2 years ago
Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy
Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularly updates this algorithm, which can dramatically change what information people consume.
As the 2020 U.S. election approaches, there…
2 years ago
UBC researchers lead $2.5-million journalism innovation project
SSHRC reviewers said the Global Journalism Innovation Lab "promises to be influential at a time of critical need”
2 years ago
Artificial-intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy
"Who – or what – will do journalism in this AI-enhanced and automated world, and how will they do it?"
2 years ago
Operation Infektion 2.0? State-sponsored journalism and disinformation
How do democracies deal with disinformation that is indistinguishable from journalism?
2 years ago
Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies
What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there’s no journalist to report it?
2 years ago
Dear Journalists of Canada: Start Reporting Climate Change as an Emergency
A five-point plan for mainstream media to cover fewer royal babies and more of our unfolding catastrophe
2 years ago
Top tips and trends in social media education
2018 Michener-Deacon Fellow for Journalism Education Tamara Baluja spent the past year studying what journalism schools are teaching their students about social media storytelling, metrics and best practices. Here’s what she found
2 years ago
Local news snapshot finds journalists split on their future
Survey of small-market papers finds workers anxious about ad revenue, stressed about digital competition but still have their readers’ trust
2 years ago
Distrust in media is on the decline, journalists tell survey
Journalists worldwide surveyed on how PR pitches, social media algorithms, data privacy and more are affecting their jobs in 2019
2 years ago
Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it
In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and online messaging systems, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube,…
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