Every day, we encounter false claims that range from silly (e.g., We use 10% of our brains) to dangerous (e.g., Drinking bleach kills coronavirus). How do we know what to believe? In the first half of this talk, a three-part model of how people judge truth will be put forth. First, most content encountered in daily life is…
User-generated internet content changes traditional-media news when reporting is dangerous. Online posts by first-hand witnesses change the extent, tonality, and content of traditional-media news on conflict. Using variation from local internet outages, we show that there are more stories about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Peak China: Get Ready to Deal with a Dangerous, Declining Beijing
with Professor Michael Beckley, Tufts University
Most debate on U.S. China policy focuses on the dangers of a rising, confident China. But the United States actually faces a more pressing and volatile threat: an already powerful but increasingly insecure…
