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SUMMARY:Citizens and Technology Summit 2019
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\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\n Event Listing Body  \n\n Listing Hero Details
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/citizens-and-technology-summit-2019/
LOCATION:Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T150000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:Brennan Center for Justice: Policing Race & Technology
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\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: \n\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;\n\n\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;\n\n\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\n\n\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\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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T171500
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SUMMARY:Media-Technology Nexus: Chinese Culture and Society | Boston College Events
DESCRIPTION:“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!”
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T150000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20191119T150303Z
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SUMMARY:CJR and the Tow Center Present Disinfo 2020: Prepping the Press
DESCRIPTION:“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.”
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191225
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T211352Z
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SUMMARY:Bobcatsss 2020
DESCRIPTION:“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.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/bobcatsss-2020/
LOCATION:Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée\, Marne-la-Vallée\, France
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200208
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20191203T160618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T161510Z
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SUMMARY:13th ACM International WSDM Conference
DESCRIPTION:“WSDM (pronounced “wisdom”) is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. The 13th ACM International WSDM Conference will take place in Houston\, Texas from February 3-7\, 2020.WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks\, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original\, high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web\, with an emphasis on practical yet principled novel models of search and data mining\, algorithm design and analysis\, economic implications\, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance.Original papers emphasizing novel algorithmic approaches are particularly encouraged. Application-oriented papers that make innovative technical contributions to research are welcome. Visionary papers on new and emerging topics are also welcome…”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/13th-acm-international-wsdm-conference/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Houston\, Houston\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200209
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20191211T160234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T205850Z
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SUMMARY:Third AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence\, Ethics\, and Society
DESCRIPTION:“As AI (and associated AI-hype) grows more pervasive in our lives\, its impact on society is ever more significant\, raising ethical concerns and challenges regarding issues such as privacy\, safety and security\, surveillance\, inequality\, data handling and bias\, personal agency\, power relations\, effective modes of regulation\, accountability\, sanctions\, and workforce displacement. Only a multi-disciplinary effort can find the best ways to address these concerns\, including experts from various disciplines\, such as ethics\, philosophy\, economics\, sociology\, psychology\, law\, history\, politics\, interaction design\, informatics\, social studies of science and technology\, communication and media studies\, and political science\, as well as those with lived experience in relation to the impacts of AI systems. In order to address these issues in a scientific context\, AAAI and ACM joined forces in 2018 to start the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI\, Ethics\, and Society. \nThe third edition of this conference will be co-located with AAAI-20 on February 7-8\, 2020 at the Hilton New York Midtown\, New York\, USA. The program of the conference will include peer-reviewed paper presentations\, invited talks\, panels\, and working sessions.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/third-aaai-acm-conference-on-artificial-intelligence-ethics-and-society/
LOCATION:New York Hilton Midtown Hotel\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200223
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:MisinfoCon 7.0
DESCRIPTION:“We are very excited to announce registration is open for our next MisinfoCon event\, MisinfoCon@NASEM\, in Washington\, DC\, on February 22nd\, 2020. \nAfter several successful collaborations with First Draft News\, IREX (The International Research & Exchanges Board) and the Mozilla Foundation in Ukraine\, the US and the UK\, we’re bringing MisinfoCon back to DC for a collaboration with the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine or NASEM. \nNASEM is an ensemble of nonprofit institutions tasked with providing independent\, objective analysis and advice to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science\, technology\, and medicine. \nWe’re excited to partner with NASEM to bring focus to misinformation that is pervading health and science information\, media and data….”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinfocon-7-0/
