Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
Knight Public Spaces Forum, hosted by Knight Foundation October 21-22, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day #publicspaces20 Knight believes that public spaces play an essential role […]
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The Future of Democracy: The COVID-19 forecast | Knight Foundation
Amid murky responses to COVID-19 from government and health officials, sociology expert Zeynep Tufekci has become a leading voice in building credible, helpful information around the pandemic — and, in […]
Electoral Anxieties: November 3rd and Its Aftermaths | Social Science Research Council
The stresses and strains on US democracy, building over decades, have reached an apex with the upcoming presidential election in ways that are unprecedented and daunting. Real fears of voter […]
Webinar: Election 2020: Setting Expectations and Debunking Myths
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted American life in many ways and will certainly also impact the 2020 election. In fact, in order to socially distance and avoid unnecessary contact with […]
Disinformation, Authenticity, and Democratic Participation | Center for Brooklyn History & SSRC
With November’s elections looming, and as fraught questions about “truth,” “fact,” and “accuracy” are debated, the Center for Brooklyn History and the Social Science Research Council turn to the role authenticity plays […]
Digital Public Infrastructure: A Corporation for Public Software | Stanford PACS
Imagine living in a society in which most of the land and buildings available for meeting and working were owned by a few for-profit corporations. Churches, governments, groups of friends, […]
Theodore H. White Lecture: “The Challenges Facing the Media on November 3rd and Beyond” | Shorenstein Center
On Wednesday, October 28th at 6:00pm ET, join us for the 30th annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, delivered by Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, with Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs moderating. As […]
Social Media’s Role in the US Election | All Tech is Human
The 2016 US election made it clear that social media companies play a profound role in how voters are informed and influenced. What role should social media companies be playing […]
The Common Room: Managing Political Difference on the Virtual Campus | PEN America
The 2020 general election is unlike any other. Understanding how campuses can facilitate respectful and productive dialogue across political differences will be key during this tense time, but doing so […]
CSMaP Seminar Series: Moving closer or further apart? | CSMaP
Journalists and pundits have described political polarization as one of the foremost problems of our time. It has been ascribed to trends such as changing party compositions, racial and ethnic […]