The use of social media to organize the Jan. 6 insurrection marked a turning point in American political protest, according to a leading media and disinformation scholar in Massachusetts. The "networked incitement" fueled false claims of a stolen election while rioters coordinated in real time across multiple online platforms. .
There are some bright spots in beefing up local news coverage, but a new report says in North Dakota and elsewhere, there are still big concerns about people not having enough access to key information about their communities. In the 2023 State of Local News summary, issued through Northwestern University, the authors said local news outlets continue to close at alarming rates. Residents in more than half of U.S. .
Instead of wacky themes about Jim Halpert Christmas-wrapping Dwight Schrute's entire desk on "The Office," today's TV programming casts the modern workplace in a much darker light with shows like, "Severance," "Sorry to Bother You," or "WeCrashed." What has fueled our attraction to dystopian tales of work?