Follow the Ad: Uncovering Election Interference behind Data-Driven Digital Platforms

This webinar is part of the speaker series on misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Election interference raises grave normative concerns. Unfortunately, due to conceptual and methodological challenges, little scientific knowledge has been generated about election interference. This talk discusses the mechanisms by which election interference occurred and the extent to which it influenced […]

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Shorenstein Center receives $1 million in support of project on media manipulation

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has received a $1 million gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies in support of the ongoing work of the Technology and Social Change Research Project. The project aims to understand how media manipulation is a means to control public conversation, derail democracy, and

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Shorenstein Center receives $600,000 grant for antiracism project

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in support of The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project. The IARA Project’s goal is to use research, learning, and policy to promote antiracism as an institutional norm in the public, non-profit,

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Media Manipulation and the 2020 Election: Protecting Our Democracy

Leave a Comment / By Allie Henske

The Technology and Social Change Project’s (TaSC) Political Pandemonium 2020 is a series of three digital workshops exploring the harmful effects of media manipulation on our society. These gatherings will each focus on a unique subtopic of interest to both the field of Critical Internet Studies and the broader public concerns about disinformation in elections. Media

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What will it take to stand up again together? Start with accountability

In the News, News / By shor_admin

The United States succumbed to a “cascade of crises” in the spring and summer of 2020, as the nation simultaneously grappled with a pandemic, a recession, and racial tensions. The aftermath left the country disjointed, aggrieved, and pained. In this article, Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs explores how our country lacks personal, political, and economic

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India’s TikTok Ban Dispels the Myth of the “China Bogeyman”

In the News, News / By shor_admin

US tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg have long warned that heavy regulation on data collection for social media platforms like Facebook will strengthen the positions of Chinese companies. This argument resonated with Congress in 2018, as Zuckerberg defended his company amid the Cambridge-Analytica scandal. India’s recent ban on the Chinese app TikTok, however, erodes the

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UPDATE: COVID Public Opinion Study Finds Continued Disapproval for Government Executives

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The twelfth survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, led in part by Shorenstein Center faculty Matthew Baum and Kennedy School Institute of Politics Polling Director John Della Volpe, found a continued disapproval for how governors have handled the COVID-19 pandemic, and an ever so slight increase in approval for

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Truth and Transformation 2020

Leave a Comment / By Allie Henske

Join us for a virtual conference to explore the questions: Why Diversity and Inclusion practices fail to achieve racial equity in the workplace, and when they succeed, what works? How do companies and consultants effectively transform organizations? The goal of the 2020 conference is to better understand the limitations of the “business case” for Diversity

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Confronting Disinformation: A Conversation with Audrey Tang

Leave a Comment / By Allie Henske

Join us for a conversation with Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation, moderated by Dr. Joan Donovan. Audrey Tang is Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation. Audrey is known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell, as well as building the online spreadsheet system EtherCalc in collaboration with

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Space Invaders: The Networked Terrain of Zoom Bombing

Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Technology / By Liz Schwartz

In this report, the authors examine how Zoom bombing works, the sociotechnical systems that enabled it, and the networked terrain of the attacks.

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New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions

Faculty Research, Government Institutions, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Tech Policy, Technology / By Liz Schwartz

A new report by authors Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, and Gene Kimmelman addresses the challenge of government oversight for digital platform companies. It suggests the creation of a new federal agency designed to deal with digital issues rather than industrial ones, and the development of a new approach that replaces industrial era regulation with a new, more agile regulatory model better suited for the dynamism of the digital era.

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Survey finds majority in U.S. believe it is unsafe for schools to reopen in fall

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the country as we draw closer to a new school year leaving school districts across the United States struggling with the decision of whether to stay remote in the fall, return to classes in full, or embrace a hybrid approach. The latest survey conducted by the multi-university COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding

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