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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen democracy through media literacy, journalism and freedom of the press.
Upcoming Events
Research
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Political Communication Lab
A lab formed to develop and administer experimental studies of public opinion and political behavior through the use of both online and traditional methods. -
Empowering Diverse Digital Citizens Lab
This research project aims to promote digital inclusion and empower diverse communities by conducting research, designing interventions, and building partnerships to address digital inequalities and foster digital citizenship. -
Global Digital Policy Incubator
The mission of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center is to inspire policy and governance innovations that reinforce Democratic values, universal human rights, and the rule of law in the digital realm. -
Stanford Journalism and Democracy Initiative
The Stanford Journalism and Democracy Initiative (JDI) was created so that students, faculty, and affiliated scholars and media professionals at the university could both bolster and help transform journalism’s vital but imperiled role in democracy. -
Stanford Center for Internet and Society
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) focuses on the intersection of law, policy, and technology. -
Cyber Policy Center
Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy focused on digital technologies impacting democracy, security, and geopolitics globally.
Engagement Opportunities
People in the Stanford Community
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Forest Baskett Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering -
Economics of Technology Professor, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
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Associate Professor of Communication, by courtesy, of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI -
J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Professor of German Studies and of Comparative Literature -
Senior Lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology and Society -
Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
Director of the JSK Journalism Fellowships -
Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Professor of Communication, Emeritus -
Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution -
Research Scholar
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Freeman-Thornton Chair for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Hearst Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication -
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emerita -
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Associate Professor of Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
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Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and of Sociology -
James B. McClatchy Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science
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Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus -
Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and of Classics, Emeritus -
McGregor-Girand Professor of Social Ethics of Science and Technology, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for HAI, Professor, by courtesy, of Education, of Philosophy and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute -
David S. and Anne M. Barlow Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
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Hoover Institution Research Fellow
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Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Professor, by courtesy, of Art and Art History and of History -
M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law -
Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus -
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Past Events
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Past Event Campus Events
Annual Lecture on International Justice with Kira Kay
Center for Human Rights and International JusticeOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
International Human Rights Law, Social Media, & Content Moderation
Stanford Law SchoolOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism | Tamar Mitts
Center for International Security and CooperationOpen to: Stanford community (in-person); Public (online)-*This event has already occurred.