An enormous body of academic and journalistic work argues that opaque recommendation algorithms contribute to political polarization by…
Scholars at Harvard Kennedy School offer bipartisan path toward new strategy to confront risks of growing negative consequences from social…
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Findings identify potential media channels for reaching those who resist getting vaccinated.
Two of the most significant concerns about the contemporary United States are the erosion of democratic institutions and the increase in…
Public health requires collective action—the public best addresses health crises when individuals engage in prosocial behaviors. Failure to…
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø faculty experts see mostly downsides to the turmoil in U.S. media in recent decades.
Conspiratorial beliefs can endanger individuals and societies by increasing the likelihood of harmful behaviors such as the flouting of…
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New study by ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø media scholar proposes ways for local stations to expand their newsroom teams to meet community information needs.
Research in American foreign policy holds that the public’s support for war significantly depends on the number of US casualties in the…
To what extent do partisan media polarize political attitudes? Although recent methodological advancements have improved scholars’ ability…