Mozilla Festival: Panel on the Future of Disinformation
Ravensbourne University London, United Kingdom“What will fake content look like in five years? In 10?”
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NULab Misinformation Speaker Series: Miriam Metzger
Northeastern University Boston, MA, United StatesEvent featured image, but exclude link Event content “Please join us for a talk by Miriam Metzger, Professor, Comm & Info Technologies, Department of Communication, UCSB. More details coming soon! Co-sponsored with the Department of Communication Studies and the Shorenstein Center. This event is part of the Misinformation Speaker Series, co-sponsored by the NULab and […]
OXDEG: ‘Don’t forget to like, subscribe and turn on the bell notifications’
Oxford Internet Institute Oxford, United Kingdom“We are delighted to welcome Zoë Glatt for an OxDEG talk on ‘An (auto)ethnography of YouTube creators’ labour in the online video industry’ In the late 2000’s a new and exciting cultural phenomenon was bubbling under the surface. Around the world, teens in their bedrooms were turning on their webcams to film asynchronous conversations with […]
Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture with Dr Alondra Nelson
Oxford Internet Institute Oxford, United Kingdom“The OII invites you to attend a lecture and drinks reception in the Weston Library Lecture Theatre, followed by a drinks reception in Blackwell Hall. Alondra Nelson is President of the Social Science Research Council and the Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent centre for theoretical […]
Information Wars: A Conversation with Richard Stengel – Shorenstein Center
Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States“Join us for a conversation with Richard Stengel, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, about his new book Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It. In conversation with moderators Amb. Wendy R. Sherman and Nancy Gibbs, Stengel will delve into his time at the […]
Can We Build Social Media that’s Good for Society?: UMass Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, United States“Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman Abstract: 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 […]
Misinformation Speaker Series: David Lazer
Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States“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. […]
New America: Spotlight on Transparency
New America Washington D.C, United States“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 […]
Databite No. 126: Joe Mulhall | Data & Society
Data & Society Research Institute New York, New York, United States“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. Our planet is warming, our […]
Databite No. 127: Jasmine McNealy | Data & Society
Data & Society Research Institute New York, New York, United States“Data are currency. Data provide the fuel for decision-making and profit-making. Data offer evidence for enhancing health services, infrastructure, and zoning, and for addressing environmental concerns. But the collection and use of data is spurring conflicts between cities, corporate and civil society organizations, and constituents. These conflicts occur on the grounds of data ownership, access, […]