General

Knight Foundation Pledging Nearly $50 Million for Research in How Social Media Impacts Democracy

Author : NewsGram Desk

A foundation that specializes in journalism is pledging nearly $50 million for research in how social media and technology impacts democracy.

The grants announced Monday by the Miami-based Knight Foundation partly respond to the manipulation of tech giants like Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 election. Eleven universities and research institutions are recipients.

A foundation that specializes in journalism is pledging nearly $50 million for research in how social media and technology impacts democracy. Pixabay

Besides trying to get a bead on social media's impact on election campaigns, the grants include projects on the spread of disinformation and how newsrooms can address polarization in society. The foundation says it is time for society to understand the issues through data and not emotion.

Also Read- Scientists: Milky Way Merged with Another Smaller Galaxy Roughly 10 Billion Years Ago

Grants will go to New York University, Carnegie Mellon, George Washington, North Carolina, the University of Washington, Indiana, Stanford, Texas, Wisconsin, Yale and the Data & Society Research Institute. (VOA)

Subscribe to our channels on YouTube and WhatsApp

Download our app on Play Store

Also Read

Extending Authoritarianism Through Dynasty in Azerbaijan

From Friends to Rivals to Icons: How M. G. Ramachandran aka MGR and M. Karunanidhi Became the Faces of Tamil Nadu Politics and Won the Hearts of Tamizharkal

Indian Army Promotes Colonel Shrikant Purohit to Brigadier Following 2025 Acquittal, Ending a Long Career Freeze Caused by the 2008 Malegaon Blast Case

The Aleya Lights of West Bengal: A Ghostly Trap Said to Lead Fishermen to Their Doom

Vicious Chimpanzee ‘Civil War’ Breaks Out In Uganda, As Rival Factions of Chimps Engage In Brutal Warfare Against Each Other