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Breaking News 🚨 President Biden has announced that he is not seeking reelection for the 2024 presidential election. More details are to come later this week.

Read the latest ElectionGraph report on our website and check out the interactive dashboard to examine the Facebook ads from the dataset.

📄 Report: https://idjc.syracuse.edu/2024-election-graph-project/

⌨️ Dashboard: https://idjc.syracuse.edu/2024-election-graph-project/electiongraph-dashboard/

IDJC’s ElectionGraph Launches Searchable Database, New Report Tracking 'Inauthentic Influencers' — Syracuse University News A new searchable database allows the public to examine groups running social media ads that mention U.S. presidential candidates, including secretly coordin ...

The American Identity Poll is a project that has been conducted by Ipsos and Syracuse University. The poll measures U.S. attitudes toward democracy, news and information and civic engagement.

This first wave of research found that 3 in 5 Americans are likely to watch the Trump-Biden debate.

Read the full report on the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship (IDJC) and Ipsos websites, and read additional analysis from IDJC Director Margaret Talev on Axios.

🔗 IDJC: https://idjc.syracuse.edu/american-identity-ipsos-poll/

🔗 Ipsos: https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/three-five-americans-are-likely-watch-biden-trump-debate

🔗 Axios: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/27/biden-trump-debate-republicans-invested-poll

📰 Press release via Newhouse School at Syracuse University: https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/idjc-launches-new-poll-with-ipsos-that-tracks-attitudes-toward-civic-engagement-democracy/

Happy Friday! We’re excited to share a sneak peek of our new headquarters in DC. Stay tuned for more updates 👀

IDJC Report Tracks Influence of Social Media Ads on Presidential Primaries — Syracuse University News More than 1,800 groups have collectively spent an estimated $15.3 million to pay for social media advertising that mentions President Joe Biden, former Pres ...

Johanna Dunaway, IDJC research director and professor, has been named a 2024 Carnegie Fellow!

Dunaway is one of 28 distinguished scholars and writers selected to study political polarization.

Congratulations! 🧡

Read the full story with the link in bio ➡️ Click the “Carnegie Fellowship” button.

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It’s for sharing all the latest happenings with us (The IDJC) and must-read democracy journalism topics.

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Research Director Johanna Dunaway co-authored research titled “The Psychophysiology of News Avoidance: Does Negative Affect Drive Both Attention and Inattention to News?”

The article can be found in Journalism Studies: https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2310672

A new 'Cuse Conversations episode with IDJC Director Margaret Talev is out now!

Talev talks about what lead to the creation of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship—a joint effort from Newhouse School at Syracuse University and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She also talks about her extensive experience in covering American politics and the White House for 30 years.

🎙Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BDEObXgRn2iNH1Q2eE0kM?si=9JyzeMNUQmKcxkSVC063mQ