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Recent U.S. elections have raised the question of whether “microtargeting,” the use of extensive online data to tailor persuasive messages to voters, has altered the playing field of politics.
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Bot detection models may return a high rate of accuracy, but that’s due to a critical limitation in the data used to train them, a new study finds.
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Prof. Andrew Lo and co-author created a mathematical model of natural selection on behavior to study the controversial idea of “group selection."
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Researchers found a significant link between the presence of Facebook and increases in anxiety and depression among college students.
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Two studies by Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad, Prof. John Sterman, and PhD student Tse Yang Lim find that this apparent tradeoff is a false one.
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According to new research, digital literacy is an important factor in identifying misinformation — but it doesn’t stop people from spreading it.
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While the U.S. patent system is designed to protect innovation, it is unclear how many firms are racing for patent protection and what effect racing has on innovation. To gain insights on these questi
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Research finds Democrats and Republicans react to persuasive messaging in ways that don’t always align with their party leader’s stated positions.
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In 1998, Jill Medvedow was hired as the director of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Her mandate was to reinvent a museum that had no permanent collection, drew a mere 25,000 visitors a year, and had few members and almost no money. This case demonstrates how Medvedow was able to rebuild (lit...
