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SUMMARY:Networked Dissent: Social Media and Protest Participation | CSMaP Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics will bring together leading scholars to explore the relationship between new media technologies and democratic politics. Our virtual CSMaP Seminar Series aims to highlight the latest research and identify future research we need in the lead-up to and aftermath of the November elections. \nSpeakers will explore the following questions: \n\nHow does information spread through online networks\, and what can we do to mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation?\nHow do digital technologies affect political participation\, from protests to campaigning to voting?\nHow does social media fit into people’s broader media diets? \nHow have electoral interference strategies evolved since 2016\, and what impact do they have on voters’ beliefs and behaviors? \nHow have political elites responded to this new information environment? \n\nKeep reading for details about our first seminar! \n[…]\nSource: Networked Dissent: Social Media and Protest Participation
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/networked-dissent-social-media-and-protest-participation-csmap-seminar-series/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Follow the Ad: Uncovering Election Interference behind Data-Driven Digital Platforms | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:Election interference raises grave normative concerns. Unfortunately\, due to conceptual and methodological challenges\, little scientific knowledge has been generated about election interference. This talk discusses the mechanisms by which election interference occurred and the extent to which it influenced the electorate. The talk presents Kim’s research on covert digital campaigns by unidentifiable\, unattributable groups ahead of the 2016 US elections. Kim’s analysis is based on large-scale political ad data that her team\, Project DATA (Digital Ad Tracking & Analysis)\, collected independently from tech platforms by utilizing a user-based\, real-time\, ad-tracking tool and “reverse engineering” techniques. Kim’s research uncovers the prevalence of foreign and domestic “suspicious” groups (i.e.\, unidentifiable\, unattributable\, untraceable groups that do not leave any public footprint) and their targeting\, messaging\, and organizational strategies and tactics (e.g.\, voter suppression and asymmetric [de]mobilization). Furthermore\, it reveals the structure of covert coordination that facilitated the deep penetration of election interference campaigns into the electorate. The talk offers insight into regulatory policies and discusses the implications for the functioning of democracy. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/follow-the-ad-uncovering-election-interference-behind-data-driven-digital-platforms-shorenstein-center-2/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T143000
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SUMMARY:Ethics of Big Data Symposium: Race\, Representation & Justice | Marquette University
DESCRIPTION:As we look at the events of 2020\, we cannot ignore how issues of race\, representation\, and justice intersect with the growing reliance on data\, algorithims\, and computational approaches in nearly all aspects of our lives. Big data increasingly impacts how information flows across networks\, how law enforcement and the criminal justice system operate in our communities\, how individuals and communities are made visible (or invisible)\, how public & social services are dispersed\, and\, most fundamentally\, how justice might be possible in our society. \nThe 5th Annual Marquette “Ethics of Big Data Symposium” explores how data intersects with critical issues race\, representation\, and justice in and across our communities. Please join us for this important discussion.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ethics-of-big-data-symposium-race-representation-justice-marquette-university/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T100000
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SUMMARY:Media Literacy | Stanford Cyber Policy Center
DESCRIPTION:Social media sites have now surpassed cable\, network\, and local TV as primary sources of political news for one-in-five Americans. Yet the speed and volume of online information\, challenges discerning the credibility of online sources\, and concerns about viral online disinformation place a significant burden on users. What do we know about what new user-facing digital literacy initiatives are underway\, what the research has to say about the impact and effectiveness of media literacy interventions\, and what the implications are for both corporate and government policy. \nOn Wednesday\, October 14th\, from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Pacific Time\, please join Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center\, in conversation with Jayne Cubbage\, Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at Bowie State University\, Jennifer Kavanaugh\, of RAND’s Countering Truth Decay initiative\, Kristin Lord\, President and CEO of IREX\, and Claire Wardle\, co-founder and director of First Draft\, for a discussion on the state of Media Literacy.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/media-literacy-stanford-cyber-policy-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T123000
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SUMMARY:Teaching in the time of Fake News and an Election | Macmillan Learning
DESCRIPTION:This is the most exciting and challenging time to be teaching Mass Communication. Bettina Fabos and Chris Martin – coauthors of Media and Culture as well as Media Essentials – will provide a half-hour session that will present strategies as well as tools you can use to help your students understand “Fake News” and evaluate the election through that lens. The presentation will include a look at Macmillan’s Election Toolkit. \nAnyone who signs up will receive both a recording of the session as well as ways to access resources and ideas to use in fall classes. This will include access to the Election Toolkit for anybody who wishes to use it in class this term.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/register-for-teaching-in-the-time-of-fake-news-and-an-election-macmillan-learning/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T133000
