As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this content is overwhelmingly right-leaning.In a new study, Media Matters assessed the audience size of popular online shows — podcasts, streams, and other long-form audio and video content regularly posted online. To do so, we gathered data on the number of followers, subscribers, and views across st...| Media Matters for America
The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account roughly doubled in the four months after Election Day 2024, from 21% beforehand to 43% by March.| Pew Research Center
Media manipulation, deliberately shaping information to influence public perception, has profoundly transformed the digital age. No longer confined to traditional news broadcasts, it now permeates every corner of the online world. With social media, those who strategically maneuver their online activity now hold the power to shape public perception. While the democratization of information can uplift a more diverse platform of voices, it has also opened the floodgates to misinformation and ma...| Northeastern University Political Review
Though Trump administration officials claim a "censorship cartel" is targeting conservatives online, the available data tells a different story.| Public Knowledge
Americans increasingly have been turning to TikTok – both in general and for news – even as the app faces an uncertain future in the United States.| Pew Research Center
Scientific misinformation is a community problem. We can fight back by embracing uncertainty.| Sequencer
No, journalism isn’t over, but it is changing in fundamental ways| dicktofel.substack.com
A toxic male takes a feminist class to learn about the other sex.| darrellowens.substack.com