As the information ecosystem continues to grow in scale, scope and complexity, we aim to continuously improve our collective understanding of its current and evolving nature. Specifically, our goal is to characterize the current state of the ecosystem, assess its health, and identify existing and potential information vulnerabilities and threats that could disrupt it. 

Every month we publish a Situation Report that aims to provide these insights as it relates to politics, media and the broader state of democracy. As outlined in our methodology, we do so by monitoring and analyzing the ecosystem through ongoing social media analysis, a monthly tracking survey, and media monitoring. Through these three approaches, we generate situation reports which characterize system health through vulnerability and threats, and the state of political and media engagement. These reports are short, concise, and accessible visual depictions of the information ecosystem. 

The hope is that our insights will inform audiences across the spectrum including media and journalists, government, non-profit and community based organizations, educators and the general public.