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Kai-Cheng Yang and Filippo MenczerMay 24, 2022

How many bots are on Twitter? The question is tough to answer — and misses the point

“We have observed a broad spectrum of behaviors mixing the characteristics of bots and people.”

John SullivanMay 19, 2022

How corporate takeovers are fundamentally changing podcasting

“One of the recent shifts in podcasting has been the introduction of paywalls and exclusive content. It has since become a standard feature of the medium.”

Michael ButlerMay 18, 2022

Ukraine’s information war is winning hearts and minds in the West

“Ukraine’s successful strategy in the battle over information demonstrates the connection between armed conflict and information warfare.”

Filippo MenczerMay 9, 2022

Elon Musk says relaxing content rules on Twitter will boost free speech, but research shows otherwise

A body of research shows that stronger, not weaker, moderation of the information ecosystem is what’s needed to combat harmful misinformation.

Anthony Nadler and Doron TaussigApril 19, 2022

Conservatives’ mistrust of media is rooted in the feeling journalists want to ostracize them

“Our interviewees view mainstream news outlets as part of a group of liberal institutions dedicated to making conservatives into pariahs. The misinformation often at the heart of conservative responses to Covid-19 is a symptom, rather than a cause, of this distrust.”

Thomas J. HrachApril 18, 2022

The news media seems to be heeding the call to limit naming perpetrators in mass shootings

One researcher’s work has found that, over the past decade, the news media has reduced the number of times the name of a mass shooter is reported.

Mamoun Alazab and Kate MacfarlaneMarch 29, 2022

Why Telegram — despite being rife with Russian disinformation — became the go-to app for Ukrainians

Many Russians, in light of the Kremlin’s crackdown of independent media, are also turning to the messaging app for information.

Sarah OatesMarch 24, 2022

Putin’s control over Ukraine war news is being challenged by online news and risk-taking journalists

A few recent examples of journalistic defiance show that the Kremlin can’t guarantee full control over Russian journalists during the war.

Michael J. SocolowMarch 15, 2022

Is “headline stress disorder” real? Yes, but those who thrive on the news often lose sight of it

“[T]he question is not whether the problem is real, but how research might quantify and describe its true prevalence, and how to address the problem.”

Michelle A. AmazeenFebruary 7, 2022

Researchers looked at nearly 3,000 native ads across five years. Here’s what they found

“We counted all the native advertisements between 2014 and 2019 we could find from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.”

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