Richard Fletcher

Richard Fletcher

Dr Richard Fletcher is a research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. He is primarily interested in global trends in digital news  consumption, the use of social media by journalists and news organisations, and  more broadly, the relationship between computer-based technologies and journalism

New insights into whether people really trust news stories on social media or not

Recent international research looks at widely-held reasons for and against trusting news on social media, ranging from valuing a broader range of views and opinions to a healthy scepticism towards clickbait headlines.


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