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Behind the Decision Desk: Fox News\, the AP\, CNN\, and What To Expect on Election Night | PEN America
DESCRIPTION:Join PEN America and decision desk editors at the Associated Press\, Fox News\, and CNN to discuss election calls\, projections\, and how news organizations plan to navigate the challenges of election night 2020. Broadcast journalist Ray Suarez probes how news organizations will or won’t make calls\, what responsibility networks and news outlets have in preventing the spread of misinformation\, and how election night may stretch into election week. If you plan to tweet about the event\, follow us on Twitter at @penamerica and use the hashtag #WhatToExpect2020. \nThe conversation is part of PEN America’s What To Expect When You’re Electing initiative\, designed to inoculate Americans against the threat disinformation poses to this year’s election and to democracy. \nPlease confirm your registration via the Zoom link below. \nPanelists include: \n\nSally Buzbee\, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor\, The Associated Press\nDavid Scott\, Deputy Managing Editor\, The Associated Press\nArnon Mishkin\, Decision Desk Director\, Fox News\nDana Blanton\, Head of Public Opinion Research\, Fox News\nSam Feist\, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Vice President\, CNN\nJennifer Agiesta\, Politics Polling Director\, CNN
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-behind-the-decision-desk-fox-news-the-ap-cnn-and-what-to-expect-on-election-night-pen-america/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T120000
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SUMMARY:Data and Democracy Symposium | Knight First Amendment Institute
DESCRIPTION:Today\, governments and private actors can collect\, store\, and continuously update vast troves of data. Yet we have barely begun to understand the impact on our democracy of large-scale data collection and the use of such data sets to make decisions that can dramatically impact individual lives and entire communities. \nThe Data and Democracy Symposium will investigate what our changing capacities to capture\, analyze\, and manipulate data mean for self-government\, and ask how the law must adapt to ensure the conditions for a robust democracy. Organized by the Institute’s Senior Visiting Research Scholar\, Yale Law Professor Amy Kapczynski\, and co-sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School\, the symposium will focus on three areas that are both central to democratic governance and directly affected by advancing technologies and ever-increasing data collection: 1) public opinion formation and access to information; 2) the formation and exercise of public power; and 3) the political economy of data. \n[…] \n\n\n\n\n end article metadata  \n\n end article social  end article body
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/data-and-democracy-symposium-knight-first-amendment-institute/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201018
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SUMMARY:Conference for Truth and Trust Online
DESCRIPTION:What is Truth and Trust Online? \nWhile trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone\, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide\, confuse\, and cause real harm. \nThe annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners\, technologists\, academics and platforms\, to share\, discuss\, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in the space. \nThe second edition of the conference will be taking place virtually on October 16th and 17th 2020. More information and registration details will be available soon. \nCall for Papers is now open.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conference-for-truth-and-trust-online-truth-trust-online/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
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SUMMARY:False News and Fact-Checking: Information Flows During a Pandemic and Presidential Election | NYU Center for Social Media and Politics: Election Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Since the 2016 election\, Facebook\, Twitter\, YouTube and others have struggled to contain the spread of false and misleading information on their platforms. The COVID-19 infodemic has contributed to the problem\, with “Plandemic” and other conspiracy theories reaching millions of users before the platforms can remove them. This seminar will take on the spread of misinformation and disinformation on social and traditional media — and which methods work best to correct false claims. \nCSMaP is co-sponsoring this event with NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and First Amendment Watch\, a project of the Institute that serves as an educational resource for journalists seeking to understand their rights. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/false-news-and-fact-checking-information-flows-during-a-pandemic-and-presidential-election-nyu-center-for-social-media-and-politics-election-seminar-series/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201020T090000
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SUMMARY:Digital Public Infrastructural Possibilities | Stanford PACS
DESCRIPTION: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\, schools\, nonprofits\, and grassroots social movements would each have to reserve space on — or have a key to — a privately-owned facility\, often on a large corporate campus\, in order to meet and work together. It would be a society with no domed capitol buildings\, city halls\, temples\, open campuses\, public parks\, community centers\, or nonprofit spaces. \nFortunately\, this is not the society we live in\, but it does describe the online spaces where our digital information is stored and where much of contemporary life – including civil society action – now takes place. This scenario is inherently threatening to democracies\, in which free expression and public participation presuppose people have both the ability and space to assemble outside of corporate or government monitoring. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/digital-public-infrastructural-possibilities-stanford-pacs/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T130000
