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Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Leticia Bode

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

“Dr. Bode is an associate professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and her bachelor’s degree from Trinity University. Her work lies at the intersection of communication, technology, and political behavior, emphasizing the role communication and information […]

Whose Right? Where Trump is Taking the Conservative Media

George Washington Univeristy Washington D.C, District of Columbia

“The Trump presidency brought revolutionary change to the Republican Party. Where will the American right’s decisive turn lead the conservative media? President Trump’s brand of conservative politics won out against the establishment in the Republican Party and is forever changing the conservative movement in America.While some conservative thought leaders spoke out against the outsider presidential […]

Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Deen Freelon

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

“Deen Freelon is an associate professor in the School of Media and Journalism. His research covers two major areas of scholarship: 1) political expression through digital media and 2) data science and computational methods for analyzing large digital datasets. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 journal articles, book chapters and public reports, in addition […]

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Leaks, Lies, and Videotape: Revisiting Lebanese Politics in Light of the U.S. Elections of 2016

Princeton University Princeton, NJ, United States

“The years following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005 featured many unusual political spectacles that would become all too familiar to Americans in the aftermath of the 2016 US presidential elections. Accusations of fake news, WikiLeaks, and social media disinformation campaigns were widespread on the Lebanese scene between 2005-2011. What […]

Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Miriam J. Metzger

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

“Miriam J. Metzger is a professor in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Her research lies at the intersection of media, information technology, and trust, centering on how information and communication technologies alter our understanding of credibility and force us to confront new challenges in protecting our privacy. She has published work that examines […]

Surveillance Capitalism, Human Autonomy, and You

Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, NY, United States

“Every time we search on a browser, buy something online, or post to our friends on social media, we are leveraging free resources to save time and money. But our clicks and keystrokes also fuel a massive, algorithm-powered industry that exploits our online experiences for profit. These dynamics are the focus of Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of […]

Reporting From the Front Lines of the Information Wars

Columbia School of Journalism New York City, NY

“Good journalism is no longer sufficient to combat the assault on truth and democracy. Media companies are striving to counter the threat of information warfare by working in new and different ways, and to respond to the ethics challenges posed by this struggle. At this exclusive event, you’ll hear from journalists—including Daily Beast Editor Noah […]

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Facebook Made Me Do It: Social Media and Democracy | The Alliance Series

Albertine New York, NY, United States

“Social media platforms recently came under scrutiny after they failed to prevent the creation of fake accounts aimed at manipulating the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The impact of social media on democracy and public debate is felt in many other ways: today’s algorithms, for instance, tend to encourage the spread of emotionally charged opinions, and […]

The Myth of the Media: Historicizing Journalism’s Role in American Democracy

Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, NY, United States

“Alternative facts and fake news have complicated our trust in the Fourth Estate, but has our media ever been truly objective and democratic? Join BHS and the Social Science Research Council for a discussion that challenges that notion and explores America’s long-standing romanticizing of what the media is and how it functions. Race, gender, and power have […]

First Annual CivicLex Media & Democracy Seminar

Carnegie Center for Literacy Lexington, KY, United States

“Please join us for the First Annual CivicLex Media & Democracy Seminar at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning! The event will feature a panel conversation with Andrea Hart (City Bureau Chicago), Tom Eblen (Lexington Herald-Leader) and Carly Muetterties (Kentucky Council for the Social Studies), followed by an interactive workshop focusing on the Knight […]