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The Powers & Perils of Social Media

Viacom New York, United States

“Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms have transformed people’s relationships with culture, the media, and one another. These technologies have demonstrated that they have the power to sway […]

NYU Calendar: News On The Right

New York University New York, NY, United States

“This event centers on the forms and formation of right-wing movements and conservative media outlets as they shaped the conditions leading up to the 2016 Presidential election, with an eye […]

Radical Networks

Prime Produce New York, New York

“Founded in 2015, Radical Networks is an annual conference that promotes artistic, grassroots activist, and experimental work in telecommunications, including the internet and world wide web. As a summit for […]

NULab: Jen Schradie and Brooke Foucault Welles

Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States

“Please join us for a book discussion and signing featuring Jen Schradie, Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) at Sciences Po, and Brooke Foucault Welles, Northeastern University. Schradie will be discussing […]

Misinfocon London

London London, United Kingdom

“Building on the strength and momentum of our highly popular MisinfoCon events which have taken place at MIT and in London, Kyiv, and Washington DC, we’re thrilled to announce that […]

NULab Misinformation Speaker Series: Miriam Metzger

Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States

Event 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! […]

The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working People

Georgetown University Washington D.C, United States

Event Listing Header “The powerful have long agreed: Poor and working people must be watched. With the proliferation of digital monitoring and algorithmic management of gig economy and blue collar […]

American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Hawai’i Convention Center Honolulu, HI, United States

“The American Studies Association annual meeting is a place for scholars, teachers, students, activists, and artists to share interdisciplinary research on U.S. culture and history in a global context. It […]

WikiConference North America

Cambridge, Mass. , United States

WikiConference North America 2019 November 8-11 You’re invited to Cambridge, Massachusetts to join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts for the annual continental conference. WikiConference North America is the annual conference of […]

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 […]

National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention

Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD, United States

“The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry. NCA serves the scholars, […]

Citizens and Technology Summit 2019

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice New York, United States

Event Listing Header “The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities, researchers, and advocates to share, imagine, and design citizen-led agendas for technology and society. How can citizens work for […]

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 […]