Resources related to the study of mass media and communication, including health communication, political communication, gender and race, global and new media, media policy, social media, journalism, and print and broadcast history, among other topics.
Click on the "About the News Media" tab above for a list of academic and research organizations studying journalism and the news media. Also included is information on professional ethical standards for journalists.
Understanding the ecosystem of mis- and disinformation
From Harvard's Nieman Lab, a weekly roundup of the "growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy."
Strategies for analyzing news sources, from Merrimack College professor of communication and media, Melissa Zimdars. Document is from 2016; note that the list of misleading or satirical news sources is not current.
Fact-checking arm of Agence France-Press, "a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis."
Run by the St. Petersburg Times, the site's "Truth-o-meter" helps separate "fact from fiction" in political statements, including advertisements, from races around the country.
From columnist Glenn Kessler, focusing on accuracy of statements of political figures "regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."