How the Smartphone Affected an Entire Generation of Kids Jean Twenge Arts & Culture As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “What generation am I in?” If you were born before 1980, that’s a relatively easy question...
Tool Called “Hoaxy” Fact-Checks Fake News Kevin Fryling Arts & Culture A new tool called Hoaxy lets you search for terms and articles, and shows you how claims spread on Twitter as well as efforts to fact-check them. “In the past year, the influence of fake news in the US...
How American Political Journalism Lets Power off the Hook John Mullin Politics & Economics What’s the role of a political journalist? What are they for? In an increasingly frenetic media environment where journalists often double as entertainers and media corporations struggle for ratings, those...
