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Articles tagged populism (3)

Joshua BentonSeptember 28, 2020

A new set of threats to the BBC — internal and external — challenges its role as anchor of U.K. media

The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.

Joshua BentonMarch 23, 2020

These are the four waves of journalism studies over the past 20 years: the participatory, crisis, platforms, and populist eras

“The economic problem for journalism was not competition, in other words, but surveillance and monopoly.”

Denise-Marie OrdwayApril 17, 2018

Fact-checking the network: The most interesting digital and social media research of early 2018

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into fake news, audience analytics, populism, VR, and fact-checking.