of journalists surveyed weren’t sure they could spot flawed research
…syllabi for course topics such as verifying facts, using social media to report the news and covering labor, health, higher education and the environment. Here are examples of the specific…
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