People who get their news from social media are less knowledgeable about politics and coronavirus

People who get their news from social media are less knowledgeable aboutpolitics and coronavirus, and more likely to consume misinformation (NiemanLab/Pew)

New Evidence on Americans' Online Media Diets

Republicans and Democrats read a lot of the same news. What they do with it is a different question (Nieman Lab)

Facebook users are giving fewer clicks to “soft news”

Amid a pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests, Facebook users are giving fewer clicks to “soft news” (Nieman Lab)

Coronavirus Coverage by State-Backed English-Language News Sources

Coronavirus Coverage by State-Backed English-Language News Sources. Understanding Chinese, Iranian, Russian and Turkish Government Media (Jonathan Bright et al. The Computational Propaganda Project (COMPROP), Oxford Internet Institute)

New studies about media and diversity

Two new studies about media and diversity can help newsrooms through their reckoning with racism (NiemanLab)