Social media used by regime and activists in Syrian revolution, says NPR’s Deborah Amos

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October 17, 2012 – More than any other uprising in the Middle East, the Syrian uprising has made use of social media to shape and influence the narrative on both sides, said Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for National Public Radio. In 18 months of covering the Syrian revolution, she said that “young social media […]

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Salant Lecture delivered by Anne-Marie Slaughter

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October 10, 2012 – “Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age.” Fifth annual Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press delivered by Anne‑Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Watch the video or read the transcript. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/salant-lecture-with-anne-marie-slaughter

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Effective use of social media will determine 2012 election, says Rory O’Connor

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October 9, 2012 – Former Fellow Rory O’Connor joined the Shorenstein Center for a discussion about how social media has influenced politics and traditional media. O’Connor, a filmmaker and journalist, is the author of Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media. Tracing social media’s

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A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization

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October 3, 2012 – “A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization.” A discussion of the impact of Facebook and other social networks on voter turnout with James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a leading expert in the integration

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Politics as Theater: A lively conversation preceding the first 2012 Presidential Debate

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October 3, 2012 – A conversation on how politics has become theater, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Sen. Alan Simpson and Chuck Todd. Moderated by Alex S. Jones. Watch the video. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/politics-as-theater

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Obama and Romney both running small campaigns in big election, says Alex Castellanos

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September 25, 2012 – With 42 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Alex Castellanos, a Republican political media consultant, to share his perspective on the Obama and Romney campaigns. Castellanos described the map of this election as a bell curve: In contrast with other election seasons when “we always

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Sklar argues for more gender diversity in tech and media industries

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September 18, 2012 – Rachel Sklar, Founder of Change The Ratio and TheLi.st, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about gender disparity in the tech and media industries, and how the ratio of men to women could be shifted toward more equality. The event was co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program. Sklar, who is a

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WaPo’s Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11

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September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Dana Priest, national security reporter for The Washington Post, to discuss the cost of secrecy and how it affects the relationship between media and government. In his introduction, Shorenstein Center Director Alex Jones mentioned the New York Times

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Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Scholarship for Fall 2012

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August 28, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center is pleased to announce its 2012 Fall Fellows and Visiting Faculty. “This fall we have an outstanding group of fellows and visiting faculty representing both broad experience and cutting-edge work and scholarship,” said Alex Jones, the Center’s director. Shorenstein Fellows spend the semester researching and writing a paper,

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Dispatches From an Unfinished Uprising: The Role of Technology in the 2009 Iranian Protest Movement

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A new paper by Spring 2012 Fellow Nazila Fathi describes her experience as a journalist on the ground during the Iranian protests in June 2009.

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‘Balancing act’ ahead for Romney and Obama, says ABC’s Jake Tapper

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April 17, 2012 – For a behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 presidential race, the Shorenstein Center invited Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent for ABC News and a substitute host for ABC’s This Week, to speak about what the Obama and Romney campaigns need to do to win the election. Both campaigns, he said, are focused

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Can the Revolution in Tunisia put North Africa back on the world stage?

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April 12, 2012 – Discussion with Francis Ghiles, political scientist, former reporter with The Financial Times, reporting on international capital markets and North Africa. Moderated by Ishac Diwan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative. Nye A, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor

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NPR’s Hinojosa sees conflict of objectivity and agenda in journalism

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April 10, 2012 – Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of NPR’s Latino USA, and anchor of Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (WGBX-TV), spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the challenges journalists face when reporting objective facts through the mainstream media.

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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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