Business & Economics,
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Environment, Health & Science,
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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...
May 17, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
Though some warnings about online “echo chambers”...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Discussion Papers,
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May 7, 2018
A new paper by Donna Brazile, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and former Democratic National Committee interim chair, examines whether political campaigns...
April 12, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
Many of the ideas for sifting truth from fiction...
Audio & Video,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Past Events,
Policy & Issues,
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April 10, 2018
A panel discussion featuring Koa Beck, editor-in-chief of Jezebel; Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate; Zerlina Maxwell, senior director of Progressive...
April 5, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
This talk highlights current research at the MIT...
March 27, 2018
Introduction: Social Media between Utopia and Dystopia
“The Internet is the largest experimentation involving anarchy in history. […] Never before...
March 19, 2018
Cambridge, MA—First Draft, a project run by Shorenstein Center Fellow Claire Wardle, has launched a free one-hour online course to teach journalists, students,...
Journalistic Practice,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
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March 8, 2018
With more Americans turning to social media as a primary source for news and information, the dangers posed by so-called ‘fake news’ are growing more significant....
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Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Past Events,
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March 1, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
Recent public attention and debate around “fake...
February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018—Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 under President Obama and Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
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February 20, 2018
Introduction
This research paper examines the important role that “alt-lite” bloggers play in promoting, amplifying, and fortifying Donald Trump’s anti-establishment...
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February 14, 2018
February 13, 2018— Garrett Graff, journalist, author, and director of the Aspen Institute’s cybersecurity and technology program, discussed Robert Mueller’s...
January 23, 2018
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...
November 6, 2017
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and former Deputy Legal Director for the ACLU, delivered...
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October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017 — Nancy Scola, senior technology reporter for Politico, discussed the regulation of tech platforms, their role in the 2016 election, cyber...
October 18, 2017
A Report from the Shorenstein Center’s Single Subject News Engagement Project
Executive Summary
Email is a crucial vehicle for media companies to generate...
August 10, 2017
Reflections from a recent workshop hosted by the Berkman Klein Center in collaboration with the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy...
June 28, 2017
Disclaimer: This paper contains offensive content. “Alt-right” views quoted in this paper are not endorsed by the Shorenstein Center.
A new paper by Zack...
May 2, 2017
Conference held February 17–18, 2017
Organized by Matthew Baum, David Lazer, and Nicco Mele
Sponsored by
Final report written...
