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Thorson paper on fight against fake news published in Science

David Lazer, Matthew Baum, Yochai Benkler, Adam Berinsky, Kelly Greenhill, Filippo Menczer, Miriam Metzger, Brendan Nyhan, Gordon Pennycook, David Rothschild, Michael Schudson, Steven Sloman, Cass Sunstein, Emily Thorson, Duncan Watts & Jonathan Zittrain
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, and co-authors call for a coordinated investigation into the underlying social, psychological and technological forces behind fake news to counteract the phenomenon's negative influence on society.
March 9, 2018

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Taylor interviewed for OZY article on socioeconomic protests in Russia

Institutional reforms such as increasing the independence of the courts or increasing bureaucratic accountability would undermine its very foundation, says Brian Taylor, professor and chair of political science.

March 9, 2018

Reeher quoted in Press Republican article on NY State ethics rules

"Of all the problems to have, having the whole Albany culture of corruption attached to him [Cuomo]—and it will be attached to him—is one of the worst problems to have," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

March 9, 2018

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