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Data Privacy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Prospects for Legislation in the U.S

American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C, District of Columbia

“In 2019, the debate around data privacy has peaked with numerous events elevating the issue, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect, and passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. As pressure builds, calls for federal legislation on data privacy have emerged from all sides. […]

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 […]

International Symposium on Online Journalism

University of Texas at Austin Blanton Museum of Art TX, United States

“Since 1999, journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world have had an annual meeting in Austin, Texas to discuss the impact of the digital revolution on  journalism. The International Symposium on Online Journalism is a program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, a unique conference […]

InfoSocial 2019

Northwestern University Evanston, IL, United States

“We present Northwestern University’s InfoSocial 2019 conference, a student-run conference dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary graduate student research examining the role of technology in contemporary society. InfoSocial brings together graduate students in fields ranging from Computer Science to Communication to Law to showcase their novel ideas, methods, and innovations. Come join us to to hear presentations […]

Theorizing the Web

Museum of the Moving Image Queens, United States

“Theorizing the Web is an inter- and non-disciplinary annual conference that brings together scholars, journalists, artists, activists, and technology practitioners to think conceptually and critically about the interrelationships between the Web and society. We deeply value public engagement, and consider insights from academics, non-academics, and non-“tech theorists” alike to be equally valuable.”

Data Privacy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Prospects for Legislation in the U.S

American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C, District of Columbia

“In 2019, the debate around data privacy has peaked with numerous events elevating the issue, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect, and passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. As pressure builds, calls for federal legislation on data privacy have emerged from all sides. […]

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 […]

Open Postdoctoral Position, Faculty Mentor Jennifer Pan

“We, Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu, are looking to hire an outstanding and motivated full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The position will be based at Stanford. The position will last for 2 years, starting in Fall 2019. The postdoctoral fellow will work with us on various projects related to public preferences, media, and politics in China. […]

Media for Democracy Forum #M4DF

U.S Agency for Global Media Washington D.C, United States

“Interested in the ways media and information technologies support democratic communities and institutions all around the world? Join the U.S. Agency for Global Media, media experts, practitioners, opinion leaders and policy makers for the Media for Democracy Forum #M4DF: a multi-session event designed for exchanging ideas and networking.”

Job Call: Chair in Communication and Media

University of Liverpool Liverpool, United Kingdom

“The Department of Communication and Media at Liverpool wishes to appoint a progressive and forward-thinking Chair in the context of an international and collaborative University. You will be an excellent and passionate researcher with an outstanding track record of world-leading publications, and ambitious research plans for the future, including potential impact pathways and plans for […]

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 […]

The Web Conference 2019

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, CA, United States

“The Web Conference (formerly known as WWW conference) is a yearly international conference on the topic of the World Wide Web The conference began in 1994 at CERN and is organized each year by a local team of volunteers in different parts of the world who come together to organize the conference in collaboration with the International World Wide […]

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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 […]

Democracy and Digital Media

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA, United States

“In 1998, MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program held the first Media in Transition (MiT) conference and inaugurated a related book series. Research from that first MiT conference appeared in Democracy and New Media, Jenkins & Thorburn, eds., (MIT Press, 2003). Now, twenty years later, we are organizing the 10th iteration of the event. Much has […]

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 […]

Ecsite 2019 Pre-Conference Workshop: Beyond Fact Checking, Addressing Misinformation

Experimentarium Copenhagen, Denmark

“This two-day pre-conference workshop will bring together social science researchers and the science engagement community to explore the role of science communication professionals at a moment when many worry about the prevalence of misinformation. Recent emphasis on values to the exclusion of facts challenges democratic dialogue and can impact global science and technology progress. Public […]

RightsCon 2019

Laico Hotel and the Palais des Congres Tunis, Tunisia

“RightsCon is the world’s leading conference on human rights in the digital age, brought to you by Access Now. We bring together business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, and human rights defenders to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and digital technology. RightsCon is where the global community comes […]

Global Fact 6

University of Cape Town’s New Lecture Theatre Cape Town, South Africa

“For the sixth year running, the Global Fact-Checking Summit (Global Fact) will bring together fact-checkers, journalists, scholars, and representatives of tech platforms, as well as other professionals and students interested in this form of journalism. Global Fact is a practitioner’s conference: Participants come to share their experiences and learn about best practices to implement in their […]

10th International Conference on Social Media & Society

Ryerson University Toronto, Ontario, Canada

“The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 10th year, the 2019 conference is being held in Toronto, Canada from July 19 to 21. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and […]