Most Americans now listen to podcasts, and the percentage who do has risen considerably over just the past year. According to a new CBS News poll, two-thirds of Americans listen to podcasts at least once in a while, including 23% who do so a few times a week. CONT. CBS […] Read more »
Why Do People Fall for Fake News?
What makes people susceptible to fake news and other forms of strategic misinformation? And what, if anything, can be done about it? These questions have become more urgent in recent years, not least because of revelations about the Russian campaign to influence the 2016 United States presidential election by disseminating […] Read more »
Nearly three-quarters of Republicans say the news media don’t understand people like them
A majority of Americans believe the news media do not understand people like them, and this feeling is especially common among Republicans, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Overall, 58% of U.S. adults feel the news media do not understand people like them, while 40% feel they are […] Read more »
11th Annual Dubious Polling Awards
Every January, iMediaEthics’ polling director David W. Moore assembles the top ten “Dubious Polling” Awards for iMediaEthics. The tongue-in-cheek awards “honor” the previous year’s most questionable actions in media polling news. The 2019 awards are the 11th in this series. CONT. iMediaEthics Read more »
What Lessons Should the Media Learn From the 2016 Election?
In the Sunday edition of the New York Times, Frank Bruni offered an excellent summary of media failures regarding coverage of Donald Trump in 2016, and urged his colleagues not to make the same mistakes in 2020. Is it possible for the political media to follow this advice? And what […] Read more »
Troll Watch: Study Shows Older Americans Share The Most Fake News
NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Andy Guess of Princeton University about a new study that finds that older Americans are more likely to share fake news than their younger counterparts. NPR News Read more »