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The impact of social media on the spread of disinformation and its relation to election legitimacy and violence.
Partisan media outlets and social platforms have accelerated the circulation of unverified lists tying politicians to international by amplifying partisan frames, exploiting platform mechanics, and co...
Donald Trump’s social-media-first approach differs in scale, tone and institutional blending from prior presidents: he weaponized immediacy and unfiltered personal voice to drive earned media and mass...
Political rhetoric that questions the legitimacy of elections and dehumanizes opponents has been repeatedly linked by journalists, researchers and policy analysts to a surge in targeted harassment and...
When allegations are followed by — or formal criminal charges—coverage shifts from speculative breathless reporting to more cautious, document-driven narratives, and the accused gain legal avenues to ...
Newsrooms increasingly turn to suspects’ profiles as quick documentary evidence of political motives, citing posts, likes, follows and affiliations to explain why an incident occurred; empirical resea...