CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT News Office)-- Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, charts and graphs have helped communicate information about infection rates, deaths, and vaccinations. In some cases, such visualizations can encourage behaviors that reduce virus…
SUZHOU, China (PRNewswire)-- In 2016, China officially pledged that by the end of 2020, it would raise its remaining 832 counties out of extreme poverty – a target reached last November. Last Thursday, China's President Xi Jinping hailed the achievement…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It is no secret that U.S. politics is polarized. An experiment conducted by MIT researchers now shows just how deeply political partisanship directly influences people’s behavior within online social networks. Deploying Twitter bots…
Study shows many kinds of finance-sector failures — not just history’s most famous bank runs — lead to economic downturns. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(MIT News office) -- A banking crisis is often seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy: The…
MIT historian’s new book examines the political value early medieval European kings and nobles found in a royal ritual. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT News Office)-- The Frankish king Charlemagne led armies in battle, united much of medieval…
It’s a classic question in contemporary politics: Does partisan news media coverage shape people’s ideologies? Or do people decide to consume political media that is already aligned with their beliefs? A new study led by…