Daniel Kreiss
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The Shadow of the 2000 Election
The Biden and Trump campaigns are quietly preparing for a contested election. What have Democrats and Republicans learned from the last time that happened?
The Latest Tech Hearing Is About Helping Trump on Election Day
Senate Republicans don’t want answers from the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter. They want to cow them.
What if UNC’s $6.5 Billion Endowment Actually Worked for All of Us?
Of this giant pool of assets, UNC-Chapel Hill holds the largest share, with a $3.6 billion investment fund, followed by NC State’s $1.07 billion fund, according to the schools’ 2019 annual reports.
Daniel Kreiss
This piece is impressive for anyone wanting to understand university endowments: “There is no reason to believe $700,000 bonuses for investment managers at the expense of housekeepers, adjuncts, and graduate workers are somehow acceptable.”
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The Media Has Overcorrected on Foreign Influence
The continued focus on Russia, at the expense of domestic threats, is significant and dangerous.
The Surprising Reason Why Ohio Is a Toss-Up State
It’s nothing Joe Biden has done. It’s the on-the-ground organizing that’s already activated nearly half-a-million voters.
Will the Media Play Victor Frankenstein on Election Night?
BY Jennifer Earl and Jessica Maves Braithwaite Any journalist will tell you: report the story, but don’t be a part of it. But, without a concerted effort to avoid “business as usual” on November 3r…
New Middle Ages
The next chapter is dedicated to the development of the theoretical framework of the work. New Middle Ages as a theory is gaining prominence due to the fact that it offers a systematic alternative to...
Daniel Kreiss
Can’t say it’s great to know there is a new field dedicated to theorizing the “New Middle Ages”
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Communications in the coronavirus crisis: lessons for the second wave
This is the final report from the UK COVID-19 news and information project.
How the press covered the last four years of Trump
<p>In November 2017, the International Center for Journalists gave Fox News’s Chris Wallace an award for excellence in journalism. In his acceptance speech, he noted that President Trump’s attacks on the media threaten democracy, but then pivoted to...
Testing the Effectiveness of Correction Placement and Type on Instagram - Emily K. Vraga, Sojung Claire Kim, John Cook, Leticia Bode, 2020
Despite concerns about misinformation across social media platforms, little attention has been paid to how to correct misinformation on visual platforms like In...
Twitter launches 'pre-bunks' to get ahead of voting misinformation
Twitter will begin placing messages at the top of users’ feeds to pre-emptively debunk false information about voting by mail and election results.
End Minority Rule
Either we become a truly multiracial democracy or we cease to be a democracy at all.
Daniel Kreiss
"Democracy requires more than majority rule. But without majority rule, there is no democracy. Either we become a truly multiracial democracy or we cease to be a democracy at all."
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FEC’s Creation of “List-Swap Loophole” Allows Backroom Deals to Go Unreported
The list-swap loophole makes it easier for reporting violations to happen. CLC has called on the FEC to clarify that all swaps must be reported.
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Prepares Measures for Possible Election Unrest
The emergency measures, originally designed for countries facing mass ethnic or political bloodshed, include slowing the spread of viral content and lowering the bar for suppressing potentially inflammatory posts.
The (surprisingly interesting) story of e-mail in the 2016 presidential election
(2020). The (surprisingly interesting) story of e-mail in the 2016 presidential election. Journal of Information Technology & Politics: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 232-248.
How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine
Since 2016, the Falun Gong-backed newspaper has used aggressive Facebook tactics and right-wing misinformation to create an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire.
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.