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Joshua BentonFebruary 20, 2025

In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content

A new study found that, on TikTok and Elon Musk’s Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.

Hanaa' TameezFebruary 19, 2025

A German news outlet got rid of its comments section — and asks readers to debate instead

Commenters get to engage in meaningful discussions, and Der Spiegel’s moderators have a more manageable workload.

Hanaa' TameezNovember 16, 2022

This German news outlet is teaching people about local politics with an in-person game

“It gives you a much better view on what politics on a local level is, instead of just reading about it or going to a meeting yourself and sitting in as a guest.”

Stephan Lewandowsky and Jana LasserSeptember 22, 2022

U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany

“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.”

Hanaa' Tameez and Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 24, 2020

As local news outlets shift to subscription, they wonder: What should Facebook’s role be?

“Look, I know you got that Facebook comment, but it’s the vocal minority. There’s a silent majority who are actually paying for our work.”

Hanaa' TameezJuly 16, 2020

A new study of five countries finds that newsroom leadership is very, very white

In Germany and the U.K., not a single publication studied had a top editor of color.

Young people are twice as likely to pay for news in the U.S., U.K., and Germany (compared to those 55-plus)

People are getting a lot of coronavirus news from traditional media, but they trust information from their employers more

Hanaa' TameezMarch 9, 2020

Happy International Women’s Day! Less than a third of the top editors at major news outlets around the world are women

“There are fewer women in top roles than there are women in the profession as a whole — in line with previous research documenting vertical segregation in the news industry.”

Joshua BentonFebruary 19, 2020

Spotify is gaining a podcast audience quickly. But is it an audience that isn’t as interested in news?

Data from Germany finds that Apple Podcasts users devote about 23 percent of their podcast listening to news shows — versus just 8 percent for Spotify users.

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