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Shraddha ChakradharMarch 10, 2022

“Perfect moderation does not exist,” but here are some lessons from Twitter’s labels of Trump tweets

“How can you make people discuss [information] instead of polarizing them further?” A new study offers some clues.

Sophie BushwickMarch 9, 2022

Russia is having less success at spreading social media disinformation (for now)

But that could change if people tire of defending against an onslaught of misinformation.

Sarah ScireMarch 7, 2022

“Sounds like a well-trained liar”: Journalists lose some credibility by calling themselves “storytellers”

A survey in the U.S. found the public associates “storytellers” with liars and making things up. Probably not what you were going for with your Twitter bio.

Naomi SchalitMarch 2, 2022

Sharing top-secret intelligence with the public is unprecedented. Here’s why the U.S. decided to do it for Ukraine

The U.S. is “making this information public in a way that is unprecedented.”

Shraddha ChakradharFebruary 23, 2022

Facebook is letting a lot of climate change denial slide despite promises to flag it, study finds

“[Labeling] was the major intervention that Facebook said it was going to do, and it hasn’t done it.”

Fewer people — especially younger Democrats — are paying a lot of attention to national news, according to a new poll

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 16, 2022

Parents really want useful education news. They aren’t all getting it.

“White parents seem to be able to leverage their informal networks with greater efficiency. These networks work better for white parents than they do for parents of color.”

Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick MarxFebruary 14, 2022

How Joe Rogan became podcasting’s Goliath

Rogan’s rise is particularly important because it goes beyond the standard partisan political battling that Americans have grown accustomed to in social and broadcast media.

Shraddha ChakradharFebruary 10, 2022

A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates

The study suggests audience diversity results in favorable coverage for non-white political candidates. But newsroom diversity may be a boon for white candidates.

Melinda Wenner MoyerFebruary 3, 2022

Kids are falling victim to disinformation and conspiracy theories. What’s the best way to fix that?

Although children are prime targets, educators cannot figure out how best to teach them to separate fact from fiction.

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