Seen a fake news story recently? You’re more likely to believe it next time
Talk of fake news dominated the 2016 presidential election cycle. New research examines how people fall for such disinformation.
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How social media may influence student loyalty to a university
The strength of a university’s Facebook community may play a role in building brand loyalty among students.
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Facebook and feeling informed: A proxy for news?
2016 study in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that regardless of whether they read news posts, people feel informed when they glance at a busy Facebook feed.
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Reporting on people: 26 ways to find personal information deadline
This step-by-step guide can help journalists find public and private information about someone connected to a crime while working on deadline.
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The evolving relationship between social media and news: Three 2016 charts for perspective
Synthesis of several 2016 research reports on news and social media, highlighting key graphics that show the evolution in this space.
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Media multitasking: Factors that influence audience use of multiple media platforms at once
2015 study published in Media Psychology that examines media multitasking and the conditions under which people are likely to use more than one media platform at a time.
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Reporting with Web and social media data: Some helpful tools
2016 tip sheet explaining several online tools that journalists can use to analyze Web traffic and social media patterns, including patterns related to popular search terms, hashtags and URLs.
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Modern journalism: In search of a business model
2016 talk by Nicco Mele, a digital strategist who is the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, about the future and feasibility of various news business models.
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Top 10 new research articles on digital news, social media for 2015
2015 year-end compilation of the best research in digital news and social media according to a range of scholars, digital gurus and journalists. Item first was published at Nieman Lab.
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How social media influences Millennials’ political views
2015 study from the University of Hawaii that looks at how young adults who are known as “millennials” use social media to inform their political opinions.
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