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Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped
Don’t panic: An international survey finds concerns about fake news are overblown. studiostoks/shutterstock.com William H. Dutton, Michigan State University In the early years of the…
How pre-existing conditions became front and center in health care vote
Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) speaks to reporters outside the White House on May 3, 2017 after a meeting with the president on proposed legislation that…
How One Major Internet Company Helps Serve Up Hate on the Web
by Ken Schwencke ProPublica, May 4, 2017, 8 a.m. Since its launch in 2013, the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has quickly become the go-to…
Why America’s public media can’t do its job
PBS headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. melanie.phung/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Christopher Chávez, University of Oregon When the Trump administration released its proposed budget in March, it suggested…
Can Bill Nye – or any other science show – really save the world?
Heather Akin, University of Pennsylvania; Bruce W. Hardy, Temple University; Dietram A. Scheufele, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Netflix’s new talk…
Facebook’s new anti-fake news strategy is not going to work – but something else might
Paul Ralph, University of Auckland Have you seen some “tips to spot fake news” on your Facebook newsfeed recently? Over the past year, the social…
Trump’s brand of economic populism gets a makeover in first 100 days
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University How can we make sense of the economic policy roller-coaster ride of Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president? Trump’s…
Trump and the history of the ‘first 100 days’
Will history give Trump a thumbs-up for his first 100 days? AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez Robert Speel, Pennsylvania State University The federal government is currently…
People are taking to the streets to defend science – but it could come at a cost
Scientists protest against proposed cuts against science in the UK in 2010. Shane/Flickr, CC BY-SA Joseph Roche, Trinity College Dublin Scientists around the world are facing…