"More than 48 million Americans use Twitter, one of the most popular social networking platforms, and one used extensively by media and political junkies. This study analyzed more than 86 million…
"This study — part of Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy initiative with Gallup — probes Americans’ perceptions and assessments of local media in depth. It finds that Americans mostly…
"The disparate approaches chosen by the five cities… show clearly that there’s no simple right or wrong answer to the question of how to create a better civic commons. Instead, they offer different…
"This study is one of the largest analyses to date on how fake news spread on twitter both during and after the 2016 election campaign" (Knight Foundation, 2018).
"Society is caught up in a whirlwind of change. The power of liberal democracies is dwindling and the political balance in the world is shifting. An interview with Ralf Fücks on what to…
“This study outlines the case for, and the practical feasibility of establishing, a new International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM)” which would “ focus mainly on resource-poor settings…
"This new research aims to update some of the usual democratic debates while establishing a factual basis that allows us to consider ways technology can help improve the quality of democracy. Digital…
"2019 doesn't appear to be the year of a great global turnaround for democracy. Yet, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) also found a considerable increase in political participation worldwide.…
"This work begins with an international alignment around a set of principles -- the rights and duties of a Digital Democracy Charter. And it makes change through the implementation of an Action Plan…
