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Researchers study risks and rewards of emerging AI technology in communication organizations
AI is not a perfect science. Although it's being refined over time, this technology is bound to make mistakes—so there needs ...
Bridging political debates: Study shows factual knowledge can actually reduce polarization
A new study co-led by Dr. Eran Amsalem from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Michael Nicholas Stagnaro of MIT ...
Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence
Visual content, including manipulated images, is a staple of propaganda and political messaging. AI analysis shows that a ...
Public media is a pillar of our communities — don’t defund it
Public media is one of the few civic institutions that still commands broad trust in an age of division and disinformation.
Pew Research Center15h
2. Importance of press freedom, free speech and freedom on the internet
Across 35 countries, most people rate press, speech and internet freedoms as important, but the shares who call these very ...
Pew Research Center15h
4. Freedom gaps
In many countries, the share rating free press or speech as important is larger than the share saying they actually have that ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies15h
A majority of Americans believe press freedom is important. Far fewer believe the press is actually free.
Only 33% of Americans say the media is ‘completely’ free to report the news, according to a new Pew Research Center survey ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)11h
How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | The Curb Cut Effect
The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city through a ...