MIT researchers built a theoretical model to study how news spreads on a Twitter-like social network and found that when a network is highly connected or when the views of its members are sharply polarized, ...
On April 27, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of a Disinformation Governance Board. So far, what we know about the board is that it is a “working group” that seeks to counter ...
(Editor’s note: Continuing our series on media literacy, this article will explore the need for consumers to be informed about the reliability of information disseminated by various sources.) Just last week, the Department of Homeland ...
Years ago, when standing in the checkout line at the local grocery store, cover stories of the National Enquirer and other tabloids would catch our eye. Elvis abducted by aliens, Big Foot kidnaps children in ...
It’s more difficult than you think to spot disinformation online. More than a third of internet users, adults and children, don’t know that online content might be false or biased, according to a new report ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — All week long, KOAA News5 is taking part in News Literacy Week as part of the EW Scripps Company’s partnership with the News Literacy Foundation to help shine a light on better ...
How easy is it to change people’s votes in an election? The answer, a growing number of studies conclude, is that most forms of political persuasion seem to have little effect at all. This conclusion ...
Ms. Ta Thanh Binh, Director of the Securities Market Development Department under the State Securities Commission Following the uptrend of 2021, the Vietnam stock market continues to maintain positive momentum in the first months of ...
Image: Ofcom.org.uk More than a third of internet users are unaware that online content might be false or biased, according to new Ofcom research. It reveals that 30% of UK adults who go online (14.5 ...
