Thursday January 16, 2025
A new study has found that sharing posts on Facebook without clicking on the content is a widely prevalent phenomenon. It may explain why misinformation can spread rapidly via social media. The …
Friday January 10, 2025
The internet has become a minefield of misinformation, which has only become murkier as more and more people are sharing articles without even reading them. New research shows that about 75% of the news links shared on Facebook are reposted without users ever reading the content.
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Friday November 15, 2024
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Monday October 14, 2024
Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, and Joy Mayer, executive director and founder of …
Tuesday September 17, 2024
Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, especially during election season, and the hyperlinks found on untrustworthy news sites may be partly to blame, according to an interdisciplinary team of researchers.
Tuesday February 20, 2024
As the 2024 election season ramps up, voters are looking for reliable information about candidates to help them decide who to support on election day. Unfortunately, that reliability is threatened by a wave of disinformation that is bolstered by increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence tools.
Thursday December 21, 2023
News publishers must stick to the core values that are the foundation of journalistic work. Competing on the social platforms’ terms – with eyeball-chasing clickbait – won’t solve the attention deficit and will likely only exacerbate the misinformation problem.
Tuesday November 21, 2023
A new study has found that political fandom moderates the effects of partisanship on biased information seeking and sharing. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida College of Journalism …
Thursday October 5, 2023
The problem of misinformation or disinformation being disseminated on social media has been well established and documented. But a new study suggests that users actually find factual posts more engaging than posts with misinformation.
Monday September 18, 2023
A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) and crowdsourcing labels can minimize biased perspectives in fact-checking processes. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida …
Sunday September 10, 2023
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Threats to Democracy Key words: Democracy, Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay Key words: Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film
