News Business & Practices Research
In the Shadow of Kerner: Fifty Years Later, Newsroom Diversity and Equity Stall
May 22, 2018, 5:45 amBy Farai Chideya, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Spring 2017, and Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Introduction The staffing of the American news media has never fully reflected the diversity of the nation. For most of the country’s history, Latino and non-white journalists were not welcomed in white-run newsrooms and, through their own news outlets, produced…
VTDigger: A Rising Star In Nonprofit News
May 21, 2018, 8:45 amBy Tim Griggs for the Institute for Nonprofit News
A case study presented by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Single Subject News Project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. This report was produced with the generous support of the John S. and…
First Draft Launches Free Course on Identifying Misinformation Online
March 19, 2018, 9:31 amCambridge, MA—First Draft, a project run by Shorenstein Center Fellow Claire Wardle, has launched a free one-hour online course to teach journalists, students, and members of the general public basic tools to verify the authenticity of content found online. Countless…
The science of fake news
March 8, 2018, 2:05 pmWith 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. Reports of foreign influence in the 2016 U.S. presidential election are just one recent…
#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet
January 23, 2018, 9:17 amBy Dipayan Ghosh, Shorenstein Fellow, and Ben Scott, Senior Advisor to the Open Technology Institute at New America. Co-published by the New America Foundation and the Shorenstein Center.
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 of this so-called “tech-lash” was the revelation in summer 2017 that agents of the…
Political Journalism in a Populist Age
December 11, 2017, 9:00 amClaes H. de Vreese, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam
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A new paper by Claes H. de Vreese, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam, provides an overview of the types and causes of populist movements. He offers 10 tips…
Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking
October 31, 2017, 7:00 amBy Claire Wardle, PhD and Hossein Derakhshan, with research support from Anne Burns and Nic Dias
This report was published by the Council of Europe, with support from the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and First Draft. Reproduced with permission of the Council of Europe. The opinions expressed in…
Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide
October 18, 2017, 8:40 amBy Jacque Boltik, Data Science Consultant and Founder, Kingrail Consulting and Nicco Mele, Director, Shorenstein Center
A Report from the Shorenstein Center’s Single Subject News Engagement Project Executive Summary Email is a crucial vehicle for media companies to generate reader revenue, yet the ways we talk about and measure email have not changed for almost two…
Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015
September 6, 2017, 8:40 amBy Matthew A. Baum, Kalb Professor of Global Communication
Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP), Face the Nation (FTN), and This Week (TW). We compared three time periods—1983 (MTP, FTN), 1999 (all…
Exploring the Role of Algorithms in Online Harmful Speech
August 10, 2017, 11:10 amReflections from a recent workshop hosted by the Berkman Klein Center in collaboration with the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. By David Talbot and Jeff Fossett. Originally published by the Berkman Klein Center…