LOCATION:National Academy of Sciences\, Washington D.C\, D.C\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20191203T160648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T163207Z
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SUMMARY:RSA Conference
DESCRIPTION:“What is the most powerful tool to prevent cyberattacks? It’s you. Your ideas\, your creativity and your knowledge play a huge role in protecting the digital world. That’s why the theme of RSA Conference 2020 is Human Element. \nRSA Conference 2020 is here to support you in your mission—by bringing you together with thousands of your peers\, by offering hundreds of opportunities to learn from the industry’s most respected experts\, and by exposing you to the latest\, most disruptive thinking and cutting-edge solutions.\n\nAttending RSA Conference 2020 will charge your batteries and arm you with the intelligence\, insights and connections you need to prepare you for what’s ahead.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rsa-conference/
LOCATION:Moscone Center\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200302T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200303T000000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:Media Ecosystems Conference — Media Ecosystems Analysis Group
DESCRIPTION:2nd Exploring Media Ecosystems Conference\nMarch 2nd & 3rd\, 2020\nSamberg Conference Center at MIT\nCambridge\, Massachusetts\nAbout\nThere is a growing body of work that study digitally mediated communication\, but we need to acknowledge that no single point of view\, no single platform\, tool or method\, can account for the complexity of communication in the 21st century. Our approach is to consider the networked public sphere in terms of ecosystems\, with different elements dynamically affecting others. \nFor the second time\, this convening will bring together academics\, researchers\, practitioners\, journalists\, and funders interested in understanding the current media landscape. While the scope of the conference is necessarily broad\, this second edition will pay special attention to media ecosystems surrounding global health issues and the origin and spread of mis/disinformation. Attendees will collaborate on identifying new directions for research in this area and applications of innovative methodology to cross-platform research. \nTo learn more about this conference series\, you can explore the first edition of this conference and watch videos of the presentations. \nLocation\nThe conference will take place at the Samberg Conference Center at MIT in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. The Samberg Conference Center is located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Chang Building (E52). Street address is 50 Memorial Drive\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts 02142. Please note the conference center does not have parking. \nAgenda\nPlease download the detailed agenda here for more information on the conference offerings. \nMonday\, March 2nd \nRegistration opens at 8:30 am. \n\n\n9:00 . Exploring Media Ecosystems – Ethan Zuckerman (MIT) \n\n\n9:30 . Media Ecosystems Explorations\nThe structure of the French media ecosystem and the Yellow vest movement – Jean-Philippe Cointet (Sciences Po)\nExploring Media Ecosystems Through Partisan Media Attention: Lessons Learned from Two Elections in the European Laboratory of Social Media Populisms – Fabio Giglietto (Universita di Urbino Carlo Bo)\nComputational Methods to Measure and Mitigate Weaponized Online Information –  Jeremy Blackburn\, Gianluca Stringhini (iDrama Lab) \n\n\nCoffee Break (11 – 11:30 am) \n\n\n11:30 . Disinformation Around the World\nSocial Media Manipulation: Algorithms\, Bots\, and Computational Propaganda – Samantha Bradshaw (Oxford Internet Institute)\nHow to design policies to address disinformation – a European perspective – Lutz Guellner (European External Action Service ) \n\n\nLunch Break (12:30 – 1:30 pm) \n\n\n1:30 . Disinformation Across Platforms\nMisinformation on WhatsApp – Kiran Garimella (MIT)\nTwitter and MENA Region  – Abraham Alexei (Citizen Lab\, University of Toronto)\nKauwaKaate Fact Checking Platform – Kameswari Chebrolu (ITT Mumbai)\nDisinformation on Greta Thunberg – Emily Ndulue (MIT Media Lab)\, Aashka Dave (MIT Media Lab)\nThe securitization of “fake news” in Malaysia and beyond  – Gabrielle Lim (Shorenstein Center\, Harvard University) \n\n\nCoffee Break (3:30 – 4 pm) \n\n\n4:00 . Reducing the Spread of Disinformation on Social Media Using an Accuracy Nudge – David Rand (MIT) \n\n\n4:30 . Cautionary Notes on Disinformation – Yochai Benkler (Harvard University) \n\n\nReception begins at 5:30.  \nTuesday\, March 3rd \n\n\n9:00 . Keynote – Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan) \n\n\n9:45 . Approaches to Critical Internet Studies  – Joan Donovan (Shorenstein Center\, Harvard University)\, Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan)\, Leslie K Jones (Rutgers University) \, T.L. Taylor (MIT) \n\n\nCoffee Break (10:45 – 11:15 am) \n\n\n11:15 . Health-Related Mis/Disinformation\nThe Polarization of Disinformation Interventions: How Racist Speech and Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory Evade Fact-Checkers and Platforms in the Philippines – Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts Amherst)\nFentanyl Panic Goes Viral: The Spread of Misinformation about Overdose Risk from Casual Contact with Fentanyl in Mainstream and Social Media – Sunyou Kang (University of Southern California)\nForward this to 10 People: The Epidemic of Health Misinformation in Nigeria – Ifeanyi M. Nsofor (Nigeria Health Watch) \n\n\nLunch Break (12:30 – 1:30 pm) \n\n\n1:30 . Exploring the Dynamics of Health Disinformation\nDisinformation & Public Health: The Influential Role of Anti-Vaccine Narratives in the Digital Public Sphere  – Jose Miguel Cansado (Alto Data Analytics)\nThe social diffusion of risk information: A psychological perspective – Helge Giese (Konstanz University)\nCorrecting Health Misinformation on Social Media – Emily Vraga (University of Minnesota)\nTitle forthcoming – Rosa Sicilia (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma) \n\n\nCoffee Break (3 – 3:30 pm) \nConference ends at 4:30.  \nRegistration\nYou may register online using this form. There is no fee to attend this conference. This event is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. \nContact\nYou may email the organizers with questions at this time. \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/media-ecosystems-conference-media-ecosystems-analysis-group/
LOCATION:Cambridge\, Mass.\, Cambridge\, Mass
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
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SUMMARY:Conspiracies Conference: U of Miami
DESCRIPTION:“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. \nThe goals of the conference are (1) to gain a comparative perspective in the study of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation by bringing together researchers from across continents and from across disciplinary boundaries\, and (2) to formulate solutions to the current problems of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation. \nConspiracy theories are not confined to parlor games about who really shot Kennedy or who probed whom near Roswell\, New Mexico. Conspiracy theorizing (or what Richard Hofstadter famously called the paranoid style) is an enduring part of politics. While often caricatured as a fringe demographic composed of middle-aged white male Internet enthusiasts\, polls tell us a different story. Conspiracy theories permeate all parts of society and cut across gender\, age\, race\, income\, political affiliation\, educational level and occupational status. Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous\, absorbing\, and substantial; they reveal the darkest recesses of a nation’s psyche. They have also been given new life due to the prevalence of fake news\, state sponsored disinformation campaigns\, and elite-driven misinformation. \nThere are persuasive reasons to study conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories have ushered in revolutions\, undercut the ability of governments to lead\, perverted democracy\, and provoked witch-hunts. Current evidence suggests that conspiracy thinking can decrease participation and voter turnout\, but also add fire to political polarization and populist movements. \nThere is a debate to be had regarding the benefits or harms of conspiracy theories. On one hand\, their negative consequences are varied and many. Imagine a world without conspiracy theories targeting religious and ethnic minorities or immigrants. Or\, a world where conspiracy theories do not take priority over scientific and medical consensuses. Whether the issue is climate change\, vaccination rates\, violence\, fake news\, or international cooperation\, solving many of the world’s major challenges involve addressing conspiracy theories. On the other hand\, conspiracies actually do happen\, powerful people do abuse their power from time to time\, and some level of public skepticism is a necessary part of a healthy democracy. \nFor such a common feature of the political landscape\, there is little consensus on why conspiratorial beliefs blossom\, or how to stop them in the age of social media. This is not for want of attention; authors from many disciplines – particularly in the last ten years – have addressed the phenomenon. But despite the broad and growing interest\, scholars have yet to adequately integrate findings from disparate disciplines into coherent theoretical frameworks\, or to propose meaningful policy solutions. The problem lies in a lack of comparative cross-cultural research and a dearth of interdisciplinary work. \nThis conference intends to bridge the gap between the great works currently being undertaken across disciplines. It also seeks to bring together researchers studying conspiracy theorizing across the globe. We intend to build broad interdisciplinary networks\, share disparate findings\, and move the study forward.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conspiracies-conference-u-of-miami/
LOCATION:University of Miami\, Miami\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200322
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:Computation + Journalism Symposium 2020
DESCRIPTION:“We invite the submission of contributions exploring the interface between data and computer science and journalism in three categories: research\, practice\, and technology. For the 2020 Symposium\, we make a special call for papers that involve data visualization\, with an emphasis on the communication of uncertainty. A special section of the conference and its program will be dedicated to submissions in this area. \nResearch. Academic research papers exploring a question of interest in journalism or data and computing sciences as it relates back to journalism and news information; \nPractice. Journalist-oriented talks focused on experiences or case studies in journalism including stories\, visualizations\, investigations\, or interactive experiences produced with\, by\, or about data and algorithms; \nTechnology. Descriptions of new computational and data-driven tools\, platforms\, applications\, and services that enable novels ways of finding\, producing\, interacting with\, or distributing news content…”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/computation-journalism-symposium-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times.
