BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MediaWell - ECPv4.9.6//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MediaWell X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MediaWell BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:"America/New_York" BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191125T180000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191125T200000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191023T182821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T140156Z UID:53511-1574704800-1574712000@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Citizens and Technology Summit 2019 DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n Event Listing Header \n\n“The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities\, researchers\, and advocates to share\, imagine\, and design citizen-led agendas for technology and society. \nHow can citizens work for a world where digital power is guided by evidence and accountable to the public? Leaders in the field will share lightning talks of inspiring projects to test the social impacts of technology\, discover effective actions for change\, and scale those discoveries. \nThe summit will also launch a new identity for the Citizens and Technology Lab (currently CivilServant)\, which started as a PhD project and has grown into a center for innovation at Cornell University. The summit is hosted by the Citizens and Technology Lab.” \n\n\n Event Listing Body \n\n Listing Hero Details \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/citizens-and-technology-summit-2019/ LOCATION:Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191202T160000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191202T170000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191122T152243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T172113Z UID:54416-1575302400-1575306000@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Can We Build Social Media that’s Good for Society?: UMass Amherst DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n“Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman \nAbstract:  The tech backlash is in full force\, and it’s rapidly becoming conventional wisdom that social media is polarizing our politics\, abusing our attention\, misinforming our democracy and damaging our emotional health. But the situation is far more complex than it seems at first glance. Some of these critiques are not well supported by research. And those that are true apply to a particular model of social media\, based around surveillant advertising and an endless quest for human attention. What would it mean to build social media expressly designed to strengthen democratic society? Can we imagine an alternative system where public service digital media overcomes some of the thorniest problems of our contemporary online world?” \n\n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/can-we-build-social-media-thats-good-for-society-umass-amherst/ LOCATION:University of Massachusetts Amherst\, Amherst\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191203T083000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191203T150000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191202T210535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T211310Z UID:54504-1575361800-1575385200@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Brennan Center for Justice: Policing Race & Technology DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n Event Listing Header \n\n“Please join the Brennan Center for Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for a full-day symposium on December 3\, 2019\, with a keynote address by Dr. Ruha Benjamin – Associate Professor of African American Studies\, Princeton University. \nThis convening aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern surveillance technologies such as facial recognition\, predictive policing\, and social media monitoring tools. Through panels and discussion\, this symposium will explore topics such as: \nThe deployment of surveillance technologies in the face of well-documented error rates when analyzing communities of color\, and the ways in which their unchecked use threatens to obscure and automate racial inequalities under the guise of unbiased computer systems;\nThe need to analyze the use of surveillance tools in the context of well-established racial biases in policing\, which has knock-on effects on the criminal justice system;\nIssues raised by using surveillance technologies in tandem\, such as their exacerbated impact on communities of color and the creation of a pervasive dragnet that is incompatible with a democratic society; and\nThe different approaches to regulation\, including outright bans (enacted for facial recognition in cities such as San Francisco and Somerville\, MA)\, efforts to pass transparency measures (enacted in cities such as Seattle and Nashville\, TN)\, and the role of inspector general audits (influential reports in Los Angeles and Chicago).”\n\n\n\n  \n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/brennan-center-for-justice-policing-race-technology/ LOCATION:NYU School of Law\, New York\, 10012\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191203T123000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191203T140000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191122T173713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T173713Z UID:54426-1575376200-1575381600@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: David Lazer DESCRIPTION:\n“ABSTRACT: The Internet is increasingly the home of democracy. It is where people turn for civic information\, engage in political discourse public and private\, and turn to mobilize collectively. The virtual structures of the Internet are\, in some ways\, quite distinct from what preceded; and in other ways\, they reproduce and amplify those pre-existing patterns. The Internet can be the ultimate disseminator of misinformation; as well as the ultimate educator. People have at their fingertips more diverse sources of information than ever before; yet many of the institutions for the production of political and civic information are being eviscerated. This talk will discuss the informational and social logics of the Internet– what is our democracy\, today?– how they support and undermine democracy\, and concludes with a discussion of what structures and practices we need from the Internet to support democracy\, today. \nBIO: Northeastern University Professor David Lazer’s research focuses on the nexus of network science\, computational social science\, and collaborative intelligence. He is the founder of the citizen science website Volunteer Science. His research has been published in such journals as Science\, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science\, the American Political Science Review\, and the Administrative Science Quarterly\, and has received extensive coverage in the media\, including the New York Times\, NPR\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and CBS Evening News.” \n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-david-lazer/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191204T120000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191204T140000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191202T210513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T212548Z UID:54503-1575460800-1575468000@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:New America: