As new political actors, can social media influencers fill the increasing trust void between the public and political elites?
Continue Reading The emerging political power of social media influencers
Journalistic Role Performance Project, an international effort, plans to look at 3 sources on 4 platforms to update early pandemic results Continue Reading New study launching of how journalists do their jobs
The war on Gaza has exposed a breaking point between young people in Canada and traditional media
Continue Reading Beyond the famine frame
Reclaiming objectivity as a practice of information-gathering Continue Reading Flawed notions of objectivity are hampering Canadian newsrooms when it comes to Gaza
Transforming journalism’s public interactions to sustain our craft and save our souls
Continue Reading Introducing the Spring 2025 issue of Facts & Frictions: From online trolls to positive community connections
It’s essential for journalists to fact-check their work even in the face of nagging doubts about its effectiveness in countering disinformation. Continue Reading Fact-checking as an act of courage
Meta stirred up controversy when it ditched fact-checking Continue Reading Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation and hate speech
Identifying further research avenues and opening discussion on the media portrayal of asylum seekers in Québec Continue Reading Victims, burdens, and problems: A thematic analysis of Le Journal de Montréal news coverage of Roxham Road
A closer look at how chatbots are trained suggests that OpenAI may be right that ‘scraping’ isn’t copying. But it may not be ‘fair dealing’ either Continue Reading Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?