NULab Faculty Member John Wihbey Weighs in on Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account
November 7, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Molly Callahan This week Mitt Romney—a former Republican candidate for president and current U.S. senator—revealed that he has a secret “lurker” Twitter account. ...
Read more...Digital Integration Teaching Initiative Spring 2020 Call For Partnerships
October 2, 2019The Digital Integration Teaching Initiative (DITI) is now accepting new faculty partnerships for the Spring 2020 academic year. Northeastern has committed to better teaching our ...
Read more...Making Sense of the Democratic Presidential Race in Real Time with NULab Faculty Nick Beauchamp
September 26, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern by Ian Thomsen Who will challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 election? The 10 Democrats who participated in the latest debate Thursday in Houston revealed ...
Read more...Women Writers Project Featured in News@Northeastern
September 24, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Emily Arntsen English anthologies make it seem like Jane Austen was the only woman who published anything worth reading before the nineteenth century. ...
Read more...New Study Published this Summer by NULab Affiliated Faculty Member Alicia Sasser Modestino
September 23, 2019A new study “The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2019: Supply, Demand and the Challenge of Local Control” authored by Northeastern University Professor and NULab ...
Read more...NULab Fall 2019 Call for Proposals
September 17, 2019The NULab is once again inviting proposals for seedling grants, travel, and co-sponsorship of events related to digital humanities and computational social science. The deadline ...
Read more...NULab Fall Calendar of Events
September 16, 2019The NULab is delighted to announce our 2019 fall calendar of events. We have some very exciting talks, workshops, and other events planned for the ...
Read more...Birth of Boston Project Featured in News@Northeastern
September 3, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Aria Bracci While much of humanity is busy using FaceApp to see how they’d look in the future, other people are trying to look into ...
Read more...Most Reporters on the 2020 Campaign Beat are Men. Does that Influence Coverage?
June 25, 2019Reposted from News@Northeastern By Ian Thomsen Despite the increasing prominence of women in American politics, female journalists who are covering the presidential race continue to be in ...
Read more...NULab Faculty Members and Co-Director to Study Fake News with Facebook Data
May 16, 2019By Molly Callahan, Republished from News@Northeastern The persistence of fake news and misinformation is creating chaos across the globe. It’s affecting elections in the United States and ...
Read more...It’s Time to Study Machines the Way We Study Humans
April 26, 2019Republished from News@Northeastern by Molly Callahan Artificial intelligence and machine learning models can be found in almost every aspect of modern life. News-ranking algorithms determine which information ...
Read more...NULab Professor John Wihbey’s The Social Fact: News and Knowledge in a Networked World
April 17, 2019NULab Professor John Whibey’s new book came out April 16, from MIT Press: “While the public believes that journalism remains crucial for democracy, there is a ...
Read more...NULab Professor Christo Wilson Wins Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
April 1, 2019Republished from News@Northeastern by Khalida Sarwari Northeastern computer science professor Christo Wilson wants to make people aware of how algorithms work, while getting the companies that use them to be ...
Read more...Social Media Has Come Under Scrutiny After the New Zealand Mosque Shooting. But What About the News Media?
April 1, 2019Republished from News@Northeastern by Molly Callahan The role that social media played in the lead-up and execution of a deadly attack on two mosques in New Zealand is being ...
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A Book Discussion on Digital Activism with Jen Schradie and Brooke Foucault Welles
We are in an age where the internet has become a dominant tool utilized by various groups to leverage power and influence in the social Continue Reading »
“Misinformation Sharing” with Visiting Speaker Miriam Metzger
After the 2015 Brexit Referendum in the United Kingdom and the 2016 presidential election in the United States, so-called “fake news” has been a central Continue Reading »
Digital Scholarship Group & NULab Fall Welcome 2019
Introduction On October 30th, 2019, the NULab and the Digital Scholarship Group (DSG) hosted the sixth annual Fall Welcome event, featuring an exciting group Continue Reading »
“Frenemies” with Visiting Speaker Jaime Settle
Would you be upset if your child (or hypothetical child) wanted to marry someone from the opposing political party? Americans have responded more negatively Continue Reading »