Politics

Looking under the surface of politics in Latin America

Associate Professor Danny Hidalgo’s work reveals some difficult truths about money, elections, and political influence.

September 24, 2019

Daron Acemoglu and his new book, “The Narrow Corridor.”

The permanent struggle for liberty

Daron Acemoglu’s new book examines the battle between state and society, which occasionally produces liberal-democratic freedom.

September 24, 2019

Richard Samuels, the Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Center for International Studies, introduces Suzanne Berger, MIT’s John M. Deutch Institute Professor, and Jan-Werner Mueller, a professor of politics at Princeton University, at MIT’s Starr Forum event on global populism, Sept. 12.

Understanding populism

At MIT forum, scholars wrestle with the dynamics of a global political trend.

September 16, 2019

“I really think about myself first as a historian of modernity,” says Associate Professor Timothy Hyde. “Architectural history is the particular vehicle that I use to explore the history of modernity.”

Uncovering links between architecture, politics, and society

“Every building is ultimately a compromise” involving many stakeholders, says architectural historian Timothy Hyde.

September 10, 2019

A new study co-authored by MIT scholars examines the impact of political information on voter behavior, under a variety of conditions. The schematic images here represent voter information networks, ranging from those with connections across political parties, upper left, to those with no contact between opposing party members, bottom right.

How “information gerrymandering” influences voters

Study analyzes how networks can distort voters’ perceptions and change election results.

September 4, 2019

'It's not so much that political discussion on TV used to be so much better than it is today," says MIT media historian Heather Hendershot, "but that there used to be one show that really nailed the best way to discuss politics, and now there are (arguably) no such shows."

3 Questions: Heather Hendershot on the state of US political discourse

Media historian and expert on conservatism considers the end of rational dialog.

August 20, 2019

Certain kinds of political media affect a cross-section of viewers in different ways, and to varying degrees, new research shows.

Does cable news shape your views?

MIT study finds partisan news coverage has a bigger impact on viewers without strong media preferences.

August 7, 2019

Michael Bloomberg, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term New York City mayor, addressed the Class of 2019 during MIT’s commencement ceremony on June 7. ““All of you are part of an amazing institution that has proven — time and time again —that human knowledge and achievement is limitless,” he said.

MIT class of 2019 witnesses $500 million climate pledge

Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.

June 7, 2019

David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Carnegie fellowship.

David Autor awarded Carnegie fellowship

MIT economist will study U.S. demographics and the urban-rural split in contemporary society.

April 22, 2019

Beverly Daniel Tatum (left), president emerita of Spelman College, and Melissa Nobles (right), the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT, discussed racial relations in the U.S., on April 18 at MIT.

Candid conversation about race

In MIT talk, Beverly Daniel Tatum urges direct discussion about racial issues at a “polarized” moment in U.S. history.

April 22, 2019

A group of scholars, including MIT postdoc Rebecca Littman, used the film “Water of Gold” as a key part of an anti-corruption campaign in Nigeria.

Special effects: How a movie could reduce corruption

A film and texting campaign can increase anticorruption reports from citizens, study shows.

March 13, 2019

Study: Democracy fosters economic growth

Researchers find vast gains in productivity after countries democratize.

March 7, 2019

Peering under the hood of fake-news detectors

Study uncovers language patterns that AI models link to factual and false articles; underscores need for further testing.

February 6, 2019

A new study co-authored by an MIT professor shows that crowdsourced judgments about the quality of news sources may effectively marginalize false news stories and other kinds of online misinformation.

Want to squelch fake news? Let the readers take charge

Study shows audience judgments can identify online misinformation.

January 28, 2019

What game theory tells us about politics and society

Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics.

December 4, 2018

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