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CREATED:20201005T134007Z
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation: Combatting Misinformation | Duke Neurobiology
DESCRIPTION:Why do we see so much misinformation? Why do people accept and believe incorrect data? And what we can do to combat misinformation both in our scientific and social communities? All Neurobiology faculty\, postdocs\, students and staff are welcome to this conversation guided by Melissa Segal\, LCSW\, Diversity and Inclusion Leader for Neurobiology.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/community-conversation-combatting-misinformation-duke-neurobiology/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T190000
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CREATED:20201005T182355Z
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Noise: Election Coverage in the Digital Age | Center for Brooklyn History
DESCRIPTION:Join BHS and the Social Science Research Council for a discussion about fundamental changes to the news industry that are reshaping where and how citizens get information about candidates for public office. \nIn 2020\, voters will make choices about candidates based on information gleaned from a fragmented and polarized news ecosystem that includes a shrinking core of professional journalists competing for attention with a growing periphery of partisan opinionators and hostile foreign interlopers. Panelists include Julia Azari\, associate professor of political science at Marquette University\, author of Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate and regular contributor to political science blog The Mischiefs of Faction; Michael Wagner\, professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Wisconsin; and Claire Wardle\, Founder and Director of First Draft. Moderated by Johanna Dunaway\, professor of communication at Texas A&M University.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/navigating-the-noise-election-coverage-in-the-digital-age-center-for-brooklyn-history/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20200929T155419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T172118Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series on Misinformation with Natalie Jomini Stroud | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud (Ph.D.\, Annenberg School for Communication\, University of Pennsylvania) is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and the School of Journalism\, as well as the founding and current Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. The Center for Media Engagement examines commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways of improving media. Stroud’s research has received numerous national and international awards\, including the International Communication Association (ICA)’s prestigious Outstanding Book Award in 2012 for her book Niche News: The Politics of News Choice\, the inaugural Public Engagement Award from the Journalism Studies Division of the ICA in 2019\, and the 2016 Bill Eadie Distinguished Award for a Scholarly Article and 2011 Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award from the National Communication Association. Stroud serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals and the advisory boards of SciLine\, a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and the Social Science Research Council’s Media & Democracy Initiative. Her research has appeared in Journal of Communication\, Journalism\, Political Communication\, Public Opinion Quarterly\, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication\, and New Media & Society. Stroud twice received the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Communication Studies Graduate Community. \n[…] \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/speaker-series-on-misinformation-with-natalie-jomini-stroud-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T170000
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CREATED:20201019T160959Z
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SUMMARY:Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Knight Public Spaces Forum\, hosted by Knight Foundation \nOctober 21-22\, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day \n#publicspaces20 \nKnight believes that public spaces play an essential role in fostering more informed and engaged communities. This year’s Knight Public Spaces Forum will focus on how leaders from across the country are pivoting their public spaces in response to the COVID-19 crisis\, economic downturn\, and the most recent wave of racial justice movements.  Curated discussions at the forum will explore several dimensions of public space\, including: \n\nleadership and decision-making\ndesign and programming\ncultivating equitable public spaces\nleveraging technology in the public realm
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-public-spaces-forum-2020-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20201019T162204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T162204Z
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SUMMARY:Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Knight Public Spaces Forum\, hosted by Knight Foundation \nOctober 21-22\, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day \n#publicspaces20 \nKnight believes that public spaces play an essential role in fostering more informed and engaged communities. This year’s Knight Public Spaces Forum will focus on how leaders from across the country are pivoting their public spaces in response to the COVID-19 crisis\, economic downturn\, and the most recent wave of racial justice movements.  Curated discussions at the forum will explore several dimensions of public space\, including: \n\nleadership and decision-making\ndesign and programming\ncultivating equitable public spaces\nleveraging technology in the public realm
