Briefing

Canada's 2019 federal election provided a unique opportunity to investigate mis/ disinformation. The Digital Democracy Project looked at 12 threats to citizens' online sources of information to uncover how resilient Canadians' are in the face of disinformation. Read the main findings to better understand polarization and about online media bubbles in which Canadians live.

The final DDP election-period report finds that Canadians with partisan interests are more politically active, and less likely to engage with news that doesn't support their worldview. This is a potential source of vulnerability for the information environment.

The DDP partnered with the Online Political Transparency Project to analyze the Facebook advertising landscape during the federal election campaign.

This report takes a closer look at the effectiveness of fact-checking and surveys reaction to the Trudeau blackface controversy on social media.

This report examines Canadians' opinions on immigration and their populist and nativist tendencies. It also surveys election candidates' use of social media across platforms.

This is the third of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to Canada's October 2019 federal election. It looks at whether Canadians are polarized and how that relates to the social media environment.

This is the second of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to and during Canada's October 2019 federal election. It focuses on Canadians' perceptions of what is shaping up to be a key election issue: the environment, and especially climate change.

This is the first of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to and during Canada's October 2019 federal election. This memo provides an initial snapshot of the Canadian political media ecosystem.