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Research Briefs
March 02, 2020
Exposure to “Fake News” During the 2016 U.S. Election Has Been Overstated
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, debates have raged about the reach of so-called “fake news” websites and the role they played during the campaign. A study published in Nature Human Behaviour finds that the reach of these untrustworthy websites has been overstated.To assess the audience for “fake news,” researchers at…
Podcasts
February 27, 2020
Politics & Polls #173: In Our Elections We Trust Featuring Rick Hasen
With the 2020 campaign season underway, some are growing concerned about the fairness and accuracy of elections. The news is dominated with stories of Russian-based Internet hackers, voter suppression, and flaws in the campaign finance system. Given all this talk of “stolen” or “rigged” elections, can we be confident in the…
News
February 26, 2020
Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Innovative Education Research Projects
Several researchers based at Princeton University will receive funding to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects over the next two years.Nearly $300,000 was awarded by the Overdeck Education Innovation Fund to Mingyu Chen, Edward Felten, Jennifer Jennings, Adam Kapor, Christopher Neilson, and Olga…
Andrew Guess
Features
February 20, 2020
Guess Receives Research Funding to Study Misinformation, "Fake News"
Sharing “fake news” happens with the click of a button, leaving researchers curious about who is sharing it and why. Professor Andrew Guess will seek to better understand this phenomenon using funding from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).The new research grant will give Guess and his collaborators an opportunity to…
Andrew Guess
Podcasts
February 20, 2020
Politics & Polls #172: George Washington Reimagined Featuring Alexis Coe
Presidential biographies are some of the more popular forms of historical literature. They provide valuable insight into our founders, giving us some sense of who our leaders were and giving historical context to understand the presidency today. But there are some limits to these works. One author is reexamining how we talk and…
Robertson Hall
News
February 14, 2020
Woodrow Wilson School Stands “In Service to the Nation and Humanity”
Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (WWS) has unveiled a mission statement designed to convey the School’s purpose, values, and ethos. Written collaboratively by the WWS faculty, the statement is the culmination of a months-long discovery process. WWS faculty, administrative…
Robertson Hall
Podcasts
February 13, 2020
Politics & Polls #171: An Episode We Love
In honor of Valentine's Day, we're rereleasing an episode we love: #82 featuring Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. This Southern rock band has tackled a number of contentious political issues through song - from class to race and even partisan politics. They just released a new album, "The Unraveling,"…
Owen Zidar. (Photo Credit: Dan Komoda)
News
February 12, 2020
Zidar Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow
Owen Zidar was among the 126 researchers from more than 60 research institutions in the United States and Canada named as 2020 Sloan Research Fellows. He joins Aleksandr Logunov, S. Matthew Weinberg, also of Princeton.Sloan Research Fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early career…
Owen Zidar. (Photo Credit: Dan Komoda)
Features
February 11, 2020
Virtual Reality Programming at PUL Offers Princeton Opportunities to Learn in an Immersive Extended Reality
Atul Kohli End Notes
Podcasts
February 10, 2020
Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the U.S. Shaped the Global Periphery (Atul Kohli)
The United States would be wise to avoid further conflict with Iran, especially given America’s history of war in poor countries with politically mobilized populations. If past conflicts serve as a guide, such armed intervention could attract a dangerous wrath of nationalists in these countries. This is one of many conclusions…
Atul Kohli End Notes