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Oleg Zhilin
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Lessons in resilience: Canada's digital media ecosystem and the 2019 election
Researchers, policy-makers and the public at large are paying more attention to the threats that disinformation and other forms of online media manipulation pose to democratic institutions and political life. Coming after a number of international elections where disinformation was a serious problem, the authors...
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Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #7 - the partisan playground
This report paints a picture of a media environment where partisans are more willing to share their views and choose media that reinforces their beliefs, while less-partisan Canadians are less inclined to share their views and take part in political life.
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Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #6 - political advertising
The Digital Democracy Project team worked with the Online Political Transparency Project at New York University, to analyze the Canadian election advertising landscape on Facebook. This survey report outlines some of the findings.
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Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #5 - Fact-checking, blackface and the media
This is the fifth report from the Digital Democracy Project, a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. This report explores Canadian's opinions on the importance of fact-checking news stories and discusses how information concerning...
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Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #3 - Polarization and its Discontents
This is the third report from the Digital Democracy Project, a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. This report explores the level of polarization in Canada across different media platforms.