Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z How We Can Teach Gen Z a Better Kind of Media Literacy Young people's ability to navigate the Internet can be summed up in one word: bleak. Sam Wineburg
Education The Left and Right Both Distrust Partisan News, According to a New Study New research finds that Americans tend to trust mainstream news sources over highly partisan ones, including those that reflect our prejudices. Tom Jacobs
Education Senior Citizens Are Most Likely to Share Fake News on Facebook New research finds the 65-and-over demographic was most inclined to share fabricated news reports during the 2016 presidential campaign. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice How to Increase Trust in the Media News consumers are more trusting of the media when they're exposed to fact-checking, per new research. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The (Short) PS Interview An Information Scientist Talks Media Literacy, Political Memes, and the Value of Librarians Alison Head, a co-author of a new report on the media habits of almost 6,000 college students, explains why news consumption has become an arduous task for younger generations. Jack Denton
News in Brief QAnon Reveals How Poorly Equipped We Are for the Era of Political Trolling We spoke with a communications professor about the relationship between trolls and the media. Jared Keller
News in Brief Can the U.S. Save Democracy Through Civics? A new poll shows that America's polarization problem is only getting worse. Jared Keller