For journalists in 2020, some of the biggest hurdles in getting factual, corroborated information to...
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COVID-19, Political Mobilization and Digital Platforms
The George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics hosted a virtual event on...
Investigating Potential Post-Election Violence
The George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics hosted a virtual event on...
Communities of Color and Distrust of Medical Professionals
The George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics hosted a virtual event on...
Fact Checking and Reporting the Online Campaign
The George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics hosted a virtual event on...
Inside the ‘Malarkey Factory,’ Biden’s online war room
Joe Biden’s campaign has quietly built a multimillion-dollar operation over the past two months that’s...
Scientists worry as more Americans say they’ll refuse COVID-19 vaccine
A Pew Research poll from late September showed that about half of US adults (51 percent)...
Twitter, Facebook face backlash over banned story
PBS’ “The Day’’ spoke to Ethan Porter, assistant professor of media and public affairs, about stopping...
We need universal digital ad transparency now
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Pichai and Mr. Spiegel: We need universal digital ad transparency...
As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic
The first three "nodes" of the conspiracy-theory network known as QAnon arose in 2018 in the persons of...