Washington Post – “Is election night broken? TV news stuck to old routines amid voting upheaval – and confusion followed.” By Paul Farhi
“Educating the audience [about the various counting procedures] before the election . . . would have the benefit of staving off some of the suspicion on the part of the audience” and decreased the chance for “opportunists” to claim fraud later, Duncan said. Both she and Searles were among a group of scholars who urged the news media to overhaul election-coverage practices.
New York Times – “How could I ever love Michigan State?” By Jane Coaston
I spoke with Duncan on the phone this week, and she told me that the creation of a sports fan has a number of requirements, including a specific geography, family affiliations and the sense of kinship one may get from being a fan of a team. She said that in many ways, sports fandom “forms similar to other kinds of identity, where you start associating with folks who have something in common. And then you can feel support from them. You feel that sense of winning when your team wins, or that sense of defeat when your team loses.”
Globe and Mail – “Presidential projections are indispensable, but not infallible.” By David Shribman
“A lot of people think individual journalists are making these projections,” said Megan Duncan, a Virginia Tech University expert on news credibility and digital journalism. “The anchors are good at talking, but they don’t do projections. The viewers don’t see what is happening in the back rooms. It’s a complicated decision to make, and so the networks hire the best professionals and statisticians they can.”
The most recent popular and industry press about my research:
Scripps News Service – “What impact will the Taylor Swift endorsement have?” Sept. 13, 2024. https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/what-impact-will-the-taylor-swift-endorsement-have
ABC News – “How Taylor Swift’s endorsement could shape the 2024 election.” Sept. 12. 2024. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/taylor-swifts-endorsement-shape-2024-election/story?id=113586326
Associated Press – “Departure of Murdoch as Fox leader comes as conservative landscape is increasingly fractured.” Sept. 22, 2023. https://apnews.com/article/rupert-murdoch-donald-trump-fox-conservative-media-f94452d8ffdf8469bfcb3de54e990ed3
Associated Press – “Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a string of digital media setbacks.” May 16, 2023. https://apnews.com/article/vice-media-bankruptcy-digital-layoffs-chapter-11-7eb3546352dc730050ef4dbe77d65c53
Government Computer News – “Twitter turmoil prompts agencies to plan for social media upsets.” May 1, 2023. https://www.gcn.com/public-safety/2023/05/twitter-turmoil-prompts-agencies-plan-social-media-upsets/385843/
Associated Press – “Will Fox settlement alter conservative media? Apparently not.” April 22, 2023. https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-tucker-carlson-trump-4e8d470442dddc5e98be1d832aec91e8
Fox 5, Washington, D.C. – “Political identities.” Nov. 4, 2022. https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1139156
Numb (podcast) – “News media: Trust and public opinion.” July 20, 2021. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1713880/8831896
WTKR, Norfolk, Va. – “Role of opinion shows, social media in spreading misinformation.” Jan. 26, 2021. https://www.wtkr.com/news/role-of-opinion-shows-social-media-in-spreading-misinformation
Charlottesville Right Now, WINA – “Journalism, politics and biases in the election.” Nov. 3, 2020. https://wina.com/podcasts/journalism-politics-biases-and-the-election/
Megan Ann Duncan 