Media

Podcasters, rather than the conventional media or education establishment, are in a position to shape the tone and content of public discourse.

• By James McWilliams

A systemic review presents damning evidence that journalists are overselling research.

• By James McWilliams

We spoke with a communications professor about the relationship between trolls and the media.

• By Jared Keller

A new study finds African Americans on reality television are more likely to be both the victim and perpetrator of verbal aggression.

• By Tom Jacobs

Lack of trust in the news in the U.S. runs deep.

• By Francie Diep

New research finds they are more likely than their black counterparts to be portrayed as victims of mental illness.

• By Tom Jacobs

Make it a habit to approach stories in an analytical frame of mind.

• By Tom Jacobs

An influential conservative online ecosystem targets teachers whose expressed opinions question the dominance of white men.

• By James McWilliams

A lone gunman burst into the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, shooting and killing five newspaper employees and "gravely injuring" several more.

• By Jack Denton

As climate change brings more frequent and more destructive natural disasters, more people must face the challenges of living life as scheduled on the edge of chaos.

• By Hannah Weinberger

People react and wave flags outside the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, on June 24th, 2018, during the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new analysis finds the free press, among other key institutions, is under increasing attack.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds reintroducing objective facts into the conversation doesn't mitigate this effect.

• By Tom Jacobs

Over the past few decades, Christian television has gone from spreading the gospel and moved directly into covering news and politics, reaching millions of Americans daily.

• By Jason C. Bivins

A new study finds the more people rely on their Facebook feed for news, the less politically knowledgeable they are.

• By Tom Jacobs

It remains to be seen how the country's media will tackle the historically unprecedented sight of their leader hobnobbing with a sitting U.S. president.

• By Meredith Shaw

What started as a political tactic has evolved into a social virus.

• By Jared Keller

Tracking the events in state legislatures and city councils requires skilled beat reporters. They're becoming an increasingly rare breed.

• By Seth Masket

For many Americans, watching The Apprentice produced a faux feeling of closeness and trust with Donald Trump.

• By Tom Jacobs

Ken Layne's quarterly magazine, Desert Oracle, tries to give readers a sense of the profound solitude—and weirdness—of the Mojave Desert.

• By Max Genecov

Robert Sapolsky reveals the biological basis for our most unfortunate traits—and insists change is possible.

• By Tom Jacobs

Fake news has become one more way for the president to distort truth—but the worst of what passes for it has little to do with press.

• By Lucia Graves

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
• Member Exclusive

A new website lets people play the role of propagandist, giving them a more sophisticated idea of how and why fictitious news is created.

• By Tom Jacobs