Does cable news shape your views?
MIT study finds partisan news coverage has a bigger impact on viewers without strong media preferences.
MIT study finds partisan news coverage has a bigger impact on viewers without strong media preferences.
Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.
MIT economist will study U.S. demographics and the urban-rural split in contemporary society.
In MIT talk, Beverly Daniel Tatum urges direct discussion about racial issues at a “polarized” moment in U.S. history.
A film and texting campaign can increase anticorruption reports from citizens, study shows.
Researchers find vast gains in productivity after countries democratize.
Study uncovers language patterns that AI models link to factual and false articles; underscores need for further testing.
Study shows audience judgments can identify online misinformation.
Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics.
Embedded with street-level bureaucrats, political theorist Bernardo Zacka reveals the complex moral landscape civil servants must navigate.
Investigating the political and economic consequences of large-scale deadly conflict, Volha Charnysh discovers that community-level interactions make a big impact.
Teppei Yamamoto examines the methods of his discipline, to help scholars nail down cause and effect.
Machine learning system aims to determine if an information outlet is accurate or biased.
In MIT visit, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden describes current difficulties faced by society and U.S. intelligence services.
In fall 2018 Compton Lecture, noted columnist discusses problems and opportunities arising from a society in flux.