Media
Assessing the Media’s Role in U.S. National Security
Many Americans on both the political Left and Right long for the days when media were supposedly less partisan and more reliable. Are criticisms of media performance justified? What, if anything, can be done...
Is the Media Exacerbating the COVID-19 Mental Health Epidemic?
Since the pandemic began, anxiety rates in the U.S. have tripled; the rate of depression has quadrupled. Now research is suggesting the media is part of the problem. Constantly watching...
Is News Worth a Lot or a Little? Big Tech Wants to Have it Both Ways
Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to...
Trump’s Twitter Ban Obscures the Real Problem with Disinformation
Donald Trump’s controversial removal from social media platforms has reignited debate around the censorship of information published online. But the issue of disinformation and manipulation on social media goes far...
Despite a Permanently Ban, Trump’s Prolific Twitter Record Lives On
For years, US President Donald Trump pushed the limits of Twitter’s content policies, raising pressure on the platform to exercise tougher moderation. Ultimately, the violent siege of the US Capitol...
The Capitol Insurrection Challenged How the U.S. Media Frames Unrest
The chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday wasn’t typical. Nor was the coverage. Footage carried live by cable news and clips and photos shared across social media were jolting....
Stopping COVID-19 Misinformation is the Best New Year’s Resolution
As we begin a new year and head back (at least virtually) to work and school, we might be thinking about personal things we would like to improve. Some people...
How Can We Reduce the Spread of Fake News? By Doing Nothing
When we come across false information on social media, it is only natural to feel the need to call it out or argue with it. But my research suggests this...
Three Reasons You May Be Feeling Information Overload and What to Do about It.
An endless flow of information is coming at us constantly: It might be an article a friend shared on Facebook with a sensational headline or wrong information about the spread...
Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire Wields a Clear Bias Against Women Leaders
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has long dominated the Australian media landscape, wielding great political and cultural influence. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into...
Trial and Error May be the Secret to Social Media Content Moderation
Content moderation is hard. We saw another example of that this week with the donnybrook over how Facebook and Twitter handled that New York Post story about Hunter Biden. Of...
Can the FCC Really Regulate the Internet?
Last week was a bad week for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. On Tuesday, Justice Clarence Thomas called into question whether courts have interpreted the core law governing internet companies...