Critics of democracy have long lamented that people know too little about politics, but today we have more news and information available to us than at any moment in history. I, for instance, start and end my days with Twitter: The ongoing stream of information it provides about the world […] Read more »
Finally some good news: Trust in news is up, especially for local media
After decades of declining trust in the press, coupled with relentless rhetorical attacks on the media by President Trump, there’s finally some good news: Trust in media is up since last year, and the great majority of Americans trust their local news sources. The new Poynter Media Trust Survey found […] Read more »
Trump craves good press from the ‘fake news’ media – just look at his White House newsletter
Joseph Graf, American University School of Communication Mainstream press coverage of President Trump has been unfavorable. Thomas Patterson found that 80 percent of stories in the first 100 days of the administration were negative in tone. The president has attacked the media as “fake news” and journalists as “the enemy […] Read more »
Americans’ Views on News Content From Internet Companies
Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have continued their study of Americans’ opinions of news media with their recent study, Major Internet Companies as News Editors. The study provides a deeper look at the public’s views on large internet companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter playing […] Read more »
Young women: What’s on their minds as midterm elections approach?
Women ages 18-35, place a high priority on a candidate who shares their culture and values; it’s more important to them than party labels. They cite health care as their top issue in the 2018 election, with more calling it very important, compared to other issues. Most say they see […] Read more »
Blunders, Scandals, and Strategic Communication in U.S. Foreign Policy: Benghazi vs. 9/11
Scholars have paid little attention to the role of media scandals in U.S. foreign policy discourse. This article suggests that journalists’ treatment of foreign policy failures as scandalous bears little relationship to the nature or effects of officials’ malfeasance. Scandalized news coverage is instead more fruitfully viewed through the lens […] Read more »