Events

Upcoming Events

Dubious News and the Aging American: Understanding Discernment and Engagement Among Older Adults

Dubious News and the Aging American: Understanding Discernment and Engagement Among Older Adults

In this talk, Professor Lyons will explore the question “Why do older adults engage more with misinformation online, even when they often identify falsehoods correctly in surveys?” This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Hybrid

Wexner Building - W-434 A.B. Conference Room & Zoom
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

The Prevalence and Policy Consequences of “mRNA Vaccine Stigmatization” in the US

The Prevalence and Policy Consequences of “mRNA Vaccine Stigmatization” in the US

In this talk, Professor Matt Motta will argue that although it’s presently unclear if efforts to stigmatize mRNA vaccines by many prominent voices in American public life have impacted broader US public opinion, there is growing reason to believe that it will. This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Hybrid

Belfer Building – B-200 Starr Auditorium & Zoom
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

BISG Book Talk with Judd Kessler (“Lucky By Design”)

BISG Book Talk with Judd Kessler (“Lucky By Design”)

Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) in conversation with Judd Kessler on his recently published book, “Lucky By Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want.”

Hybrid

HKS campus, Taubman Building - T-520 Nye A, B, C & Zoom
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Regulating Social Media: America’s Global Communications Dilemma

Regulating Social Media: America’s Global Communications Dilemma

Professor John Wihbey will present his argument for the U.S to establish a duty of care for social media platforms to take reasonable action when harms present themselves. Attendees will discuss ideas from his forthcoming book “Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech – and What Comes Next” (MIT Press). This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Hybrid

Rubenstein Building - R-414-AB David Ellwood Democracy Lab & Zoom
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Past Events

Adam Berinsky: Political Misinformation in the Modern Day

Adam Berinsky: Political Misinformation in the Modern Day

Adam Berinsky is the Mitsui Professor of Political Science at MIT and serves as the director of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab (PERL). He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Berinsky received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2000. He is the author of […]

2019 Goldsmith Prize Finalists

2019 Goldsmith Prize Finalists

Shorenstein Center Announces Seven Finalists for 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting; Marty Baron to Receive Career Award Finalists include: Alabama Media Group; The Dallas Morning News; The Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with FRONTLINE; The Philadelphia Inquirer; ProPublica; The South Bend Tribune with ProPublica; and The Wall Street […]

Nabiha Syed: 2018 Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press

Nabiha Syed: 2018 Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press

Nabiha Syed, Vice President and Associate General Counsel at BuzzFeed, gave the 11th Annual Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, November 14, 2018. Ms. Syed, a well respected lawyer who has spent her career specializing in free speech law, laid […]

Misinformation Speaker Series: Will Stevens

Misinformation Speaker Series: Will Stevens

Will Stevens is Director of the Public Diplomacy Division at the Foreign Service Institute. He spoke about “Adversarial Narratives” and their use by states, non-state actors, and domestic political parties. He also discussed his work training U.S. diplomats to represent the United States in challenging times, American influence around the world, and how public diplomacy […]

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