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    Why Snopes matters

    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 [...]

    July 25, 2017
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    About the study

    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 [...]

    July 13, 2017
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    Partisanship and paying for news

    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 [...]

    July 13, 2017
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    Partisanship and the media: How personal politics affect where people go, what they trust, and whether they pay

    This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs [...]

    July 13, 2017
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    Partisanship and attitudes about news

    Democrats have much more positive views of the media overall In our report on views on the media, Americans were asked a variety of questions [...]

    July 13, 2017
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    Partisanship and news behavior

    Democrats and Republicans interact with news in similar ways, while independents are less newsy At a time when there seems a growing ideological divide in [...]

    July 13, 2017
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    New research: The characteristics of news stories that help attack misinformation

    The number of fact-checking stories produced by journalists has increased dramatically in recent years, but could those stories be better at countering misinformation? Scholars and [...]

    June 28, 2017
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    Fact-checking “S-Town”: 5 good questions with Benjamin Phelan

    “S-Town,” the latest podcast from “Serial” and “This American Life,” is the entrancing story of the brilliant-but-tortured John B McLemore and his complicated life in [...]

    May 18, 2017
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    General election news coverage: What engages audiences down the ballot

      Summary As Election Day approaches, more people seek news and information about politics. To understand the habits of news audiences in the run-up to [...]

    April 6, 2017
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    The Future of Fact-Checking: Moving ahead in political accountability journalism

    Overview These should be heady days for fact-checkers. In an industry that has not otherwise been enjoying robust growth, the number of media outlets focused [...]

    April 4, 2017
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