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Disinformation, News,
Announcing the HKS Misinformation Review
January 14, 2020
The Shorenstein Center is proud to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. The HKS Misinformation...
Annual Report 2018-2019
July 15, 2019
From the Director: Like the air we breathe and the water we drink, the information we consume sustains the health of the body politic. Good information...
Disinformation, Faculty Research, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Tech Policy, Technology,
Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress
April 23, 2019
In March 2019, two projects at Harvard Kennedy School—the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at the Belfer Center and the Platform Accountability...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Discussion Papers, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
Assessing Campaign Quality: Was the 2016 Presidential Campaign a Travesty?
April 18, 2019
By Roderick P. Hart, Fall 2018 Shorenstein Fellow and Shivers Chair in Communication and Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin This essay...
Business & Economics, Discussion Papers, International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Technology,
Broadband Everywhere
March 5, 2019
Internet access is coming to the other half of the planet through rapid expansion of broadband technologies. Media organizations that recognize the speed...
Technology & Social Change
February 15, 2019
The Technology and Social Change Project was active at the Shorenstein Center from 2019-2023. This page is an archive of the project’s work and team...
Audio & Video, Past Events,
Adam Berinsky: Political Misinformation in the Modern Day
February 15, 2019
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...
Black trolls matter: The power of sockpuppet identity in social media propaganda
January 14, 2019
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. The recent rise of black propaganda and information...
Wrong Again: Correction of Health Misinformation in Social Media
January 14, 2019
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Health misinformation is a growing problem on social...
Rumors, Truths, and Reality: Political Misinformation in the Modern Day
January 14, 2019
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Adam Berinsky is the Mitsui Professor of Political...