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Released: 17-Jun-2015 2:00 PM EDT
Indiana University Scientists Create Computational Algorithm for Fact-Checking
Indiana University

Network scientists at Indiana University have developed a new computational method that can leverage any body of knowledge to aid in the complex human task of fact-checking.

Released: 27-May-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 27 May 2015
Newswise Trends

Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: genetics, cancer, nanotech, elderly care, marketing research, energy, children's health, and immunology.

       
Released: 21-May-2015 10:05 AM EDT
‘They Were My Age:’ Students Find Photos, Stories of Soldiers Killed in Vietnam
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A team of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee journalism students took on an unusual research project during the spring semester – helping find the missing photos and stories of Wisconsin soldiers killed in Vietnam.

Released: 28-Apr-2015 5:05 AM EDT
Blogging on the Ice: Connecting Audiences with Climate-Change Sciences
Bournemouth University

Climate change is a perennially controversial subject frequently splashed across mainstream headlines. However, what we see in the news is not always what the scientists at the front line of climate change experience. Some scientists have been trying to counteract these misconceptions via citizen journalism and directly connecting with the public through blogging rather than official media channels.

Released: 15-Apr-2015 11:00 AM EDT
University of Oklahoma to Host Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, October 2015
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

The University of Oklahoma will host Environmental Journalism 2016, the 25th Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). SEJ’s meeting will bring 600 journalists and news-makers to Norman, Oklahoma October 7-11, 2015 for a comprehensive agenda of tours and sessions. See http://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-agenda for details, and information on exhibitor opportunities.

Released: 10-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Playwright Tony Kushner to be Awarded Honorary Degree by Ithaca College
Ithaca College

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner is being awarded an honorary degree from Ithaca College.

Released: 11-Mar-2015 9:05 AM EDT
News Coverage of Fukushima Disaster Found Lacking
American University

A new analysis by American University sociology professor Celine Marie Pascale finds that U.S. news media coverage of the Fukushima disaster largely minimized health risks to the general population. Pascale analyzed more than 2,000 news articles from four major U.S. outlets.

Released: 4-Mar-2015 2:05 PM EST
Selma March 50th Anniversary Covered by Ithaca College Student Journalists
Ithaca College

A group of Ithaca College journalism students will help NBC News cover events surrounding the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.

Released: 16-Feb-2015 4:00 PM EST
UB Researcher Has Some Questions for the Interview
University at Buffalo

Interviews begin with questions, but a University at Buffalo researcher is instead questioning the interview, and the answers are mapping the history and unexplored conceptual areas of this familiar information-gathering tool.

Released: 15-Dec-2014 7:10 AM EST
Current Practices in Reporting on Behavioural Genetics Can Mislead the Public
Universite de Montreal

“Media reports about behavioural genetics unintentionally induce unfounded beliefs, therefore going against the educational purpose of scientific reporting,” writes the University of Montreal’s Alexandre Morin-Chassé.

Released: 3-Dec-2014 2:00 PM EST
You’re Not Paying Attention!
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

A study focuses on the fact that the average American receives more than 15 hours a day of digital media, the public's attention span for media and the ways the media is keeping us engaged.

Released: 13-Nov-2014 5:00 PM EST
Iran Gets Lessons in Media Literacy From Ithaca College Experts
Ithaca College

It may be one of the last places in the world you’d expect to be interested in learning how to develop skills in critical thinking and media analysis. But when academics and researchers in Iran decided they needed help with that effort, they turned to Ithaca College’s Cyndy Scheibe and Chris Sperry of Project Look Sharp.

Released: 16-Sep-2014 3:00 PM EDT
National Survey Examines Personal News Cycle of African American and Hispanic News Consumers
University of Chicago

A new national survey exploring how African Americans and Hispanics get their news reveals that the predicted digital divide, in which people of color would be left behind in the use of technology, is not playing out as many of those forecasting the digital future anticipated. The survey findings suggest a divide based on content, not technology.

Released: 4-Aug-2014 9:00 AM EDT
Creating Buzz About Science to Help Solve Pressing Global Challenges
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Leading science communicators will share their latest strategies on how to capture the coveted attention of young students, the public and policymakers to strengthen the scientific enterprise. They will speak at the 248th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society, taking place Aug. 10 to 14 in San Francisco.

Released: 24-Jul-2014 3:00 PM EDT
Study Shows Role of Media in Sharing Life Events
University of Wisconsin–Madison

To share is human. And the means to share personal news — good and bad — have exploded over the last decade, particularly social media and texting. But until now, all research about what is known as “social sharing,” or the act of telling others about the important events in our lives, has been restricted to face-to-face interactions.

   
Released: 24-Jul-2014 10:35 AM EDT
Teaching the Internet Generation to Extract Reliable News from Onslaught of Digital Information
Stony Brook University

As the digital age began to forever change how news and information were transmitted, Stony Brook University School of Journalism faculty members considered the following challenge: “Could they create an educational model that would prepare the next generation of news consumers to navigate the new, emerging information ecosystem and discover for themselves what news was trustworthy?” They met this challenge by working with the University to create the nation’s first Center for News Literacy, which is the subject of new paper published by “The Brookings Institution” this month.