DESCRIPTION:“The Power of Narrative Conference has convened in several places under several names since its founding at Boston University in 1998. Our mission remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists to strengthen their craft skills\, puzzle out the complex ethics of intimate journalism\, and impart the down-to-earth humanity that is the genre’s strength. Every year\, we quickly sell all our seats. The conference talks are stimulating\, sophisticated\, practical and relevant\, aimed at mid-career nonfiction storytellers in many media\, offered by terrific and varied practitioners. The vigorous Q & A sessions following each talk keep us on-target. And\, between sessions and at meal breaks we program in time to meet speakers and new colleagues and share ideas\, aspirations\, projects\, networks. In these turbulent times\, our candid\, informed\, independent journalism is crucial.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-power-of-narrative-telling-true-stories-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20191018T145147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191106T203938Z
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era"
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200121T213320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T215653Z
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era" | The Ethics Institute
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \n\n\nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute-2/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T160644Z
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SUMMARY:MISDOOM 2020 : 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media
DESCRIPTION:“Fake news\, social bots\, disinformation\, filter bubbles\, virality\, deep fakes & more! \nThe 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) will take place from April 20-22 at Leiden University\, The Netherlands \nJoin us and participate in the symposium!”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misdoom-2020-2nd-multidisciplinary-international-symposium-on-disinformation-in-open-online-media/
LOCATION:Leiden University\, Leiden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200410T184316Z
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SUMMARY:ICWSM 2020
DESCRIPTION:“The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge\, discuss ideas\, exchange information\, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories\, as well as computational algorithms for analyzing social media. ICWSM is a singularly fitting venue for research that blends social science and computational approaches to answer important and challenging questions about human social behavior through social media while advancing computational tools for vast and unstructured data. \nICWSM\, now in its fourteenth year\, has become one of the premier venues for computational social science\, and previous years of ICWSM have featured papers\, posters\, and demos that draw upon network science\, machine learning\, computational linguistics\, sociology\, communication\, and political science. The uniqueness of the venue and the quality of submissions have contributed to a fast growth of the conference\, and a competitive acceptance rate around 20% for full-length research papers published in the proceedings by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). \nFor ICWSM-2020\, in addition to the usual program of contributed talks\, posters and demos\, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent scientists and technologists. Building on successes in previous years\, ICWSM-2020 will also hold a day of workshops and tutorials in addition to the main conference.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/icwsm-2020/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200718
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
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SUMMARY:SRCCON 2020
DESCRIPTION:SRCCON 2020 will be fully online and in the midst of both a global crisis and a reckoning within journalism. We expect that in some ways\, it will be unlike any event we’ve held before. What we do know\, however\, is that SRCCON 2020 will remain a unique\, accessible\, and inclusive event that hosts frank\, challenging\, nurturing\, and creative conversations that need to be had. \nAt SRCCON\, you’ll: \n\nbe part of hands-on workshops that reimagine newsroom tech\, teamwork\, leadership\, community\, and journalism itself —not panels where you sit back and listen\, but sessions where you participate and learn.\nconnect with people who share your hopes and dreams for journalism—not just making professional acquaintances\, but creating personal relationships that last.\nbring who you are into a conference that thinks about the program\, the schedule—even breaks & activities—as ways to celebrate everything you have to share.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/srccon-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200723T155359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200723T183245Z
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SUMMARY:Allied Media Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues\, identities\, organizing practices and creative mediums. \nSince the first conference (then the Midwest Zine Conference) in 1999\, people have been compelled by the concept of do-it-yourself media. The zine conference was rebranded as the “Underground Publishing Conference” for a couple years and then became the Allied Media Conference in 2002. The shift to Allied Media attracted more people who were interested in using participatory media as a strategy for social justice organizing. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/allied-media-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200723T183504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200723T184114Z
