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For a world in which the media seems to talk about nothing but problems and hopelessness, journalists focusing on finding solutions!
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The Solutions Journalism Network
For a world in which the media seems to talk about nothing but problems and hopelessness, journalists focusing on finding solutions!
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Newsrooms that move beyond 'objectivity' can build trust
A report on a major new inquiry into the mainstream media's trustworthiness crisis and a disturbing argument that the solution is to abandon objectivity and the telling of both sides of a story.
News and Opinion
The Seven Social-Media Commandments
Constructive steps that we can all take to limit the adverse impacts that the various social media platforms so often have on our lives.
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High-Tech Communication Media Problems
Social media, the Internet, and cable TV has made it trivially easy to reach millions of people with destructive and deceptive information instantaneously and almost for free. And the technology has advanced far more quickly than the social knowledge about how to control it, or control the damage it is doing to our individual and social well-being.
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Technological Thinkers
Technology Thinkers help us understand the complex relationship between the rapid and accelerating technological change and human prosperity, social equity, and human quality of life.
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Constructive Media
Constructive Media work to defend and strengthen the ability and inclination of media to provide the public with accurate and understandable information about the problems facing society. Their goal is to encourage the media to better support democracy by promoting content that is constructive, rather than inflammatory and inaccurate.
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Americans seek stories of solutions and inspiration from the media
From More in Common, a study showing Americans want the media to provide a balance of positive and negative stories and more solutions-oriented reporting
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Leveraging solutions journalism for revenue growth
If media organizations produce solutions journalism, will they generate more revenue? YES! (With caveats)
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Contact Theory with No Contact: Facilitating Dialogue Online
An examination of the degree to which online dialogue can overcome impressions of difference without in-person contact.
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Meta's Proposed Reforms Are Significant
From Facebook, hopeful news that there are at least some serious and promising ideas for promoting more constructive online interactions.