Social Media News Belief In Fake News Linked To Problematic Social Media Use

As social media grows more toxic, college athletes ask themselves: Is it worth it?

Building a social media brand has helped enrich players. But constant harassment — fueled in part by sports gambling — has come to outweigh potential income. Now, staying "regular" is the goal. Read More

Older Adults Share More Fake News — But It’s Not Because They Can’t Tell Real from Fake

The world is drowning in misinformation, and social media is the hose pumping more of it out every day. We’ve all fallen for fake news at some point, and probably not even realized it. We’ve probably ... Read More

Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests

While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually ... Read More

The pros and cons of social media

Building connections, revolutionizing news and expanding horizons vs. concerns around mental health, fake news and privacy ... Read More

When Everything Is Fake, What’s the Point of Social Media?

Major global outage impacts popular apps and websites, looking at the safety of the NFL, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Earlier this week, a heartwarming post about a girl, a puppy, and a police ... Read More

Ashton Jeanty decries “fake news” social media post about him saving a restaurant

A story making the rounds on social media credits Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty with saving a restaurant that was about to go out of business. According to the story, when Jeanty was young and ... Read More

Bihar's library classrooms are teaching kids to spot fake news. Should others follow?

In a small community library in Bihar, a handful of lessons taught children to pause before hitting 'forward'. Months later, their parents were doing the same. Could this be turned into India's most ... Read More