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The Shorenstein Center advances knowledge on media, audiences, and influence

Every public policy issue is influenced by the quality and flows of media and information. The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a research center dedicated to examining how media is created, distributed and consumed – and its impacts on society.

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Media Creation

Media Creation

Exploring and supporting the evolving world of news and public interest media.

Information Distribution

Information Distribution

Investigating how news and information travel across platforms, technologies, and audiences.

Policy & Impact

Policy & Impact

Exploring how media and policy shape each other—and their impact on civic life, public discourse, and democracy.

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Creator Nationalism: Platforms, Politics, and Influence

Creator Nationalism: Platforms, Politics, and Influence

Join Shorenstein Center Fellow and USC Annenberg Professor David Craig for a discussion of his forthcoming book, Creator Nationalism: Platforms, Politics, and Influence, exploring how social media creators and influencers figure prominently in the construction, imagination, commercialization, and contestation of nationalism around the world.

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HKS Campus, 15 Eliot St., Taubman Building, Room T-520 NYE & Zoom
2:30 PM ET

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The Shorenstein Center’s work is entirely funded by generous donations and grants. Your support can help build a better information landscape.

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