“Frankly, the nation’s media may well be talking and thinking too much about the need for someone to ‘save journalism’ when all of us should be laser-focused on doing the work that may well save democracy.”
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.”
There’s good evidence that some people find predictive models like FiveThirtyEight’s confusing, and an argument that they might keep people from voting. But 2016’s scars shouldn’t mean that voters have to be kept in the dark.
A new paper argues that the “26 words that created the internet” should remain in force — but only for companies that agree to certain new regulations and restrictions.
The great interrogations of TV news history didn’t happen live. “There’s one option that could be considered by these programs: not inviting guests who will mislead audiences with provably inaccurate information.”
LaFrance, Adrienne. "For politically playful news orgs, the 2012 election means social interactivity." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
LaFrance, A. (2012, Oct. 12). For politically playful news orgs, the 2012 election means social interactivity. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/10/for-politically-playful-news-orgs-the-2012-election-means-social-interactivity/
Chicago
LaFrance, Adrienne. "For politically playful news orgs, the 2012 election means social interactivity." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 12, 2012. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/10/for-politically-playful-news-orgs-the-2012-election-means-social-interactivity/.
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