The page introduces legislatoR, an R package by the Comparative Legislators Database (CLD) for accessing and analyzing legislator data. Users can retrieve demographic and political information, explore workflows like party seat distributions or birthplace mapping, and combine, analyze, and visualize data for research purposes.
This free, archived course by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) via FutureLearn teaches social media analysis, especially Twitter, without programming skills. Learn to collect, analyze, and visualize online discussions using tools like TAGS, Tableau, and Gephi, with a focus on political communication and network interpretation.
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This free, self-paced course by the University of Michigan (via Coursera), taught by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, explores the security and future of electronic and Internet voting. Learn about voting machine vulnerabilities, cybersecurity, and policy measures to protect democratic integrity in the digital era.
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This free, on-demand MOOC by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (University of Texas at Austin), in collaboration with First Draft, teaches essential fact-checking and verification skills. Learn to detect misinformation in text, images, video, and social media through expert videos, readings, and exercises.
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This free, self-paced course by Arizona State University (News Co/Lab, Cronkite School of Journalism), with support from the Facebook Journalism Project, teaches digital media literacy and civic engagement. Learn to assess news, spot misinformation, and engage responsibly online, with approximately 6 hours of videos, interviews, and exercises.
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This free online course by the Alliance of Democracies explores disinformation and deepfake threats in elections. Learn how fake news and AI-generated media can undermine electoral integrity, examine cases like foreign election interference, and discover strategies to detect and counter false narratives.
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