Liz Schwartz, Author at Shorenstein Center

Shorenstein Center receives $600,000 grant for antiracism project

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in support of The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project. The IARA Project’s goal is to use research, learning, and policy to promote antiracism as an institutional norm in the public, non-profit, […]

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UPDATE: COVID Public Opinion Study Finds Continued Disapproval for Government Executives

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The twelfth survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe, found a continued disapproval for how governors have handled the COVID-19 pandemic, and an ever so slight increase in approval for

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Space Invaders: The Networked Terrain of Zoom Bombing

Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Technology / By Liz Schwartz

In this report, the authors examine how Zoom bombing works, the sociotechnical systems that enabled it, and the networked terrain of the attacks.

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New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions

Faculty Research, Government Institutions, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Tech Policy, Technology / By Liz Schwartz

A new report by authors Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, and Gene Kimmelman addresses the challenge of government oversight for digital platform companies. It suggests the creation of a new federal agency designed to deal with digital issues rather than industrial ones, and the development of a new approach that replaces industrial era regulation with a new, more agile regulatory model better suited for the dynamism of the digital era.

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Survey finds majority in U.S. believe it is unsafe for schools to reopen in fall

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the country as we draw closer to a new school year leaving school districts across the United States struggling with the decision of whether to stay remote in the fall, return to classes in full, or embrace a hybrid approach. The latest survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding

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COVID-19 and its Links to Nationwide Protests

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The latest survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe looked at the many intersections COVID-19 has with growing protests for racial justice. The survey sought to answer two main

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Will Americans Vacinate Themselves and Their Children Against COVID-19?

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

If a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, what is the likelihood Americans will vaccinate themselves? A new survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe, 66 percent of U.S. residents say

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New COVID Study Finds Testing Results are Coming Too Late to Help Slow the Coronavirus’ Spread.

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The seventh survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe, reported that delays in COVID-19 test results mean the U.S. testing program has slowed down to the point where it is

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Conveying Truth: Independent Media in Putin’s Russia

Discussion Papers, Environment, Health & Science, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Public Interest Journalism, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

A new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Ann Cooper describes the origins and evolution of independent media in Russia from the late Soviet era to the coronavirus crisis of 2020.

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New COVID Public Opinion Study Finds Increased Support for Vote By Mail

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The sixth survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe, found not only an increase in approval for vote by mail but also a staggering increase in eligible voters who

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