
Bridging Divides, Journalism
Understanding Election Fraud Beliefs: Interviews with People Who Think Trump Likely Won the 2020 El...
June 9, 2022
The Center for Media Engagement interviewed 56 people who believed that Donald Trump most likely won the 2020 presidential election to talk about their political outlooks, how they constructed their picture of what happened in the election, and what sources they trusted to tell them the truth.

Propaganda
Testimony: “A Growing Threat: The Impact of Disinformation Targeted at Communities of Color...
April 26, 2022
Testimony of Samuel Woolley, Ph.D. for Congressional hearing "A Growing Threat: The Impact of Disinformation Targeted at Communities of Color."

Media Ethics
Promoting Safety or Infringing on Privacy?
June 16, 2022
What are the ethical tradeoffs of surveillance software in online education?

Journalism
Advertiser Spending on Primetime News Throughout the Coronavirus Pandemic
March 14, 2022
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, television news served as a crucial source of information for the public. But our past research showed that coverage of the virus was politicized in ways that seemed to put profit and partisanship above public health, particularly on Fox News and MSNBC. Now our research turns to the advertisers that support this programming.
More Research

Adam Schefter and “Mr. Editor”
June 7, 2022
How much control over stories should journalists give sources and subjects? Read More

Bridging Political Divides with Facebook Memes
April 28, 2022
Previous research by the Center for Media Engagement found that a sense of common humanity – where people recognize that their own failings are common human experiences – can help…

Escaping the Mainstream? Pitfalls and Opportunitie...
March 22, 2022
This report builds the foundation of our future research on diaspora communities, false information, and EMAs with regard to the 2022 mid-term elections and provides an assessment useful for the…

Making Your Political Point Online Without Driving...
December 15, 2021
The Center for Media Engagement tested a tool that makes digital conversations across divides easier: expressing humility when sharing a political opinion. The results showed that writing online posts with…

A Better Way to Tell Protest Stories
October 28, 2021
Protest coverage often casts protesters and their causes in a negative light, particularly when covering underrepresented groups. To help journalists frame stories in ways that do not harm these groups,…

Landscape of the UK Science Engagement Training Co...
September 7, 2021
To help understand the impact and effectiveness of science engagement training in the UK, and what trainers and funders in the United States could learn from it, the Center for…
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