Every story is an opportunity to have a conversation with your audience about what journalism is for and how journalists conduct their work. Each type [...]
When journalists talk about how they wish the public could recognize good reporting from bad reporting or even fakery, the subject often turns to whether [...]
We hope this essay will provoke some new ideas about how to help people become more discriminating consumers of news. Our recommendations boil down to [...]
What a difference a year of political upheaval makes. The Midwest Political Science Association since 1939 has focused on study and research of political science. [...]
For journalists and other non-trolls, navigating Twitter can be like walking in flip-flops through a well-used dog park. Even if you don’t step in anything, [...]
“Why do Trump’s supporters continue to believe misinformation, even in the face of fact-checking?” That’s the question posed by Carlos Maza via this Vox video [...]
One possible explanation for declining trust in news organizations is blurry lines between news and opinion. If someone doesn’t like a commentator’s stance on particular [...]
In talks and presentations to students, journalists and news consumers, my first question for the audience often is: “What do you know about fact-checkers?” Someone [...]
Survey methodology The data used in this report were drawn from two independent surveys conducted by the Media Insight Project, an initiative of the American [...]
Democrats feel better about the news they pay for than Republicans The more negative attitudes of Republicans and independents toward the media when compared with [...]