Eric Merkley

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto

Publications

Ecosystem BriefEcosystem Monitoring

An Independent Digital Media Ecosystem? Canada's Online Discourse in the Shadow of the United States

IncidentInformation Integrity

Incident Debrief: Ripple Effects of the Charlie Kirk Assassination in the Canadian Information Ecosystem

Academic PaperInformation Integrity

Mass Polarization in Canada: What’s Causing It? Why Should We Care?

Academic PaperInformation Integrity

All in this together: deservingness of government aid during the COVID-19 pandemic

Academic PaperInformation Integrity

Prospective Economic Costs Undermine Expectations of Social Distancing

Academic PaperInformation Integrity

Anti-intellectualism and Information Preferences during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Academic PaperInformation Integrity

The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: Understanding the role of news and social media

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Lessons in Resilience: Canada's Digital Media Ecosystem and the 2019 Election

Academic PaperEcosystem Monitoring

A Rare Moment of Cross-Partisan Consensus: Elite and Public Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

ReportInformation Integrity

Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: attitudes, beliefs, and the information ecosystem

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #7: The Partisan Playground

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #6: Political Advertising

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #5: Fact-Checking, Blackface and the Media

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #4: Talking Past Each Other on Immigration

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #3: Polarization and its Discontents

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #2: The Climate Change Conundrum

ReportEcosystem Monitoring

Research Memo #1: Media, Knowledge and Misinformation