3 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,…
3 years ago
What the death of local news means for the federal election
In the absence of media scrutiny, politicians have started to spin their own stories
3 years ago
The pedestrian misogyny behind the van attack
Coverage of mass violence against women still leaves out the basics
3 years ago
Journalism’s Assange problem
By Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia and Laurel Leff, Northeastern University
These days, anybody with an internet connection can be a publisher.
That doesn’t make everybody a journalist.
This distinction has become more important than ever in light…
3 years ago
Our faith in information is faltering when we most need facts
We shouldn’t need a Super Bowl commercial costing around $10 million to remind us that information is supposed to matter in a democracy.
Yet the Washington Post thought we did, so it told 111 million Americans watching the Super Bowl…
3 years ago
Government funding for journalism: To what end?
The federal budget has finally answered some of the questions about the Liberal government’s plans to subsidize the news business, which were first floated late last year. But the details revealed by Finance Minister Bill Morneau raises many more…
3 years ago
As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy
By Heather Rollwagen, Ryerson University and Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University
Ottawa has finally announced the details of how it will offer financial assistance to the country’s struggling news media industry — a controversial policy that will lead to…
3 years ago
Working as the newsroom’s ‘diversity hire’
Women of colour in journalism bring a lot to the job. And take a lot, too
4 years ago
How analyzing patterns helps students spot deceptive media
With the current pervasive use of online media for personal and academic reasons, it’s necessary for students to have skills to confidently filter and decipher what they’re reading.
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