In this era of fake news and political polarization, it is desirable to have a system to enable users to access balanced news content. Current solutions focus on top down, server based approaches to decide whether a news article is fake or biased, and display only trusted news to the end users. In this paper, we follow a different approach to help the users make informed choices about which new...

background: in spite of the increased range of inactivity and obesity among iranian adults, insufficient research has been done on environmental factors influencing physical activity. as a result adapting a subjective (self-report) measurement tool for assessment of physical environment in iran is critical. accordingly, in this study neighborhood environment walkability scale (news) was adapted...

background: breaking bad news to cancer patients is one of the important responsibilities in the oncology setting. the purpose of this study is develop and validate a new theoretically based tool for measurement of attitude and practice of physicians toward breaking bad news. methods: the psychometric properties of the scale were established by following the guidelines of clark and watson. in t...

how does a journalist or an editor decide which news is worthy and which is not? according to some media researchers, they refer to a set of news values. one of the best known lists of such news values have been supplied by johan galtung and marie h. ruge. an analytical discussion on news values always refers to this list, which initially intended to cover international events. these factors i...

News producers continue to increase their volume of production and delivery platforms in an effort to reach and maintain news consumers. However, consumers may not necessarily find more news desirable. Previous studies have suggested that information surplus can lead to negative outcomes for consumers, but research of outcomes related to news production and consumption has been scant. This stud...