A Transparency Driven Analysis of News Trust Tools

Media and Society
Written By Alexis Avedisian

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Team Information

Team Members

  • Susan McGregor, Associate Research Scholar, Data Science Institute, Columbia University

  • Contributing Students:

  • Ayana Monroe, UNC Chapel Hill

  • Errol Francis II, Clemson University

  • Emily Sidnam-Mauch, Clemson University

  • Bernat Ivancsics, Columbia University

  • Eve Washington, Columbia University

  • Joseph Bonneau, New York University

  • Kelly Caine, Clemson University

Abstract

In an attempt to combat declining trust in news in the United States, developers have created tools that increase the availability of information about news content. However, these tools have not been considered through the lens of transparency that they enable. We examine an existing set of tools and identify the type(s) of transparency (disclosure, participatory, or ambient) each tool aims to address.

Team Lead Contact

Susan McGregor: sem2196@columbia.edu

Alexis Avedisian
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