{
  "id": 1936230,
  "title": "Studies find media literacy, social media use can predict trust in institutions, civic engagement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/studies-find-media-literacy-social-media-use-can-predict-trust-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-media-literacy-social-civic-engagement.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New research from the University of Kansas has found that the more media-literate people are, the more they trust institutions such as government and nonprofits. In addition, their social media habits can predict civic engagement.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}