The media humanization test measures how media report on traffic crashes. Articles are scored based on a list of questions. For full humanization, each question must be answered “Yes”.

An article’s score is determined by the number of consecutive “Yes” answers. Scoring stops at the first “No”. The more questions answered with “Yes,” the more human-centered the article is. More detailed analysis is available in the Research results section, where you can explore filters, grouping options, and additional metrics.

Article scores over time

This graph shows how article scores have changed over time. Each article is classified based on how many questions were answered “Yes”.

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Test: New colors: green = good, red = bad

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This graph shows the average number of questions answered “Yes” per article over time. Higher values indicate that articles more consistently frame traffic crashes in human-centered language.

Test: Show results in 0 to 5 stars scale.)