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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy

Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy examines the effects of media on democracy. Join Jonathan Rothwell, principal economist for Gallup, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for in-depth conversations with leading scholars on how to restore a more civil and trustworthy media environment.

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Emergent Order in a Disrupted Era: A Conversation With Neil Chilson from 2020-07-15T11:00:07

How does emergent order guide communities in times of disorder and misinformation? Neil Chilson, expert on technology policy at the Charles Koch Institute and former chief technologist with the Fed...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Rethinking Freedom When the Internet Is Everywhere: A Discussion With Laura DeNardis from 2020-06-24T11:00:20

The world’s relationship with the internet has changed in the face of the global pandemic. But how would the internet behave if humans suddenly vanished from Earth? How would robots, surveillance c...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Bias in Commercial Search Engines: A Conversation With Safiya Umoja Noble from 2020-06-03T11:00:13

Should we be skeptical of the content returned by search engines like Google? How are people in various communities represented, and how does big tech’s reliance on ad money distort the information...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
How AI Has Changed the News: A Conversation With Nick Diakopoulos from 2020-04-29T11:00:12

How much of our news is computer-generated? Northwestern University Assistant Professor Nick Diakopoulos discusses his new book, “Automating the News: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Media,” and s...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Social Media and Internet Law: A Discussion With Kate Klonick from 2020-04-08T11:00:10

Kate Klonick of St. John’s Law School joins the podcast to discuss the quality of information found on social media, how to deal with inauthentic information online and how social media platforms g...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Local News: Public Good or Private Enterprise? Danielle Coffey, Howard Husock, Chris Lewis and Penelope Muse Abernathy from 2019-12-19T13:00:07

Policymakers, academics and journalists explore the policy implications of the local news crisis: how do we confront a news landscape in which local journalism is supported by a constellation of fo...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Mobilizing Hashtags to Change Societies: A Discussion With Sarah J. Jackson from 2019-11-26T13:00:08

We often hear about how social media creates echo chambers, but it also brings people together to raise awareness about injustice and create political pressure to rectify it. Professor Sarah J. Jac...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Civil Discourse in a Divided Nation: A Conversation With David Plazas from 2019-11-12T13:00:09

Motivated by the 2016 election discourse, David Plazas wanted a change, so he created Civility Tennessee, a campaign to restore faith in each other. In his research, Plazas found that Americans hav...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
The Decline of Community in Local News: A Conversation With Penelope Muse Abernathy from 2019-11-05T13:00:15

The business model of the local news industry is broken. As the number of newspaper journalists continues to decrease, newspaper owners must be creative, disciplined and agile in seeking new revenu...

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How the Professionalism of Journalism Affects Trust: A Discussion With Yuval Levin from 2019-10-15T12:00:05

In this episode, American Enterprise Institute scholar Yuval Levin discusses how the professionalization of American journalism has led to a lack of diversity in newsrooms and contributed to a loss...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
How TV Affects Politics and Education: A Discussion With Ruben Durante from 2019-08-14T13:00:05

Economist Ruben Durante discusses his groundbreaking research on how the quality of TV entertainment consumed affects children’s IQ scores, their level of civic engagement and their voting preferen...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
The Politics of News Choice: A Discussion With Talia Stroud from 2019-07-02T12:00:23

With seemingly endless options, how do people select their news sources? University of Texas at Austin associate professor and Director for the Center of Media Engagement Talia Stroud joins us to d...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
When Facts Change Opinions: A Discussion With Brendan Nyhan from 2019-06-25T12:00:07

When consuming the news, people bring their biases with them. However, University of Michigan professor Brendan Nyhan and other scholars have found that facts can — and do — change people’s minds w...

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Journalism vs. Propaganda: A Discussion With Yochai Benkler from 2019-06-19T12:00:15

During the 2016 election season, many U.S. citizens were getting their news from organizations known to neglect professional journalistic standards. Harvard professor Yochai Benkler joins us to dis...

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Trust in News: Ramesh Ponnuru and Sam Gill — Part 2 from 2019-06-04T12:00:24

Join us for part two as we continue our conversation with The National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru and Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill about their efforts to produce and encourage high-quality news. This ...

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Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy
Trust in News: Yamiche Alcindor, Ramesh Ponnuru and Sam Gill – Part 1 from 2019-06-04T12:00:23

How does our low-trust, polarized media environment complicate the practice of journalism? Gallup’s Jonathan Rothwell hosts a lively discussion with guests Yamiche Alcindor of PBS NewsHour, Ramesh ...

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