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Articles tagged Matthew Gentzkow (7)

Laura Hazard OwenMay 14, 2024

People who got off Facebook for 6 pivotal weeks in 2020 may have been less likely to vote for Trump

“We do think our results can inform readers’ priors about the potential effects of social media in the final weeks of high-profile national elections.”

Denise-Marie OrdwayJanuary 10, 2020

“Rated false”: Here’s the most interesting new research on fake news and fact-checking

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here they collect the best of 2019, including research into the effectiveness of fact-checking, why people are susceptible to fake news, and the changing volume of misinformation on social media.

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 21, 2018

Facebook’s attempts to fight fake news seem to be working. (Twitter’s? Not so much.)

Plus: How YouTubers spread far-right beliefs (don’t just blame algorithms), and another cry for less both-sides journalism.

Laura Hazard OwenDecember 1, 2017

Maybe it’s also time to start calling fact-checking something else. (Anybody got any ideas?)

Plus: Fake news probably didn’t swing the election, political polarization is nothing new, and Kara Swisher’s kid.

Laura Hazard OwenApril 14, 2017

Fake News Ale is the beer all the cool journalists are gonna be drinking this summer

Plus: Facebook buys some print ads in Germany, research on the polarizing effects of social media, and sometimes it’s not fake news — it’s just good old fabrication.

Are online ads more valuable than print ads?

Caroline O'DonovanApril 29, 2014

Q&A: Clark Medal winner Matthew Gentzkow says the Internet hasn’t changed news as much as we think

“It remains true that the fixed costs of producing good news are still really high. It’s easy to put up a website, but to produce original reporting news content is still really expensive.”