Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Kellerman, Barbara. "The Internet and Americans' Resistance to Leadership." U.S. News and World Report. November 4, 2009.
Groeling, Tim, and Matthew A. Baum. "Journalists’ Incentives and Media Coverage of Elite Foreign Policy Evaluations." Conflict Management and Peace Science 26.5 (November 2009): 437-470.
Baum, Matthew A., and Henry R. Nau. "Foreign Policy Views and U.S Standing in the World." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-028, September 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "The Impact of Cosmopolitan Communications on Civic Engagement." Paper presented at the Conference on the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, Toronto, September 6-7, 2009.
Howell, William, Martin West, and Paul E. Peterson. "The Persuadable Public." Education Next 9.4 (Fall 2009): 20-29.
Norris, Pippa, and Ronald Inglehart. Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Jones, Alex S. Losing the News. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "Cosmopolitan Communications and Democratic Engagement." Paper presented at the International Political Science Association conference, Santiago, July 11-16, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. The Globalization of Comparative Public Opinion Research. The Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics. Ed. Neil Robinson and Todd Landman. Sage, 2009, 522-540.
Norris, Pippa. "Comparing Political Communications: Common Frameworks or Babelian Confusion?" Government and Opposition 44.3 (July 2009): 321-340.
Baum, Matthew A. "Shot by the Messenger: Partisan Cues and Public Opinion Regarding National Security and War." Political Behavior 31.2 (June 2009): 157-186.
Temkin, Moshik. The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial. Yale University Press, 2009.
Bauer-Wu, Susan, Mary Ruggie, and Matt Russell. "Communicating with the Public about Integrative Medicine." Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 2009.
Patterson, Thomas E. "The Negative Effect: News, Politics, and the Public." The Hedgehog Review 10.2 (Summer 2008): 46-57.
Norris, Pippa. "The News Media and the Governance Agenda." Paper for workshop sponsored by the CommGap Program at the World Bank and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, May 28-31, 2008.
Norris, Pippa. "Silencing Dissent: The Impact of Restrictive Media Environments on Regime Support." Paper for Midwest Political Science Association 66th Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Young People Flee From the News." Television Quarterly 38.2 (Winter 2008): 32-35.
Hart, Roderick P., Alex S. Jones, Thomas Kunkel, Nicholas Lemann, John Lavine, Dean Mills, David M. Rubin, and Ernest Wilson. "A License for Local Reporting." New York Times, December 22, 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "The Decline of Newspapers: The Local Story." Nieman Reports 61.4 (Winter 2007): 33-34.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Fixing the Department of Homeland Security." Progressive Policy Institute Policy Report, November 2007.
Baum, Matthew A., and Tim Groeling. "Iraq and the 'Fox Effect': An Examination of Polarizing Media and Public Support for International Conflict." American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Creative Destruction: An Exploratory Look at News on the Internet." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, August 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Young People and News." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, July 2007.
Kalb, Marvin, and Carol Saivetz. "The Israeli--Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12.3 (Summer 2007): 43-66.
Baum, Matthew A. "Soft News and Foreign Policy: How Expanding the Audience Changes the Policies." Japanese Journal of Political Science 8.1 (April 2007): 115-145.
Kalb, Marvin. "The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-012, February 2007.
Keyssar, Alexander. "A Terrible Metaphor for the U.S." Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), January 7, 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Political Roles of the Journalist." The Politics of News: The News of Politics, 2nd Edition. Ed. Doris A. Graber, Denis McQuail, and Pippa Norris. CQ Press, 2007, 23-39.
Patterson, Thomas E. "The Internet and the Threat it Poses to Local Media: Lessons from News in the Schools." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, January 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Mandatory Testing and News in the Schools." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, January 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. Review of Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media & Politics, by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini Political Communication, 24.3 July 2007: 329-331.
Parker, Richard. "Bankers Behaving Badly." Review of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., by William D. Cohan. New York Times Book Review, May 27, 2007.
Cowan, Geoffrey, Alex S. Jones, John Lavine, Nicholas Lemann, and Orville Schell. “When in Doubt, Publish.” Washington Post, July 9, 2006.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Emergency Spending -- The New Entitlement Program." Governing.com (Governing Magazine) (May 10, 2006).
Weil, David, Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and Elena Fagotto. "The Effectiveness of Regulatory Disclosure Policies." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25.1 (Winter 2006): 155-181.
Baum, Matthew A. "Hard and Soft News." Encyclopedia of Media and Politics. Ed. Todd Schaefer and Thomas Birkland. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006.
Jones, Alex S. "Still the Wasteland?: An Interview with Newton Minow." The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11.1 (Winter 2006): 3-8.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Centralized Essentials: The Bush Administration Took a Few of the Clinton-Gore Management Lessons to Heart. But It Ignored Far Too Many." American Prospect, September 22, 2005.
Patterson, Thomas E., and Philip Seib. "Informing the Public." The Press. Ed. Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2005, 189-202.
Coglianese, Cary, Stuart Shapiro, and Steven J. Balla. "Unifying Rulemaking Information: Recommendations on the New Federal Docket Management System" Administrative Law Review 57.2 (2005): 621-645.
Coglianese, Cary. "The Internet and Citizen Participation in Rulemaking" I/S: Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 1.1 (2005): 33-57.
Kumar, Martha Joynt, and Alex S. Jones. “Government and the Press: Issues and Trends.” The Press. Ed. Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2005, 226-247.
Kalb, Marvin. "The New Anchors Can't Stop TV News Drifting." Financial Times, December 1, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "Mad as Hell? Not at the Top." Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2004.
Coglianese, Cary, Stuart Shapiro, and Steven J. Balla. "Recommended Guidelines for the Design of the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)." AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series, Related Publication 04-30 and RWP04-050, November 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "The Importance of Looking Presidential on Television." Financial Times, October 2, 2004.
Coglianese, Cary, and Jennifer Nash. "Why Participate? Facility Perspectives on a U.S. EPA Voluntary Program." Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 2004.
Jones, Alex S. "Bloggers Are the Sizzle, Not the Steak." Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "A Quest for More Sensation Is Killing Journalism." Financial Times, April 1, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "America's Hypocrisy Laid Bare." Financial Times, February 5, 2004.