Media Theory and Research Course

08/09/2020

Viewed in isolation or presented without context, coronavirus numbers don’t always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled. Here, ProPublica journalists Caroline Chen and Ash Ngu offer insight on how to navigate the figures.

07/10/2020

Those ages 18 to 29 differ from older Americans in their news consumption habits and in their responses to major news events and coverage.

06/17/2020

Morning Consult is tracking consumers' comfort level returning to the public sphere for pastimes, such as going to the movies or to the gym, amid the ongoing threat of COVID-19. We’ll be updating this page every week with new data.

10/17/2019

Huge new survey about sexual violence on campus.

Here is data emerging from the Association of American Universities survey this year of more than 180,000 students.

10/16/2019

Content Analysis of the Oct 15 Debate

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Joseph R. Biden Jr. led the stage of 12 candidates.

06/27/2019

The “millennials are growing horns” study is flawed, and its journal has launched an internal review. Can you spot the study's six major problems?

08/17/2018

This short article references several media/social media studies.

Everyone is affected by misinformation, and teenagers want to be involved in fixing it.

08/11/2018

This article references several different polls/studies.

First they came for the free press. . .

08/08/2018

What research can find out.

The ‘enemy of the people’ talk is working. A plurality of self-identified Republicans say they want Trump to have the power to take ‘bad’ media outlets out.

07/06/2018

Qualitative research approach

While technology experts and scholars have concerns about the current and future impact of the internet, they also tend to report their own experience of digital life as positive.

06/21/2018

Public media outlets are perceived as the least biased and most accurate, according to new reports from Gallup and the Knight Foundation.

06/13/2018

A study found 8 out of 10 respondents consume w**d before TV time