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22 researchers take ‘the stage’ and share their findings at Global Fact 7
On day 3 of Global Fact 7, fact checkers explored some of the thorniest issues…
Researching COVID-19 misinformation? The IFCN has opened a call for research proposals
It is time to invite researchers to the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance. Today, the International Fact-Checking Network…
What can researchers find among the 32 million URLs Facebook just released to Social Science One?
Social Science One, the non-profit commission launched in 2018 to establish concrete partnerships between academics…
These researchers are getting access to Facebook data to study misinformation
Facebook is working with more than 60 researchers around the world to study how misinformation…
Readers may trust news stories more when they donÂ’t know their source
Readers’ trust in news stories depends more on the source’s alignment with their political preferences…
Is it satire or fake news? Depends on who you ask
LYON, France — Michele Bedard and Chianna Schoenthaler didn’t think they’d be going to France.…
Who reads fact-checking and why? Here’s what one outlet found out
A British fact-checking organization recently heard from more than 2,000 people about how and why…
Study: On Twitter, you’re better off fact-checking your crazy uncle than a complete stranger
A new study has found what many of us have always thought to be true:…
5 studies about fact-checking you may have missed last month
The fake news phenomenon led to an explosion in media coverage of fact-checking in the…
Want more pageviews? This study found testing new homepage designs could be a good place to start
In a time when Google and Facebook dominate web traffic and publishers are struggling to…
Survey: Americans turn to established media for breaking news, mobile
Most digital news consumers now get information from Web-native sources like The Huffington Post, but…
Smartphone news readers are driven by psychological rewards
PR Newswire People who use smartphones to get local or national news tend to prefer…
Poynter ‘EyeTrack: Tablet’ research shows horizontal swiping instinct for photo galleries
Poynter's "EyeTrack: Tablet" project, the latest in our long tradition of research to understand how…