Trump’s legal team took issue with a book. By Julia ConleyStaff WriterCommon Dreams “The press freedom fire...
Journalism
Journalism records public life while shaping how events are understood. Explore the reporters and institutions that developed news gathering while confronting censorship and political pressure.
His booster rhetoric overlooked some thorny issues. By Dr. Charles L. Ponce de LeonProfessor of History and...
By the 1830s, high-speed presses could print thousands of papers. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
Freedom of speech? More like freedom from standards. By Barry LymanEditorAlabama Reflector If you’ve ever heard of...
Free speech is not an absolute right. A fundamental revolutionary ideal that emerged in the early American...
The pendulum has swung back to the plutocrats. By Dr. Rachel KleinfeldSenior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance...
This is the conundrum facing American journalism now. By Dr. Michael J. SocolowProfessor of Communication and JournalismUniversity...
The past was hardly full of the upstanding, rational, nonpartisan journalists. By Dr. Jon GrinspanCurator, Division of...
When newspapers got it wrong. By Rhonda Evans, J.D.DirectorLuEsther T. Mertz LibraryNew York Botanical Garden The term...
The 1956 effort was no rousing success. By Dr. W. Joseph CampbellProfessor Emeritus of CommunicationAmerican University Introduction...
How a a self-described “errant journalist and literary poacher” gained notoriety. By Dr. Vlad SolomonIndependent Scholar, Modern...
These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict and cause chaos. By Dr. H. Colleen SinclairAssociate Research...
False news spreads more than the truth. By Dr. Soroush VosoughiAssistant Professor of Computer ScienceDartmouth College By...
The Nazis routinely shared altered photos in their official publication, the Illustrierter Beobachter. By Dr. Daniel H....
Examining and highlighting the contribution of political elites in polluting our online environments. Abstract Increased sharing of...
Critical consumption of social media news would have protective effects on individuals’ perceptions and decision-making. By Dr....
Taking a look at a number of times disinformation was widely spread since Augusts in ancient Rome....
Examining the role of newspapers in Imperial Russian governance. By Dr. Alison K. SmithProfessor of HistoryUniversity of...
There are two different approaches to combat misinformation, one reactive, the other proactive. Abstract In recent years,...
Ancient Greek history blurs the line between fiction and what Dubois would call the “scientific” account of...
In medieval Europe, multiple mixed forms of written and oral news catered to the small literate elite...
Misinformation that originates on social media sometimes transitions to much larger audiences when it is picked up...
The novelist and activist forewarned that “economic totalitarianism” would run riot over the lives of the poor....
Uncovering evidence about oral transmission of news lies through the written record. By Dr. Daniel C. Waugh1Professor Emeritus...
The vast majority of users on all major social media are seeing news-related content. Social media platforms...
There was a wide eighteenth-century market for images of various kinds. By Sheila O’ConnellFormer Curator of British...
Vague definitions and heavy penalties mean that legislation could be used to stifle a free press. By...
Black newspaper editors saw these emblems clearly for what they stood for – a lost cause. By...
It was solely for the use of the government, not a response to any kind of demand...
An astrophysicist has much to say about the public’s lack of trust in science, and how it...