BI ArticleConstructively Navigating the World of Media Bias
A look at the forces, including our own cognitive preferences, that produce a biased information environment and thoughts about what to do about it.
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BI Article
Constructively Navigating the World of Media Bias
A look at the forces, including our own cognitive preferences, that produce a biased information environment and thoughts about what to do about it.
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An article by Amanda Ripley looking at how journalists can write better stories to help people become less polarized and suspicious.
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The Flip Side
Sharing thoughtful news stories from the left, right, and middle on a variety of issues--emailed once per day.
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All Sides
AllSides is a media solutions company that strengthens our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation.
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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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How The Current uses community listening and solutions journalism to make an impact in Louisiana.
A video showing how one community uses solutions journalism to hold local government accountable and to explore opportunities for mutually beneficial problem-solving.
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Youth Talk: Youth Vocies for Change
This initiative of Search for Common Ground empowered a group of more than 100 young radio journalists to report on local conflicts and create radio programs to help people find common ground.
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This video is an attempt to correct partisan misperceptions and create a space for Americans to cooperate to address the major challenges we share.
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Bridge Entertainment Labs
Accelerating the creation of content that fosters social cohesion and pluralistic norms to transform the way Americans see and engage with each other across divides.
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AllSides Media Bias Chart™ Version 9: Updated Ratings for AP, IJR, TIME, TheBlaze, and More
An update on a systematic effort to assess the political bias of major news sources -- an assessment that reveals that many publications are not as objective as their audience thinks.
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Tangle News
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Debunking some myths about Tangle (and me).
Tangle exists to deliver political news that can be trusted by the left, right, and center all at once. And to give people of all stripes a more accurate image of their world than they can get elsewhere.
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I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me --- or the product?
For news junkies and journalists, provocative questions about the benefits (and the costs) of the information we consume and produce.
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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.
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A Politics Worth Watching
A strategy that citizens, the news media, and philanthropists could use to present political issues in a way that can garner sustained and thoughtful public attention.
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The Abortion Talks: A Documentary
A documentary describing one of the conflict field's most successful efforts to build mutual understanding and respect across deep moral differences.
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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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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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Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb
Thoughtful reflections on some of the difficult issues facing the Substack newsletter platform (which hosts our newsletter).