journalism

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    Fighting ‘fake news’ can cut trust in reliable sources, too

    Efforts to fight "fake news" have given rise to an unintended paradox: the tools used to fight misinformation breed distrust in all news.

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    Feeling misinformed leads some people to actively avoid news

    As people have more difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction, they are more likely to feel news fatigue and avoid news altogether.

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    How Twitch is redefining journalism

    As the popular streaming app Twitch moves into news coverage, researchers dig into how it's changing journalism and what makes it unique.

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    Auto-renew subscriptions don’t build loyal customers

    Automatic subscription renewals may boost subscribers in the short term, but it's a bad strategy over time, a working paper finds.

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    AI can reveal hidden bias in news media

    AI that compares what news media actually reported to what could have been reported can identify biases we might otherwise miss.

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    Holiday-suicide myth just won’t go away

    It's one again time to banish the holiday-suicide myth, which continues to show up in the news.

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    More likes up the chance people believe fake news

    New research digs into how the social part of social media can affect what people think about fake news stories.

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    Experts: Don’t skip colonoscopy due to that study in the news

    If you saw news coverage of a study suggesting limited benefit to colonoscopies, consider this message from experts.

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    The internet is teeming with bad spider info

    Spider misinformation is all over social media and the internet in general, say researchers. The right expert can improve things.

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    Sharing news you didn’t read can feel like expertise

    Social media sharers believe that they are knowledgeable about the content they share, even if they have not read it or have only glanced at a headline.

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    Americans tend not to know about AI in journalism

    Today, AI machines designed to perform the communicator role are generating journalism independent of humans.

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    Credibility labels don’t do much to shift news diets

    Credibility labels may improve the news diet quality of the heaviest consumers of misinformation, but might not do much for most people.