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SUMMARY:Facebook Made Me Do It: Social Media and Democracy | The Alliance Series
DESCRIPTION:“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 create rabbit holes of converging viewpoints rather that exposing us to conflicting perspectives; the most extreme views or those that express moral outrage also tend to gain more traction than moderate and balanced opinions. At the same time\, social media have provided new platforms for democratic debate\, encouraging a broader range of individuals to engage in political dialogue\, and have made a diversity of channels available to users on which they can express themselves. \nThis conversation on social media and democracy between Joan Donovan\, Director of the Technology and Social Change Research Project at the Harvard Kennedy School and Célia Zolynski and Judith Rochfeld\, Law Professors from Paris I Sorbonne\, is presented as part of the Alliance Series at Albertine. The conversation will be moderated by Kris-Stella Trump\, director of the Anxieties of Democracy program at the Social Science Research Council.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/facebook-made-me-do-it-social-media-and-democracy-the-alliance-series/
LOCATION:Albertine\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190510
DTSTAMP:20261027T215056
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SUMMARY:Reporting From the Front Lines of the Information Wars
DESCRIPTION:“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. \nAt this exclusive event\, you’ll hear from journalists—including Daily Beast Editor Noah Schactman\, NPR Media Reporter David Folkenflik and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa—about building credibility in the era of liars and leaks. You’ll dissect case studies with standards editors including The New York Times’ Phil Corbett and CNN’s Stephen Holmes. And you’ll better prepare for the future with insights from researchers\, security experts\, and big tech companies. \nJoin the Columbia Journalism Review\, the Poynter Institute\, and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism as we define the extent of this new information war and identify new best practices for media organizations. The event marks the formal launch of Columbia’s Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security and Poynter’s Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/reporting-from-the-front-lines-of-the-information-wars/
LOCATION:Columbia School of Journalism\, New York City\, NY\, 1120
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T183000
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SUMMARY:Surveillance Capitalism\, Human Autonomy\, and You
DESCRIPTION:“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 Surveillance Capitalism\, a chilling expose of today’s digital economy. Zuboff details how data about our digital activities is used to create predictive models of our behavior\, and how a range of corporate entities manipulate that data for profit and power. Join us for this illuminating discussion about surveillance capitalism’s exploitation of human experience in the digital age and how\, according to Zuboff\, our privacy\, security\, and the very idea of free will are being undermined.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/surveillance-capitalism-human-autonomy-and-you/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Historical Society\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T133000
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SUMMARY:Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Miriam J. Metzger
DESCRIPTION:“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 theoretical and regulatory changes brought about by emerging information and communication technologies. Her research has been widely published in the field of communication\, and she has co-edited two volumes investigating issues of digital literacy. Miriam is a faculty affiliate of the Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara and the Education Director at the university’s Center for Information\, Technology & Society.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/harvard-university-misinformation-speaker-series-prof-miriam-j-metzger/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T133000
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SUMMARY:Leaks\, Lies\, and Videotape: Revisiting Lebanese Politics in Light of the U.S. Elections of 2016
DESCRIPTION:“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.\nWhat to make of the parallels between these two contexts? This talk revisits the 2005-2011 period\nin Lebanese politics in light of the revelations of the past few years. \nElias Muhanna is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Faculty Fellow in Middle East Studies at Brown University. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Nation and other publications.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/leaks-lies-and-videotape-revisiting-lebanese-politics-in-light-of-the-u-s-elections-of-2016/
LOCATION:Princeton University\, Princeton\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T130000
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SUMMARY:Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Deen Freelon
DESCRIPTION:“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 to co-editing one scholarly book. He has served as principal investigator on grants from the Knight Foundation\, the Spencer Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has written research-grade software to calculate intercoder reliability for content analysis (ReCal)\, analyze large-scale network data from social media (TSM)\, and collect data from Facebook (fb_scrape_public). He formerly taught at American University in Washington\, D.C.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/harvard-university-misinformation-speaker-series-deen-freelon/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T200000
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SUMMARY:Whose Right? Where Trump is Taking the Conservative Media
DESCRIPTION:“The Trump presidency brought revolutionary change to the Republican Party. Where will the American right’s decisive turn lead the conservative media? \nPresident 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 candidate\, and some continue to do so\, President Trump has since been widely embraced by his party.\nThe Trump phenomenon is mirrored in the conservative media with news outlets prospering from pro-Trump coverage amid a difficult time for the journalism industry.” \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/whose-right-where-trump-is-taking-the-conservative-media/
LOCATION:George Washington Univeristy\, Washington D.C\, District of Columbia
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190327T113000
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SUMMARY:Harvard University Misinformation Speaker Series: Leticia Bode
DESCRIPTION:“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 technologies may play in the acquisition and use of political information. This covers a wide area\, including projects looking at incidental exposure to political information on social media\, effects of exposure to political comedy\, use of social media by political elites\, selective exposure and political engagement in new media\, and the changing nature of political socialization given the modern media environment. Work on these subjects has appeared in Journal of Communication\, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication\, New Media and Society\, Mass Communication and Society\, Journal of Information Technology and Politics\, and Information\, Communication\, and Society\, and other journals. She also sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Information Technology and Politics\, and Social Media + Society.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/harvard-university-misinformation-speaker-series-prof-leticia-bode/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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