This lead article by Joy Jenkins & Lucas Graves examines mechanisms that allow successful #journalism #collaborations to overcome competitive friction. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It’s clear that false information plays a role in global events, from divisive elections to the COVID-19 pandemic to the conflict roiling Israel and Gaza.

It's important to counter false claims and false narratives. Research shows clarity on how to do it.
poynter.org/ifcn/2024/how-…

El miércoles, desde el Máster de Periodismo Multimedia y Profesional de la Facultad Ciencias Información, organizamos una jornada sobre #desinformación y #periodismo . Participan Lucas Graves, CARLOS ELIAS, Paula Herrero Diz, Sergio Hernández e Irene Larraz. Estáis invitados:

For scholars to say whether 'factchecking works' we need to recognise this is part of what really effective factchecking organisations do.

Publishing factchecks that correct falsehoods is necessary but not sufficient. This work campaigning for structural change is vital too 👇

ONLINE FIRST AND OPEN ACCESS! Authors Lucas Graves, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon + Rebekah Larsen, PhD find fact-checking operations have moved to “debunking” misinformation. In response, fact-checkers have migrated into a 'public health' model of protecting news audiences.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

“It turned out that markets on their own weren’t able to automatically distribute gains fairly or spur developing countries to grow or establish democratic institutions.” lol. who woulda thunk. nytimes.com/2023/06/18/bus…

One of the many moments when former PhD students make me proud: Sarah Sarah Bomkapre Koroma Koroma's book on 'Journalism Cultures in Sierra Leone' just came out with Palgrave Macmillan The Worlds of Journalism Study

link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Some big Wisconsin Watch news. I'm so privileged to have learned from the Halls, who are among the most generous colleagues I've ever had.

That they can comfortably enjoy their retirement is a testament to the strength of the institution they've built.
wisconsinwatch.org/2023/06/wiscon…

Hey PBS NewsHour your prerogative of course to have Jonathan Capehart and David Brooks moralizing about how Snowden is no Ellsberg blah blah. But pretty shitty not to acknowledge that Ellsberg himself rejected that view & spoke often and vigorously in support of Snowden's whistleblowing

Lots of buzz downtown today about the prospect of two hotels coming to the old MATC site on Wisconsin/Johnson.
The concern: Hotel staff can no longer afford to live downtown. Same is true for the musicians they say will perform in the public spaces.
madison.com/news/local/bus…

New OA article on how 'debunking' viral misinfo has eclipsed political fact-checking, how fact-checkers understand the shift, and how it marks rise of a harm reduction ethic at odds with traditional views of the audience. w/ Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Rebekah Larsen, PhD tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our paper 'From Public Reason to Public Health: Professional Implications of the “Debunking Turn” in the Global Fact-Checking Field' led by Lucas Graves and Rebekah Larsen, PhD SCAM_OsloMet is out thanks to the Digital Journalism! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Steen Steensen Bente Kalsnes

Excited to share that Lew Friedland and I have just published an article in Political Communication 📓 . We’re exploring the insights Recognition theory can lend to our field. Here are a few highlights…url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn=o…

Congratulations to CJS Professor Andie Tucher — her book, “Not Exactly Lying,” (published by Columbia Univ Press) was awarded best journalism/mass communication history book published in 2022 by the AEJMC History Division! Check out her Q&A with AEJMC History: bit.ly/CJSTucherInter…

This series of publications on media history by the indy Media Studies Press run by Dave Park & Jeff Pooley | @[email protected] is just terrific. If you have a ms in mind, their window for reviewing proposed new titles is now open. mediastudies.press

1. In 2023, conservative activists have advanced the theory that 'woke' corporations are pushing a radical, pro-LGBTQ agenda

But a Popular Information investigation reveals 25 rainbow flag-waiving corporations have donated $13.5 million to anti-gay politicians since Jan 2022

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So incredibly proud of my hubby! He is evidence that hard work literally pays off 😁. I loved being his unofficial copy editor and seriously can’t wait for the book to come out. #FuturePublishedAuthor #WatchHim

It's hard to think of an entity more directly linked with economic development, manufacturing, and straight-up building stuff in Wisconsin than the UW-Madison College of Engineering. captimes.com/news/governmen…

It takes 360.000 gallons of water/day to cool a data centre! Exploitation of workers, workplace automation, & mass discrimination of marginalised groups, these are REAL existential risks, not this latest PR stunt, my interview independent.co.uk/tech/rishi-sun… The Independent Oxford Internet Institute…

Second, I’d like to mention the work Digital Journalism is doing, as a journal, to promote inclusion & diversity in the field. An international editorial team, an editorial board of researchers from 39 countries, a newsletter that features the editor's note in seven languages...