G000654 "SSRC: Program on Media & Democracy (Social Science Research Council)"

URL: https://www.ssrc.org/programs/view/media-democracy/

Sector: Education/academia

Primary role: Research (primary/secondary)

Secondary role: Fact checking

Primary subject: Democracy

Secondary subject: Civil Liberties (human rights)

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Region: North America

Country: USA

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Summary: SSRC hosts a Program on Media & Democracy that promotes research on the relationship between media technologies and democratic practices. The program conducts the Disinformation Research Initiative to track scholarly research on the topic and manages the Media & Democracy Network as a place to share information and collaborate on scholarly projects related to misinformation/disinformation, polarization, hate speech, media consolidation, and other topics.