Questioning the power relations behind audience metrics in journalism What do fields such as academia, health, police and journalism all have in common? Metrics. Ubiquitously imbricated in the fabric…
Yesterday, Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne suggested that Russian bots are amplifying social media posts by a campaign group, Fairer Future, opposed to the government…
The Reuters Institute Digital News Report has been released today. The annual survey aims to understand how news is being valued and consumed globally, with a…
In the context of the project “PEREDEP” (Promoting E-Rulemaking in the EU through deliberative procedures) we have developed with ADAPT research centre an e-rulemaking deliberative platform…
Last week the European Commission launched a public consultation for the Digital Services Act (DSA), an overhaul of how the EU regulates digital platforms. A…
The upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has, of course, had enormous impact on news cycles. Coverage of current events are largely dominated by the…
In the era of “stay home” policies and social distancing “face to face” public participation is not possible leading to an upsurge of interest in…
FuJo researchers are investigating citizen exposure to Covid-19 disinformation and possible countermeasures. This is one of sixteen projects funded by DCU’s Covid-19 Research and Innovation Hub. The…
Two recent reports may shed some light on the future of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation after a year of monitoring, so where…
With the WHO recently warning that the battle against COVID-19 is “nowhere near over,” governments and media bodies must prepare themselves for the continuing struggle…