There’s a clear link between the accounts journalists follow on Twitter and the partisanship of their work, finds a new study from researchers at Northeastern University and the University at Buffalo.
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Vox’s German Lopez discusses gun violence in the U.S. and what journalists can do to improve their coverage.
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A new study identifies one important driver of heroin overdoses in the United States: the reformulation of Oxycontin.
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Journalists were much more likely to rely on academic experts when their coverage of midterm congressional elections focused on political strategy than when it focused on policy issues, according to a new study.
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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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People with chronic illnesses, mental health concerns, disabilities and the seasonal flu are less likely to vote.
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Racial attitudes were the primary reason white Southerners abandoned the Democratic Party after party leaders began to advocate for civil rights legislation during the last half of the 20th century, a new study finds.
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Over two years, more than 1,000 medical crowdfunding campaigns raised nearly $7 million for scientifically unsupported or potentially dangerous treatments.
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This roundup brings together a sampling of recent studies that highlight health-related differences between rural and urban areas.
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Washington Post reporter Eugene Scott talks about the role of identity politics in the upcoming midterm elections and what he thinks journalists can do to improve their coverage.
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