Out of the Echo Chamber: Rebuilding Trust in News examines the effects of media on democracy. Join Jonathan Rothwell, principal economist for Gallup, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for in-depth conversations with leading scholars on how to restore a more civil and trustworthy media environment.
How does emergent order guide communities in times of disorder and misinformation? Neil Chilson, expert on technology policy at the Charles Koch Insti...
The world’s relationship with the internet has changed in the face of the global pandemic. But how would the internet behave if humans suddenly vanish...
Should we be skeptical of the content returned by search engines like Google? How are people in various communities represented, and how does big tech...
How much of our news is computer-generated? Northwestern University Assistant Professor Nick Diakopoulos discusses his new book, “Automating the News:...
Kate Klonick of St. John’s Law School joins the podcast to discuss the quality of information found on social media, how to deal with inauthentic info...
Policymakers, academics and journalists explore the policy implications of the local news crisis: how do we confront a news landscape in which local j...
We often hear about how social media creates echo chambers, but it also brings people together to raise awareness about injustice and create political...
Motivated by the 2016 election discourse, David Plazas wanted a change, so he created Civility Tennessee, a campaign to restore faith in each other. I...
The business model of the local news industry is broken. As the number of newspaper journalists continues to decrease, newspaper owners must be creati...
In this episode, American Enterprise Institute scholar Yuval Levin discusses how the professionalization of American journalism has led to a lack of d...