by NewsWhip | Aug 19, 2021 | Uncategorized, Webinar recap, Webinar, Digital Journalism
We recently sat down with Sarah Brandt, Executive Vice President of Partnerships for NewsGuard, and Dr. Paul Resnick, the Michael D. Cohen Collegiate Professor of Information and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs of the University of Michigan School of...
by Benedict Nicholson | Mar 25, 2021 | Digital Journalism
At the University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility (CSMR), we publish and monitor a metric we call the Iffy Quotient—the fraction of the most popular URLs on Facebook and Twitter that come from “Iffy” sites that often publish...
by Benedict Nicholson | Nov 16, 2020 | Digital Journalism
At the University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility (CSMR), we publish and monitor a metric we call the Iffy Quotient—the fraction of the most popular URLs on Facebook and Twitter that come from “Iffy” sites that often publish...
by Benedict Nicholson | Jul 21, 2020 | Digital Journalism
When financial markets are volatile, there is often a “flight to quality” in investment allocations. People move their money into gold or other investments that they perceive to be less risky. During the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown in the U.S., there was...