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SUMMARY:RightsCon Online 2020
DESCRIPTION:RightsCon is the world’s leading event on human rights in the digital age. \nOriginally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference\, RightsCon rotated annually between San Francisco and another global city. Now\, RightsCon visits new host cities each year that are power centers for technology and human rights. \nThis year\, to bring our community together across borders and timezones\, and rising to the challenges of a global pandemic\, we are hosting the ninth edition of RightsCon Online from July 27-31\, 2020. \n[…]\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rightscon-online-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200807
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200721T140552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200721T142332Z
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SUMMARY:Joint Conference on Right-Wing Studies & Research on Male Supremacism Tickets | Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies & Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\nRegister for the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies/Institute for Research on Male Supremacism virtual conference to join other researchers focused on the right-wing and male supremacism for three days of panels\, networking events\, training sessions\, and keynote speakers August 4th-6th. View the full schedule here. \nAn add-on digital security preconference training tailored to researchers whose subject matter increases vulnerability and risk\, given by an expert from Equality Labs\, will precede the main conference\, taking place Monday August 3rd from 9am PST to 2pm PST. Select the ticket option with digital security training to join. \n[…] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource: Joint Conference on Right-Wing Studies & Research on Male Supremacism
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/joint-conference-on-right-wing-studies-research-on-male-supremacism-tickets-berkeley-center-for-right-wing-studies-institute-for-research-on-male-supremacism/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200925
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200917T154831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T194108Z
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SUMMARY:2020 International Journal of Press/Politics Virtual Conference | IJPP
DESCRIPTION:.entry-header  \n\n\n\nI am delighted to share the program of the 2020 conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics. For the first time\, the conference will be held virtually. The online videoconferencing system will be able to host up to 500 attendees at any time. The video feed of the proceedings will be recorded and made publicly available shortly after the conference.\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2020-international-journal-of-press-politics-virtual-conference-ijpp/
CATEGORIES:Conference
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T143000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200921T142902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200921T144309Z
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SUMMARY:Ethics of Big Data Symposium: Race\, Representation & Justice | Marquette University
DESCRIPTION:As we look at the events of 2020\, we cannot ignore how issues of race\, representation\, and justice intersect with the growing reliance on data\, algorithims\, and computational approaches in nearly all aspects of our lives. Big data increasingly impacts how information flows across networks\, how law enforcement and the criminal justice system operate in our communities\, how individuals and communities are made visible (or invisible)\, how public & social services are dispersed\, and\, most fundamentally\, how justice might be possible in our society. \nThe 5th Annual Marquette “Ethics of Big Data Symposium” explores how data intersects with critical issues race\, representation\, and justice in and across our communities. Please join us for this important discussion.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ethics-of-big-data-symposium-race-representation-justice-marquette-university/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200930T142316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T150855Z
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SUMMARY:Data and Democracy Symposium | Knight First Amendment Institute
DESCRIPTION:Today\, governments and private actors can collect\, store\, and continuously update vast troves of data. Yet we have barely begun to understand the impact on our democracy of large-scale data collection and the use of such data sets to make decisions that can dramatically impact individual lives and entire communities. \nThe Data and Democracy Symposium will investigate what our changing capacities to capture\, analyze\, and manipulate data mean for self-government\, and ask how the law must adapt to ensure the conditions for a robust democracy. Organized by the Institute’s Senior Visiting Research Scholar\, Yale Law Professor Amy Kapczynski\, and co-sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School\, the symposium will focus on three areas that are both central to democratic governance and directly affected by advancing technologies and ever-increasing data collection: 1) public opinion formation and access to information; 2) the formation and exercise of public power; and 3) the political economy of data. \n[…] \n\n\n\n\n end article metadata  \n\n end article social  end article body
