Talia Stroud

Dec 19, 2024 | niemanlab.org | Talia Stroud

When Trump won in 2016, those in journalism circles wrung their hands. How had the media missed it? The field settled on an explanation: America’s elite newsrooms had overlooked middle America and neglected rural areas. Journalists misunderstood the zeitgeist. Listening became the new mantra. Employ journalists living in the heartland. Spend time in flyover country. Fund rural startups. This time around, something different is in the air.

Sep 11, 2023 | lawfaremedia.org | Talia Stroud |Joshua Tucker |Jen Patja Howell

How much influence do social media platforms have on American politics and society? It’s a tough question for researchers to answer—not just because it’s so big, but also because platforms rarely if ever provide all the data that would be needed to address the problem. A new batch of papers released in the journals Science and Nature marks the latest attempt to tackle this question, with access to data provided by Facebook’s parent company Meta.