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What happens if a robot writes something libelous?

Who gets sued if a robot writes something libelous? Learn the answer to that question on Friday at Northeastern, where journalists, law experts, and computer scientists will convene to discuss how the rise of artificial intelligence is transforming law and the spread of information.

by Emily Arntsen October 11, 2018

Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla, after a shooter opened fire on the campus on Feb. 14, 2018. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP)

How did the media get the number of school shootings so wrong?

In the hours immediately following last week’s shooting in a Florida high school, dozens of news organizations used a misleading statistic to characterize the frequency of school shootings in the U.S. Northeastern professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Carroll offers insights into how journalists can avoid shooting from the hip with data—even when they’re on tight deadlines.

by Bill Ibelle February 22, 2018

David Lazar, Andrew Hayward, Brooke Foucault Welles, and Matt Carroll speak on a panel during the Conversations: New frameworks for public discourse event in Raytheon on March 31, 2017. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

These divided states: The media’s role in today’s fragmented society

What is the media’s role in uniting or further dividing people in a nation that’s so deeply divided it feels like “everyone’s worst possible Thanksgiving,” as journalism professor Matt Carroll put it? That’s the question a host of scholars, journalists, and media executives tackled at a recent Northeastern conference.

by Molly Callahan April 3, 2017

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What happens if a robot writes something libelous?

How did the media get the number of school shootings so wrong?

These divided states: The media’s role in today’s fragmented society

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