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Mark Coddington and Seth LewisOctober 8, 2020

Journalism faces a crisis in trust. Journalists fall into two very different camps for how to fix it

Plus: Life in a news desert, how journalists forge a digital self on social media, and online harassment of journalists as “mob censorship.”

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 17, 2018

Does your Google News change based on whether you’re conservative or liberal?

Plus: “Most of the people reviewing Burmese content spoke English.”

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.

Matt Carlson & Seth C. LewisApril 27, 2015

What are the boundaries of today’s journalism, and how is the rise of digital changing who defines them?

In a new book, a group of academics look at how the big defining questions of the field — what is journalism? who is a journalist? who decides? — are changing.

John WihbeySeptember 11, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: The realities of citizen journalism, and new possibilities for transparency

How “bridging elites” help on Twitter, perceptions of news by a skeptical public, and Wikipedia pages as newsmaking destinations: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

John WihbeyJuly 29, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: What makes commenters less civil, and the rise of digital longform

When journalists factcheck politicians (or don’t), how to flag bad behavior on social media, and getting past slactivism: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

John WihbeyMarch 31, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: How editors see the news differently from readers, and the limits of filter bubbles

Predicting what goes viral, sourcing the Arab Spring, and Twitter in power vs. out of power: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

John WihbeyJanuary 31, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: Linking helps save newspapers and how multitasking spikes arousal

Vigorous linking as an antidote to newspaper failure, who gets crowdfunded, and skepticism around the standard narrative of the Arab Spring: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

John WihbeyAugust 30, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Reporters ignoring technology, the continuing power of print, and booze on Facebook

Missed mobile opportunities, measuring Craigslist’s impact, and bringing an open source philosophy to journalism : all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

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