Spotlight on Transparency DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n“Over the past decade\, companies across different industries have begun issuing regular transparency reports so their customers and the general public can better understand the impact of the companies’ operations. Transparency reporting is now a best practice for reporting on a range of topics including government requests for user data\, content moderation\, pay transparency\, customer safety\, and sustainability efforts. Through their reports\, these companies and organizations provide statistical and qualitative information regarding how they treat their customers and stakeholders\, how they handle their customers’ information\, and how the companies’ operations affect their communities. While transparency reports differ across industries and subject areas\, these reports—from their development to the content—offer valuable lessons for companies across various sectors that looking to get started or improve their transparency reports.Join New America’s Open Technology Institute for a panel event on the value of transparency reporting\, and how this practice can be expanded to focus on new issues and industries. \nFollow the conversation online using #TransparencyReport and following @OTI.” \n\n\n\n  \n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/new-america-spotlight-on-transparency/ LOCATION:New America\, Washington D.C\, 20005\, United States CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191204T160000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191204T170000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191114T151252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191114T155942Z UID:53931-1575475200-1575478800@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Databite No. 126: Joe Mulhall | Data & Society DESCRIPTION:\n\n“Data & Society welcomes Joe Mulhall\, senior researcher at European anti-extremism NGO HOPE not hate\, for a public talk to explore how the international far right is leveraging the current climate crisis\, with a special focus on networked disinformation and exclusive new polling research across six countries around the world. \nOur planet is warming\, our seas are rising\, and while the human cost of this will be massive\, the human cause of it is undeniable. Or at least\, it should be. Rising sea levels and the desertification of already dry areas could see millions across our world being displaced. The climate crisis is a massive threat to quality of life\, but for some people\, it’s also an opportunity. Across Europe\, the 2015 migrant crisis destabilized civil society\, leading to the rise of the AfD in Germany\, the Lega party in Italy\, and allowing Viktor Orban to whip up anti-migrant rhetoric in Hungary. These conditions are a petri dish for conspiracy theorists\, politicians\, corporate interests\, and especially a boon for the rhetoric of extreme anti-migration factions pushing online disinformation.” \n\n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/databite-no-126-joe-mulhall-data-society/ LOCATION:Data & Society Research Institute\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191205T090000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191205T171500 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191202T200526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T213335Z UID:54492-1575536400-1575566100@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Media-Technology Nexus: Chinese Culture and Society | Boston College Events DESCRIPTION:\n“China is a society of Netizens. National strategic plans have delivered advanced technology and new media applications to tens of millions of Chinese citizens. \nThis conference explores developments in cinema\, television\, social media and technology flowing on China’s communication infrastructure. Cultural and social challenges abound!” \n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/media-technology-nexus-chinese-culture-and-society-boston-college-events/ LOCATION:Boston College\, Boston\, NY\, 02467\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191205T160000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191205T190000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20190924T183129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T145827Z UID:52851-1575561600-1575572400@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Tech For Good Summit DESCRIPTION:\n“The Tech for Good Summit 2019 will feature speakers who are using technology to make our world a better place\, celebrating how tech is being used to make positive social change. Digital technology has the potential to address some of our biggest social challenges – we hear from those leading those initiatives\, how they are doing it\, why they are doing it and the impact it is having. As technologists we should focus on the greater good and all collaborate to build a better world for existing communities and our future selves.” \n  \n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/tech-for-good-summit/ LOCATION:London\, London\, New York\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID="America/New_York":20191210T090000 DTEND;TZID="America/New_York":20191210T150000 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191119T150303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T172942Z UID:54369-1575968400-1575990000@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:CJR and the Tow Center Present Disinfo 2020: Prepping the Press DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n“Next year’s presidential election will challenge journalists\, technology platforms\, and researchers with an unprecedented wave of disinformation. Is the press prepared? What is the role of foreign intervention in the new wave of disinformation? Are the measures platforms and newsrooms are taking adequate? What is current research telling us about the threats journalists and the electorate face in 2020? \nJoin CJR and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism for a conference featuring some of the top political and media thinkers with US and international expertise\, as we identify the threats posed by disinformation and propose a plan for defending the ballot box.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cjr-and-the-tow-center-present-disinfo-2020-prepping-the-press/ LOCATION:Columbia School of Journalism\, New York City\, NY\, 1120 CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191225 DTSTAMP:20191228T012317 CREATED:20191203T160805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T211352Z UID:54556-1576972800-1577231999@mediawell.ssrc.org SUMMARY:Bobcatsss 2020 DESCRIPTION:\n\n“BOBCATSSS is an international annual symposium which addresses hot topics for librarians and information professionals in a fast-changing environment. It is created by and for students\, teachers\, researchers and professionals in the information field. BOBCATSSS is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). It is a tradition which has been passed on from one European country to another since 1993\, providing a rich professional conference and working seminar program\, accompanied by numerous opportunities for networking\, personal exchanges\, discussions\, and learning.” \n\n URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/bobcatsss-2020/ LOCATION:Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée\, Marne-la-Vallée\, New York\, France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR