Misinformation

The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review is a new format of scholarly publication with a fast approach to peer review. It is an interdisciplinary, open access forum where journalists, technologists and educators can connect with timely, peer-reviewed research about misinformation. To learn more visit the journal at misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu.

The Media Manipulation Case Book

The Technology and Social Change Research Project is leading the charge to address media manipulation, disinformation, and cybersecurity with the development of the Media Manipulation Case Book. The Media Manipulation Case Book is e a shared digital research infrastructure that will include 100 case studies to advance our knowledge of how misinformation travels across the web and platforms.

Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs)

Research and debate concerning the problem of misinformation has largely focused on its spread via social networking services like Facebook and Twitter. Far less well understood is the spread of problematic content on mobile instant messengers (MIMs). WhatsApp and Viber, among other MIMs, continue to grow in popularity worldwide, even as the popularity of Facebook and Twitter as news sources shows signs of stagnating or declining around the world. Messaging platforms are thus becoming a means through which users learn about the world, as well as a potential vector for the spread of misinformation.

We are conducting surveys, experiments, and interviews in Nigeria, India, Brazil, Pakistan, and Myanmar to assess whether and to what extent MIMs facilitate the spread of misinformation, to determine how and why they do so, as well as assess potential methods of correcting misinformation within MIMs.

Dr. Matthew A. Baum, Principal Investigator
Dr. Irene Pasquetto, Postdoctoral Researcher

Read the project’s first report: Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers in Developing Countries

Information Disorder Lab

The Information Disorder Lab (IDLab) was a project of the Shorenstein Center designed to identify, track, and analyze the spread of mis- and disinformation on the Internet in the lead-up to the 2018 Midterm Elections.

The IDLab was funded by U.S. foundations: Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.

Their public reports on misinformation in the news can be found at shorensteincenter.org/category/id-lab-reports/.

Research

Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers in Developing Countries
May 27, 2020
By Dr. Irene V. Pasquetto, Eaman Jahani, Alla Baranovsky, and Dr. Matthew A. Baum

Canaries in the Coal Mine: COVID-19 Misinformation and Black Communities
June 24, 2020
By Brandi Collins-Dexter, Shorenstein Fellow

The Fight Against Disinformation in the U.S.: A Landscape Analysis
October 24, 2018
By Heidi Legg, Director of Special Projects at the Shorenstein Center and Joe Kerwin, Harvard College Senior, Dunster House

Transparency: What’s Gone Wrong with Social Media and What Can We Do About It?
March 27, 2018
By Wael Ghonim, Entrepreneurship Fellow, Fall 2017, and author of Revolution 2.0, and Jake Rashbass, Knox Fellow and Master in Public Policy student, Harvard Kennedy School

The Science of Fake News
Science, March 2018
by David M. J. Lazer, Matthew A. Baum, et al.

Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking
October 31, 2017
By Claire Wardle, PhD and Hossein Derakhshan, with research support from Anne Burns and Nic Dias

Black Pigeon Speaks: The Anatomy of the Worldview of an Alt-Right YouTuber
June 28, 2017
By Zack Exley, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2017), organizer, author and former senior advisor to the Bernie Sanders campaign

Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action
May 2, 2017
Final report written by David Lazer, Matthew Baum, Nir Grinberg, Lisa Friedland, Kenneth Joseph, Will Hobbs, and Carolina Mattsson
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