10 reasons why Americans don’t trust the media

Public trust in the media is at an all-time low…

Why people are wired to believe what they want to believe

And what we can do about that

Four problems for news and democracy

Here are some “buckets” for making sense of why: addiction…

Mistrust, Efficacy and the New Civics — a whitepaper for the Knight Foundation

Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy

Why James Madison would say our real problem is not misinformation

A founding father concerned with…

Strengthening democracy in the digital age: Knight’s $50 million investment in a new field of research

Fact or opinion? New research finds who best tells the difference

American news consumers are inundated with tweets and headlines and stories. But in a world where news stories and opinion pieces blur and blend on many sites, can readers tell whether a statement is fact — or opinion?

For online media literacy that works, speed and ease matters

Hygiene checks of online info can be as…

Avoiding the echo chamber about echo chambers

Why selective exposure to like-minded congenial…