Event Listing Header “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. This convening aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern […]
“China is a society of Netizens. National strategic plans have delivered advanced technology and new media applications to tens of millions of Chinese citizens. This conference explores developments in cinema, television, social media and technology flowing on China’s communication infrastructure. Cultural and social challenges abound!”
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“We are very excited to announce registration is open for our next MisinfoCon event, MisinfoCon@NASEM, in Washington, DC, on February 22nd, 2020. After 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 […]
“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. RSA Conference 2020 is here to support you in your mission—by bringing you together with thousands of […]
2nd Exploring Media Ecosystems Conference March 2nd & 3rd, 2020 Samberg Conference Center at MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts About There 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 […]
“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories, fake news, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. The 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 […]