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This project investigates how explanatory journalism informs public dialogue and policy action, against a backdrop of declining commercial news media and concerns about disinformation. This is part of a larger project led by Dr. Alfred Hermida and Dr. Mary Lynn Young at the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with The Conversation Canada, and the network of affiliates in Australia, France, the UK, and the US.
Output:
The Explanatory Journalism Report:
From Flies to File Storage:
Policy Issues in the Life-Cycle of Explanatory Journalism
Key questions:
Are there policy impacts of explanatory journalism by academics?
Methods:
Manual and automated content analysis of policy documents
In-depth interviews with policy makers
Project leads:
Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau
Funding for this project was provided by a SSHRC Partnership Grant.
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From flies to file storage: Policy issues in the life-cycle of explanatory journalism
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