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MoveOn’s Eli Pariser questions ethics of algorithmic news filters

October 26, 2010 — Board president and former executive director of MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser presented his research on “Algorithms, the News and Democracy” at a Shorenstein Center event. Introducing Pariser, Clay Shirky, Visiting Murrow Lecturer, explained that while there are “a lot of people who understand the technology really well but don’t understand the society

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McKinnon predicts third party to rise from ‘poisonous’ system

October 21, 2010 — Mark McKinnon, Republican political advisor, president of Maverick Media, and the vice-chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., joined the Shorenstein Center for an event discussing “The Hotter the Water, the Stronger the Tea Party.” McKinnon opened his talk with a video clip that showed highlights of the past few months in the

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Pooley: States, corporations can lead the way on U.S. climate action

October 21, 2010 — When Eric Pooley started writing The Climate War three years ago, he didn’t think the book was going to be a “whodunit.” At the time, he recalled, the climate-change debate was shifting from scientific questions to matters of politics and economics — “‘Is this real?’ to ‘What the heck are we

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Can Ethnic Divisions Be Healed for the Good of All Kenyans?

October 19, 2010 – Kelman Seminar with Robert Rotberg, World Peace Foundation, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and Gwen Thompkins, NPR. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; the Shorenstein Center; the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; and Boston area members of the Alliance

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The Nation’s Ari Berman sees ‘tidal wave’ for Democrats

October 19, 2010 — Tracing the path of the Democratic Party from the sweep of the 2008 elections to the possible “tidal wave” facing the 2010 midterm elections, Ari Berman, political correspondent for The Nation, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about his new book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape

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Writing Literary Nonfiction

October 13, 2010 – A conversation with Tracy Kidder, A.M. Rosenthal Writer in Residence at the Shorenstein Center; author of the following books of narrative nonfiction: The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Hometown, Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment and Strength in What Remains. Moderated by Darcy Frey. Co-sponsored with Harvard Writers at Work.

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Holtzman says digital ‘impulsivity’ and ‘permanence’ threaten privacy

October 12, 2010 — Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones introduced David Holtzman as “one of the most authoritative voices” in the area of digital privacy. Holtzman is the former CTO of Network Solutions and author of Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy. Holtzman opened his Shorenstein Center talk by asking the audience

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Hart: Democrats will hold Senate, GOP will take House in midterms

October 7, 2010 — Twenty-six days out from the 2010 midterm elections, Peter D. Hart looked at whether Democrats should expect a “Category 3 or 5 Hurricane.” The chairman of Peter D. Hart Research Associates and one of the leading U.S. analysts of public opinion survey research spoke at a Shorenstein Center event co-sponsored with

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