media-studies

Photo by Tatiana Reusche on Unsplash TL;DR: Bluesky’s CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang told TechCrunch Disrupt that a true social‑media reset is possible through a decentralized, open‑source protocol that returns data ownership and moderation control to users. Why a Social Media Reset Matters The conversation at Disrupt 2026 opened with a stark reminder: today’s major networks are plagued by …

In dozens of states around the country, people are vandalizing, blocking and taking down Flock cameras. The surge in this type of activity underscores the growing resistance to this police surveillance technology.

Sports events have gradually switched from being exclusive to TV to part of a landscape in which television co-exists with digital platforms

dc.title: Performing authenticity on Instagram reels: mother influencers and the co-construction of authenticity in audience responses dc.description.abstract: This study examines how mother influencers perform authenticity on Instagram Reels and how audiences respond in comment sections. Using quantitative content analysis of 500 Reels and 4,612 comments, authenticity is conceptualized as observ…

arXiv:2608.18268v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Today most media content is consumed based on algorithmic recommendations. Evidence suggests that this can lead to politically biased media consumption patterns. Automated extraction of political agendas from texts can reveal and analyze political biases in online media -- and thus help fostering politically unbiased media consumption. Here we emp…

There’s never been greater need for the study of what we don’t know, and why we’re not supposed to know it.

How do we determine what is fact? An archaeologist explains how the answer has changed over time and why it matters so much now.

Media coverage of political institutions can undermine the legitimacy they rely on.

Instead of simply applauding nudges, journalists should critically assess when and why governments use this tool.

Do you love using the laughing-crying emoji? If so, you’re probably a Millennial.

A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.

A new book by participants in the controversial ‘Grievance Studies’ hoax critiques the rise of an ideology they call Social Justice Theory. But the authors overstate their case.

This article was published in 2017, and has not been updated with the latest news coverage data. Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics. This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on Natural Disasters. How many deaths does it take for a natural disaster to be newsworthy? This is a question researchers T…

Africans are adopting podcasting as a way of telling their own stories. In one class in Egypt, this took a feminist turn.

Although Jimmy Donaldson might have you think otherwise, exploiting people for entertainment can’t be morally offset by doing good elsewhere.

Meta on trial over app design Meta went to court on Tuesday and told a jury it never

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07966-7 Moralizing betrayal: the construction of the enemy in media discourse on the Russia–Ukraine war

Jasmin Ahluwalia, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law ABSTRACT The law is said to be applied equally for everyone, yet media narratives stringently regulate the response the judiciary as well as the public have to cases of a similar nature. Despite the carefully laid down statutes like the Indian Penal Code, sections 326A-326B, and strict Supreme Court regulations on acid attacks, the convict…

A new study links the release of new music from major artists with a higher risk of dying in a car crash. Experts share safer ways to stream and drive.