Our world and our politics aren't getting worse. But our incentives for complaining about it are, as two academics explore in a new study.

One works better than the other. Which one? Well, that depends...

A guide created for reporters offers insights for the discerning news consumer as well.

Researchers know authoritarians backed President Trump in the election. And they know consuming a lot of TV breeds authoritarian tendencies. At the intersection of those two points, things get interesting.

Terrorism-related journalism remains episodic and simplistic. But is anything else possible in an age of shrinking news budgets?