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…
Nísia Trindade Lima holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and a master’s degree in Political Science. She has authored books and articles with an emphasis on Brazilian social thinking, history of ideas in public health, and the Brazilian construction of the National State.
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…
