Papers

Business & Economics, International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
The Brain Trust Initiative
December 19, 2018
The Brain Trust Initiative is a vision to unleash the power of digital media as a force for change across sub-saharan Africa. Abstract: Media in sub-Saharan...
Business & Economics, Government Institutions, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Platform Accountability and Contemporary Competition Law: Practical Considerations
November 20, 2018
The Sherman Act of 1890 was the first federal law to address business monopolies. Are antitrust laws a good framework for regulating today’s digital...
Domestic Affairs, Government Institutions, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
The Root of the Matter: Data and Duty
November 1, 2018
Rules for the New Digital Economy Should Look to Old Common Law Traditions There are 39 million books in the Library of Congress. This impressive analog...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Fight Against Disinformation in the U.S.: A Landscape Analysis
November 1, 2018
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. The views expressed in the Shorenstein Center Fellows Research Paper Series...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Facebook Friends? The Impact of Facebook's News Feed Algorithm Changes on Nonprofit Publishers
October 26, 2018
Abstract: This paper analyzes the changes in traffic from Facebook to non- profit news organizations before and after the major change to the Facebook...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Technology,
Digital Deceit II: A Policy Agenda to Fight Disinformation on the Internet
October 2, 2018
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or...
Business & Economics, Discussion Papers, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Business Models for Local News: A Field Scan
September 6, 2018
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or...
Business & Economics, Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Government Institutions, Papers, Publications, Technology,
Time to Fix It: Developing Rules for Internet Capitalism
August 16, 2018
A Shorenstein Center Fellows Research Paper by Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the FCC under President Barack Obama, and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Funding Journalism, Finding Innovation: Success Stories and Ideas for Creative, Sustainable Partnerships
June 20, 2018
Co-published by the Shorenstein Center and Media Impact Funders.     Image credit: South Kern Sol, a youth media hub funded by The California...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Funding the News: Foundations and Nonprofit Media
June 18, 2018
Working paper co-published by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Northeastern University’s...