During the spring 2015 semester a wide range of journalists spoke at the Shorenstein Center on issues such as newsroom diversity, emerging platforms and audience-engagement techniques.
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2015 roundup of research relevant to the debate over extremists’ usage of social media channels to deliver propaganda and efforts to deal with threats and incitement online.
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A 2015 review of studies and data relating to the spreading of messages on Twitter reveals some core best practices for encouraging the sharing information.
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Year-end 2014 column featuring a dozen powerful studies on diverse topics across news, social and digital media areas.
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November 2014 review of recent studies relevant to digital, social and news media, with a focus on advertising and online journalistic practices.
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2014 paper from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center synthesizing a wide variety of industry data, surveys and academic literature to look at fundamental shifts in the media ecosystem.
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2014 article from the University of Copenhagen on how, when public space meets common knowledge, power can shift from established authority to the people
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August-September 2014 review of recent academic studies, covering topics ranging from citizen journalism and transparency to Wikipedia and social media.
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July 2014 review of recent studies relating to online comment threads, media fact-checking on Twitter, social media content flagging and more.
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May 2014 review of the latest papers and studies on topics ranging from crowdsourcing innovations to media ethical dilemmas over the use of Web analytics.
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