Sourcing, verifying, and mediating journalistic truth during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

The study “Sourcing Dis/Information: How Swedish and Ukrainian Journalists Source, Verify, and Mediate Journalistic Truth During the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict” by Nina Springer and Gunnar Nygren from University of Stockholm, and Dariya Orlova and Daria Taradai from University of Kyiv-Mohyla academy, and Andreas Widholm from University of Stockholm looked at how journalists both on the ground … Continued


How Russians used credibility heuristics

The study “Harnessing Distrust: News, Credibility Heuristics, and War in an Authoritarian Regime” by Maxim Alyukov from King’s College London looked at how Russian citizens used credibility heuristics to assess regime propaganda during the conflict in Ukraine in 2016-2017. Addressing the current, escalated conflict starting in 2022, the author notes the worrying trend noted by … Continued