SociologyJanuary 6, 2024
How Networked Incitement Fueled the January 6 Capitol Insurrection
Networked incitement, including cellphones and social media, powered the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Stories by Joan Donovan
is an adjunct professor at Harvard Kennedy School and research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. This piece is dedicated to the memory, research and activism of Jeffrey Juris (1971–2020).
BehaviorOctober 12, 2020
Trolling for Truth on Social Media
What 1990s Internet protest movements share with today’s disinformation campaigns