The increase in so-called “fake news” has created great concern in the U.S. news media. At present social media and other digital platforms play a significant role in the dissemination of news-making U.S. news consumers vulnerable to viewing potential misinformation and unverified information presented as …
The confidence of the Americans in the media has been lower than ever during the past decades. A Gallup poll reported a drastic drop in confidence in newspapers in the past years, going from 51% confidence in newspapers in 1979 to 23% in 2019. Walter Hussman, …
The Reuters Institute 2020 Digital News Report found that the coronavirus crisis has increased news consumption for traditional news sources. Most of the data was collected in January before the virus hit, but the Reuters Institute conducted a follow-up survey in April in select six countries …
The data journalists use in their reporting often comes from sources like large government agencies, but concerns arise over whether this “black-boxed” data decreases on-the-ground reporting and local source cultivation. Wilson Lowrey, professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Ryan Broussard, assistant professor …