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/data-and-democracy-symposium-knight-first-amendment-institute/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201018
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200706T210326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200706T213106Z
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SUMMARY:Conference for Truth and Trust Online
DESCRIPTION:What is Truth and Trust Online? \nWhile trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone\, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide\, confuse\, and cause real harm. \nThe annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners\, technologists\, academics and platforms\, to share\, discuss\, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in the space. \nThe second edition of the conference will be taking place virtually on October 16th and 17th 2020. More information and registration details will be available soon. \nCall for Papers is now open.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conference-for-truth-and-trust-online-truth-trust-online/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T170000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20201019T160959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T162011Z
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SUMMARY:Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Knight Public Spaces Forum\, hosted by Knight Foundation \nOctober 21-22\, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day \n#publicspaces20 \nKnight believes that public spaces play an essential role in fostering more informed and engaged communities. This year’s Knight Public Spaces Forum will focus on how leaders from across the country are pivoting their public spaces in response to the COVID-19 crisis\, economic downturn\, and the most recent wave of racial justice movements.  Curated discussions at the forum will explore several dimensions of public space\, including: \n\nleadership and decision-making\ndesign and programming\ncultivating equitable public spaces\nleveraging technology in the public realm
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-public-spaces-forum-2020-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201123
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200121T213148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T220829Z
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SUMMARY:American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:[if lt IE 9]> \n\n“We are thrilled to announce the theme of the 2020 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in St. Louis\, MO: Truth and Responsibility. \n“Truth and Responsibility” is a call to reimagine anthropology to meet the demands of the present moment. The imperative to bear witness\, take action\, and be held accountable to the truths we write and circulate invites us to reflect on our responsibility in reckoning with disciplinary histories\, harms\, and possibilities. To whom are we giving evidence and toward what ends? For whom are we writing? To whom are we accountable\, and in what ways? \nMany consider anthropology to be a holistic social science dedicated to cross-cultural understanding as a way to reduce bigotry and more fully comprehend “what it means to be human.” Others push against this readily circulated origin story\, arguing that “human” remains a highly contested\, political category—evident as the presumed set of rights and protections associated with the “human” continue to be stripped away violently in the communities in which some of us live and work. Which violent histories and epistemologies must anthropologists take responsibility for in telling truth(s) about the discipline’s development? How do the dual histories of settler colonialism and slavery continue to influence anthropological thought and practices? In these political times\, how can anthropologists throughout the globe work to secure a capacious\, progressive vision of the human? How might movements for anti-racism\, decoloniality\, queer liberation\, and healing such as #BlackLivesMatter\, #ProtectMaunaKea\, and #MeToo push a future anthropology out of the ashes of the anthropological past? Finally\, what are the limits and possibilities of the anthropological imagination? \nAcross subfields\, we find truths in patterns of human behavior\, language\, evolution\, and cultural worlds. Industry-positioned anthropologists do this by extending the boundaries of the discipline not as an administrative solution to job shortages but as a source of intervention and knowledge production. Increasingly\, anthropologists who make use of the scientific method question how status and identity help to decide which facts come to represent truth. How might quantitative researchers use our methods to identify patterned truths\, and what responsibility do we hold in challenging conventional wisdom about these patterns? What responsibility do we have to both our colleagues and larger publics\, to push toward increased transparency and ethical grounding in our data collection\, analysis\, and presentation? \nLocated in the vicinity of one of the largest and most influential ancient Indigenous societies in North America and miles from the #FergusonUprising\, St. Louis is a useful site for anthropologists to reckon