October 17, 2012 – “Europe at a Crossroads: The story of Greece and what it reveals about structural problems in the Eurozone. ” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece, and Richard Parker, economist, political consultant, and Harvard Kennedy School lecturer. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead […]
October 17, 2012 – More than any other uprising in the Middle East, the Syrian uprising has made use of social media to shape and influence the narrative on both sides, said Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for National Public Radio. In 18 months of covering the Syrian revolution, she said that “young social media
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October 10, 2012 – “Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age.” Fifth annual Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press delivered by Anne‑Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Watch the video or read the transcript. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/salant-lecture-with-anne-marie-slaughter
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October 9, 2012 – Former Fellow Rory O’Connor joined the Shorenstein Center for a discussion about how social media has influenced politics and traditional media. O’Connor, a filmmaker and journalist, is the author of Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media. Tracing social media’s
Effective use of social media will determine 2012 election, says Rory O’Connor Read More »
October 3, 2012 – “A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization.” A discussion of the impact of Facebook and other social networks on voter turnout with James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a leading expert in the integration
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October 3, 2012 – A conversation on how politics has become theater, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Sen. Alan Simpson and Chuck Todd. Moderated by Alex S. Jones. Watch the video. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/politics-as-theater
Politics as Theater: A lively conversation preceding the first 2012 Presidential Debate Read More »
September 25, 2012 – With 42 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Alex Castellanos, a Republican political media consultant, to share his perspective on the Obama and Romney campaigns. Castellanos described the map of this election as a bell curve: In contrast with other election seasons when “we always
Obama and Romney both running small campaigns in big election, says Alex Castellanos Read More »
September 18, 2012 – Rachel Sklar, Founder of Change The Ratio and TheLi.st, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about gender disparity in the tech and media industries, and how the ratio of men to women could be shifted toward more equality. The event was co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program. Sklar, who is a
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September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Dana Priest, national security reporter for The Washington Post, to discuss the cost of secrecy and how it affects the relationship between media and government. In his introduction, Shorenstein Center Director Alex Jones mentioned the New York Times
WaPo’s Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11 Read More »
A paper by former Fellow Nina Easton looks at how the media has covered wealth, as well as recent reporting on the one percent and Occupy Wall Street.
Rebelling Against the Rich: Lessons from the media’s coverage of the 1% divide Read More »
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