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Joshua BentonNovember 16, 2020

So what did the 2020 election really mean, anyway? Here’s a first draft of media history, from 100-plus scholars

Including how research into sports fandom explains Trump supporters’ claims of voter fraud: “One’s degree of team identification is a major predictor for attributing a loss to external forces such as referees and opponents’ cheating, resulting in denial of the outcome.”

Denise-Marie OrdwayNovember 20, 2018

Polarizing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into how Twitter impacts reporters’ news judgment, how often we remember where we read something, and why Facebook makes you feel bad.

Rasmus Kleis NielsenMay 25, 2018

What is it that journalism studies is studying these days? A lot about newsrooms, less about everybody else in the news ecosystem

Also, has the “fake news” moment already passed for academics?

Rasmus Kleis NielsenMay 24, 2018

Media change deniers: Why debates around news need a better evidence base — and how we can get one

“If we let media change deniers drive the conversation, the result will be dumber journalism, less-informed public debate, and ineffective and counterproductive public policy. Even if what they say sometimes ‘feels right.'”

Shan WangApril 9, 2018

Facebook and Twitter are opening up a bit to academic researchers, so platforms “can make better decisions”

A limited group of academics will be given access to some Facebook data.

Shan WangMay 27, 2016

What does it take to be a “full-service” digital journalism organization? Ask Discourse Media

“We’ve gone down lots of experimental rabbit holes.”

A call for better journalism research, with more consideration for technology and audiences

John WihbeyDecember 11, 2015

Investigating the network: The top 10 articles from the year in digital news and social media research

We sift through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are 10 of the most interesting studies about social and digital media published in 2015.

Joshua BentonAugust 12, 2015

Press Publish 12: Jesse Holcomb of Pew Research on what they’re watching for in this election cycle

A lot of what we know about how news consumption is changing comes from Pew’s research. Here’s a look at some — local news, millennials’ habits, political polarization, and more — of what they’re interested in going forward.

Mark CoddingtonJuly 3, 2014

This Week in Review: Questions on Facebook’s experiment, and a knockout blow to Aereo

Plus: Verdicts in the News Corp. phone hacking scandal, jailed journalists in Egypt, and the rest of the news about the news from the past fortnight.

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