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It’s time to study machines the way we study humans

With intelligent machines doing more of our collective ‘thinking,’ it’s time for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding machine behavior, says a team of researchers that…
- by Molly Callahan April 24, 2019
American democracy is a dumpster fire. We can still save it.

Northeastern professor David Lazer’s work in pioneering the new discipline of computational social science using network analysis, computational modeling, and field experiments has earned him…
- by Khalida Sarwari April 12, 2019
How to stop the spread of fake news for the 2020 election campaign

In order to stop the spread of fake news for the 2020 U.S. elections, social media companies may need to limit how frequently its users…
- by Molly Callahan January 24, 2019
To make democracy great again, ‘we put democracy in a test tube’

Policy lasts much longer than Election Day. That’s why it’s crucial for elected officials to understand the needs of their constituents and for constituents to…
- by Molly Callahan November 5, 2018
Before Trump’s angry tweet, he should have searched Google for Northeastern’s research

Could Google’s search engine influence the news that you receive? A team of Northeastern researchers found the answer.
- by Ian Thomsen August 29, 2018
To stop fake news, researchers call for internet platforms to choose quality over quantity

In a perspective paper published Thursday in Science, Northeastern professor David Lazer and his colleagues explained what research is still needed to understand the spread…
- by Allie Nicodemo March 9, 2018
Scholars’ ‘flash talks’ explore resilience, from health to media innovation

More than a dozen faculty members, doctoral students, and visiting scholars gave lighting-fast overviews of their community resilience research on Monday afternoon as part of…
- by Jason Kornwitz November 9, 2017
Study finds 'modest correlation' between journalists’ social networks and ideology of their news content

In a new study, an interdisciplinary team of Northeastern University researchers has found a “modest correlation” between a journalist’s Twitter network and the ideological…
- by Greg St. Martin August 18, 2017
Social media spotlight: David Lazer

Professor David Lazer shares how he approaches social media from a professional perspective and who he considers his “must follows” on Twitter. One of his…
- by Greg St. Martin March 7, 2017
New web tool helps online shoppers detect price discrimination on e-commerce sites

Northeastern researchers created a web tool, launched on Monday, designed for desktop users searching on Google Chrome and meant to help people “better understand the…
- by Greg St. Martin December 12, 2016

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