Down With Facebook. Long Live the Red Book?
A new book argues that American democracy depends on an unlikely source: the English department.
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How to Inoculate Yourself Against Fake News
Make it a habit to approach stories in an analytical frame of mind.
Trump Is Dragging American Governance Into the Fourth Regime, Whether We’re Ready or Not
Social media, governmental dysfunction, and Supreme Court malfeasance have all combined to create an atmosphere ripe for constitutional chaos.
Meet the Syrian Man Stranded at the Kuala Lumpur Airport for 91 Days and Counting
Trapped in an arrivals hall in a Malaysian airport, Hassan Al Kontar has the vagaries of the modern global systems of asylum to blame. To pass the time, he narrates his strange new life through selfie videos.
Roseanne Doesn’t Have Trump’s Teflon
Her top-rated show was suddenly canceled after her racist tweet. A historian evaluates the deeper meaning of the decision.
How Facebook Is Throwing Our Brains Into Overdrive
Has Facebook fundamentally transformed human behavior—and is such damage irreparable?
Dispatches: What You Need to Know About Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
What Sorts of Science Stories Do We Read on Facebook?
New research offers a step toward understanding how Facebook users find science news in this age of quick content circulation.
Fake News Is Our Fault
Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.
Are Foreign-Influenced Social Media Campaigns Part of the New Political Playbook?
Foreign governments, taking a page from the Russian election playbook, have begun to realize the outsized impact subliminal social media campaigns can have on Americans. Have social media campaigns become the new lobbying de rigueur?