New study co-authored by Shorenstein Center resident faculty members Sharad Goel and Todd Rogers, along with collaborator Alex Chohlas-Wood, finds simple messaging campaigns can help avoid the negative consequences of missed court dates.

A paper by James Carroll, spring 1997 fellow, examines press coverage of the Holocaust between l995-1997. More than 600 stories appeared in The New York Times in this brief period, about one a day. Thousands of others have appeared in other American media. Whether the stories have focused on Swiss banks, plundered artwork, or Madeleine […]

Takis Metaxas is a Professor of Computer Science at Wellesley College, studying online social media, primarily related to the propagation of information and misinformation, prediction of political events, and in developing tools that help users evaluate the trustworthiness of information. In particular, with his Wellesley colleagues and students, he has been studying the problem of […]

Eric Pooley Kalb Fellow, Shorenstein Center, Fall 2008 Contributor at Time Magazine Read the full paper (PDF). Background In How Much Would You Pay to Save the Planet? The American Press and the Economics of Climate Change, a discussion paper researched and written during the Shorenstein Center’s fall 2008 semester, Fellow Eric Pooley looked at coverage […]

A paper by Barrie Dunsmore, fall 1995 fellow, explores the questions that arise from the possibility of live television coverage from the battlefield. What are its likely military consequences? Does it actually threaten operational security? Could it affect or change the outcome of a battle or even the war? What are its political consequences? What […]