Released: 24-Jun-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Lying a Major Part of the American Experience
American University

935 LIES: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity, a new book by professor and journalist at AU’s School of Communication Charles Lewis, examines the consequences of decades of deception from the government and corporation.

Released: 16-Jun-2014 5:00 PM EDT
USC Annenberg Releases Results of Eighth GAP Study Assessing PR Industry Trends and Practices
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Results from the eighth biennial Communication and Public Relations Generally Accepted Practices (GAP VIII) Study were released today by the USC Annenberg Strategic Communication and Public Relations Center (SCPRC). The purpose of the GAP Study is to provide senior communicators with timely guidance as they manage their organizations, develop strategy, and prepare for the future

Released: 10-Jun-2014 11:00 AM EDT
New Study Finds Internet Not Responsible for Dying Newspapers
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

A University of Chicago Booth School of Business study finds assumptions about the decline of newspapers are based on three false premises.

Released: 19-May-2014 4:00 PM EDT
Jill Abramson to Wake Forest Grads: 'Show What You Are Made Of’
Wake Forest University

It was the commencement ceremony the entire world was watching. In her first public appearance since losing her job as the Executive Editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson addressed a sea of graduates, their families and more than 50 credentialed media at Wake Forest University.

Released: 8-May-2014 7:00 AM EDT
Partisan Media Driving a Wedge Between Citizens
Ohio State University

Viewing partisan news reports from both the conservative and liberal viewpoints doesn’t make people more accepting of citizens on the other side of the political fence.

Released: 1-May-2014 4:20 PM EDT
IU Survey: U.S. Journalists Say They Are Less Satisfied and Have Less Autonomy
Indiana University

The reporters, editors and producers who put out the news every day are less satisfied with their work, say they have less autonomy in their work and tend to believe that journalism is headed in the wrong direction, according to the initial findings of "The American Journalist in the Digital Age," a representative survey of U.S. journalists conducted by the Indiana University School of Journalism.

Released: 9-Apr-2014 1:00 PM EDT
Awards Ceremony to be Held at Ithaca College for Journalists Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, Nick Turse and John Carlos Frey
Ithaca College

The Izzy Award and I.F. Stone Hall of Fame ceremony, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium. Sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM), both the award and the hall of fame are named in memory of legendary journalist I.F. “Izzy” Stone, who published “I.F. Stone’s Weekly” from 1953 to 1971 and exposed official deception while championing civil liberties.

Released: 12-Dec-2013 10:25 AM EST
Cultural Differences? Iowa State Researchers Examine Media Impact in Multiple Countries
Iowa State University

A cross-cultural study, led by Iowa State University researchers, shows prosocial media positively influence behavior regardless of culture. The study, a first-of-its-kind, tested empathy and helpfulness of thousands of children in seven countries.

Released: 6-Dec-2013 3:00 PM EST
Alan Alda’s ‘Flame Challenge’ for 2014 To Be Revealed Dec. 11
Stony Brook University

Each year the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University challenges scientists to answer a thought-provoking question asked by 11-year-olds around the country. This year’s challenge to scientists will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Released: 31-Oct-2013 5:00 PM EDT
Partisan News Wields Little Direct Influence
University of California, Riverside

Pundits and politicians posit that partisan media like MSNBC and Fox News have polarized the public, making it difficult to reach mass consensus on public-policy issues. Political scientists at UC Riverside and Temple University disagree.

Released: 11-Oct-2013 10:05 AM EDT
Teaching and Learning the Professor H Way
University of Rochester

Benjamin Hafensteiner, a professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester, didn’t plan on starting the fall semester as a star in a viral video, but that’s exactly what happened. And in true fashion, Hafensteiner turned it into a teaching moment.

 
Released: 30-Jul-2013 2:10 PM EDT
Student Researchers Practice Science Journalism at Annual Meeting of SICB
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

Biology students guided by professional mentors network at a scientific meeting by writing news stories suitable for the public. Their web stories explain topics from coral reef diversity to the evolution of soccer kick skills.

   
23-Apr-2013 9:00 AM EDT
National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH Creates Comprehensive Cancer News Source with Newswise
Newswise

The Cancer News Source, made possible through a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Newswise, provides up-to-date, comprehensive, quality content on the latest developments in cancer research, patient care, treatment innovations, and scientific advances. The Cancer News Source, and the weekly Cancer News Wire sent by email each Tuesday, serves as a resource for journalists, communicators, and members of the public interested in cancer news.

       
9-Jan-2013 10:55 AM EST
Twitter Helps People Lose Weight
University of South Carolina

A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network joining people throughout the world, is a valuable support system for helping people lose weight.



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