Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy, a new study suggests.
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We spotlight seven research studies published in 2019 that examine fake news from multiple angles, including what makes fact-checking most effective.
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News media scholar Thomas Patterson offers three tips to help journalists avoid being part of the misinformation problem.
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The 10 research roundups our readers visited most often in 2018 focus on topics ranging from fake news and school uniforms to the Supreme Court and Olympic games.
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“The big takeaway is that it’s actually good to speak up in defense of the profession,” said lead author Ray Pingree.
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“If it’s not Gab, it’s going to be another platform… the sentiment and the ideas fostered by these communities are not going to be fazed by technology.”
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How to sort out what’s real and newsworthy from what’s fake as Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina.
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Suggestions for journalists to consider in their coverage of de-platforming figures who spread misinformation.
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We spotlight six of the most interesting studies of the second quarter of 2018. They examine topics such as native videos, Twitter echo chambers and anecdotes in data journalism.
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Claire Wardle, a research fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, created a glossary so everyone has a shared vocabulary to discuss “fake news” and the spread of bad information online.
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