with anthropological practices and their impact. What is the responsibility of contemporary anthropology to repair relationships with communities who have historically been the target of our discipline? As practitioners\, students\, and professors increasingly resemble these communities\, how can we create new pedagogical\, archeological\, ethnographic\, and mentoring practices? What barriers—in anthropology generally and the American Anthropological Association (AAA) specifically—exclude those whose truths are uncomfortable or inconvenient? What might our discipline and organizations look like if we were to honestly confront barriers that exclude marginalized and contingent scholars? \nPedagogy is a key medium for the communication of anthropological truths. Which (and whose) truths are foregrounded in our curricula? What are the possibilities for a liberatory pedagogy in a precarious\, “post-truth” era? Conferences\, museums\, organizing spaces\, and classrooms are sites where pedagogy and various forms of communication can help us interrogate the performativity of truth. How might anthropologists conceive of truth performances? Might visual\, aural\, and choreographic performances during AAA sessions offer anthropologists alternative genres for truth-telling and truth-making that provoke discussions about responsibility? \nIn accordance with the urgency of the year’s theme\, the questions posed in this call for papers do not have easy answers. The hope is that those who submit proposals will take up these questions and engage in collective thinking and imagining about the truths we hold\, the truths we challenge\, and the responsibilities we bear in co-creating a free and more equitable world. All panel proposals should have a statement about how the panel has incorporated the goals of equity\, diversity\, and inclusion\, and/or an analysis of power.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/american-anthropological-association-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Cervantes Convention Center\, St. Louis\, Missouri\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20201118T174935Z
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SUMMARY:IDeaS Institute and Conference | Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS) - Carnegie Mellon University
DESCRIPTION:2020 has been a year marked by worldwide crises and changes\, including a global pandemic\, efforts to increase social justice\, nation-shaping elections\, massive wildfires and other environmental events\, to name just a few. These crises and changes—in particular\, their social dimensions—have been directly impacted and shaped by disinformation\, influence campaigns\, and other efforts to undermine people’s understanding and autonomy. \nWe will hold a special virtual conference on Social-cybersecurity in Times of Crisis and Change this November 2020. This conference aims to advance the science of social-cybersecurity through research and applications that address two questions. How does the unprecedented scale of false information and its spread impact human activity in times of crisis and social change? And\, what are the mechanisms that enable or contain the spread of false information during these times? \nThe institute and conference charge no registration fee but registration is required.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ideas-institute-and-conference-center-for-informed-democracy-social-cybersecurity-ideas-carnegie-mellon-university/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201202T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20201130T211411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T212401Z
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SUMMARY:America's Role in the World | Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies
DESCRIPTION:The Hamilton Lugar School’s sixth conference on America’s Role in the World® will pay tribute to Rep. Lee H. Hamilton\, one of the school’s namesakes and an exemplar of placing principle over politics for more than 50 years. \nThe virtual\, nonpartisan event — unique to higher education — takes place Tuesday\, December 1 and Wednesday\, December 2 to correspond with the presidential transition. Special guests include former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright\, former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley\, former Directors of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Lt. Gen. James Clapper\, PBS Newshour anchor Judy Woodruff\, and Rohingya Burmese activist Wai Wai Nu\, who will be presented with the inaugural Hamilton Lugar School Global Voices for Change Award. \nWhere to watch \n#ARW6 will be livestreamed on this page\, as well as the Hamilton Lugar School’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/americas-role-in-the-world-hamilton-lugar-school-of-global-and-international-studies/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T100000
DTSTAMP:20261019T185430
CREATED:20200922T163517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T163517Z
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SUMMARY:Black Media-Makers and the Fierce Urgency of Now
DESCRIPTION:A symposium on the powerful contributions of Black media-makers in this moment organized by Sarah J. Jackson\, featuring Gene Demby\, Maori Holmes\, Stacy-Marie Ishmael\, Jelani Cobb\, Wesley Lowery\, Chenjerai Kumanyika\, Errin Haines and more. \nMore detail forthcoming.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/black-media-makers-and-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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