Photo: Girl waiting for the train by Toshihiro Gamo on Flickr. This post was written by CME Director Dr. Talia Stroud and first appeared on the Knight Foundation’s blog.  Many findings about the political and news habits of women and young people are… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement’s paper, “Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections,” has been published in the latest edition of the New Media & Society academic journal. In the paper, researchers Talia Stroud, Ashley Muddiman and Josh Scacco share their research… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement’s paper, “Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections,” has been published in the latest edition of the New Media & Society academic journal. In the paper, researchers Talia Stroud, Ashley Muddiman and Josh Scacco share their research… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement’s paper, “Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections,” has been published in the latest edition of the New Media & Society academic journal. In the paper, researchers Talia Stroud, Ashley Muddiman and Josh Scacco share their research on… Read More

Josh Scacco shares CME research at the pre-ISOJ workshop. Photo courtesy of the Knight Center. The Center for Media Engagement’s Josh Scacco and Katie Steiner, along with ProPublica’s Amanda Zamora, led a workshop on audience engagement as part of the 17th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), hosted… Read More

Dr. Talia Stroud discusses our latest report on commenters and comment readers at the SXSW Interactive Festival. CME Director Dr. Talia Stroud was part of a panel on improving comment sections at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. The other panelists were Greg Barber of… Read More

Participants listen to one another at the News Tools Workshop in Austin, TX. In February, the Center for Media Engagement hosted its third workshop – the first to focus on news tools. Topics ranged from what audience engagement tools worked and didn’t work for news organizations, to what tools… Read More

During the past month, the Center for Media Engagement has been featured by a number of media outlets. CME was first featured in Quill, a magazine distributed by the Society of Professional Journalists. CME Communication Associate Katie Steiner wrote the magazine’s regular “Digital Media Toolbox” column on the project’s research… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement has released its 2015 Annual Report which outlines the project’s research and accomplishments from last year.  Highlights of the report include: CME released eight research reports on issues facing the news industry. These reports cover topics such as classic vs. contemporary website homepage design,… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement has developed a new WordPress plugin that allows users to customize the buttons on their websites, including adding a “Respect” button. With Engaging Buttons, you can design and configure alternatives to the “Like” button, which, we have found, may not always be appropriate. Read More