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Media and Politics Must Reads, January 26, 2018

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. This Week at the Shorenstein Center #DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda […]

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#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet

Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst of this so-called “tech-lash” was the revelation in summer 2017 that agents of the Russian government engaged in disinformation operations using these services to influence the 2016 presidential campaigns.

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#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet

Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst of this so-called “tech-lash” was the revelation in summer 2017 that agents of the Russian government engaged in disinformation operations using these services to influence the 2016 presidential campaigns.

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Media and Politics Must Reads, January 19, 2018

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Spring 2018 fellows

Media and Politics Must Reads, January 12, 2018

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Spring 2018 fellows

Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2018 Fellows, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence

CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, based at Harvard Kennedy School, is pleased to announce the appointment of its spring 2018 fellows, and the A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence. “This semester we will be joined by experienced journalists and practitioners who focus on some of today’s most pressing issues: race relations,

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Spring 2018 fellows

Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2018 Fellows, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence

CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, based at Harvard Kennedy School, is pleased to announce the appointment of its spring 2018 fellows, and the A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence. “This semester we will be joined by experienced journalists and practitioners who focus on some of today’s most pressing issues: race relations,

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Media and Politics Must Reads, January 5, 2018

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Cross-examining the network: The year in

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Media and Politics Must Reads, December 15, 2017

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Political Journalism in a Populist Age.

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Political Journalism in a Populist Age

A new paper by Claes H. de Vreese, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam, provides an overview of the types and causes of populist movements. He offers 10 tips for how journalists can best cover them. Using scholarly research on populist communication around the

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Media and Politics Must Reads, December 8, 2017

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. News from Faculty and Fellows Tom Wheeler slams Ajit Pai’s plan to

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Media and Politics Must Reads, December 1, 2017

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. News from Fellows Ban the term ‘fake news.’ Claire Wardle, research fellow,

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