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-public-spaces-forum-2020-knight-foundation-2/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T130000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Democracy: The COVID-19 forecast | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION: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 particular\, what we can expect as a nation. On Episode 25 of “The Future of Democracy\,” we’ll talk with Tufekci\, a sociology professor at UNC Chapel Hill. She’ll share the important sociopolitical and privacy implications that have surfaced this year\, and what to expect for the future.\n—\nThe Future of Democracy\, formerly called VISION\, is a weekly Knight Foundation show about the trends\, ideas and disruptions changing the face of our democracy. Hosted by Sam Gill\, Knight’s chief program officer\, the 30-minute program takes a hard look at the important issues our country is facing today.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-democracy-the-covid-19-forecast-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20201022T204601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T205045Z
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SUMMARY:Electoral Anxieties: November 3rd and Its Aftermaths | Social Science Research Council
DESCRIPTION: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 suppression\, unfounded suspicions of voter fraud\, and the effects of disinformation hover over November 3\, 2020. Genuine uncertainty characterizes what may follow. Will the results be accepted? Will a transition be orderly if the incumbent loses? \nIn recent years\, the SSRC Anxieties of Democracy program has been preoccupied with the long-term fracturing of the democratic status quo\, and what can be done to both secure and deepen democracy in ways that serve the public good. This roundtable brings into conversation three experts who bring diverse historical\, structural\, and comparative perspectives on democratic anxieties in the United States and elsewhere\, as well as keen insight into the moment we are now experiencing. Professors Han\, Levitsky\, and Pildes will give “lightning talks” on electoral and constitutional law\, social mobilization and political participation\, and how the current American electoral maelstrom looks in light of the fragility of democracies around the globe. Following initial questions to the panelists from AOD advisory committee co-chairs John Ferejohn and Deborah Yashar\, SSRC President Alondra Nelson will then moderate a discussion on which anxieties most deserve our focus\, and what might be done to strengthen American democracy in the immediate and long-term aftermath of November 3\, 2020. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/electoral-anxieties-november-3rd-and-its-aftermaths-social-science-research-council/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20201014T172825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201014T173130Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Election 2020: Setting Expectations and Debunking Myths
DESCRIPTION: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 others\, record-shattering numbers of Americans may vote absentee. \nThe specter of an election relying heavily on absentee voting has brought with it many misconceptions\, myths and simple misunderstandings. People fear that absentee voting is rife with fraud\, and they’re concerned that we may not know who won the election on election night\, week or perhaps even month. \nJoin R Street’s Marc Hyden\, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School Nate Persily\, Senior Counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program Liz Howard and Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman as they set some expectations and debunk myths surrounding the 2020 election cycle in our upcoming webinar.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-election-2020-setting-expectations-and-debunking-myths/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T173000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20201022T204610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T205129Z
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SUMMARY:Disinformation\, Authenticity\, and Democratic Participation | Center for Brooklyn History & SSRC
DESCRIPTION: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 as it relates to trust in politicians and institutions. Does an aura of authenticity enable misinformation? Are lies more palatable when generated by an ‘authentic’ source? Join three experts as they dig into identity\, belonging\, political participation and more: Sarah Banet-Weiser\, London School of Economics professor and author of Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture; sociologist Francesca Tripodi of the University of North Carolina\, whose expert testimony before the Senate Judiciary last year focused on censorship\, technology and public discourse; and Andre Brock\, associate professor of media studies at Georgia Tech and author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures. The program is moderated by Heidi Tworek\, Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia\, author of the book News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications\, 1900-1945\, and advisor to governments around the world on how to address hate speech and disinformation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-authenticity-and-democratic-participation-center-for-brooklyn-history-ssrc/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201027T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201027T103000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195406
CREATED:20201001T191710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T192931Z
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SUMMARY:Digital Public Infrastructure: A Corporation for Public Software | Stanford PACS
DESCRIPTION: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\, schools\, nonprofits\, and grassroots social movements would each have to reserve space on — or have a key to — a privately-owned facility\, often on a large corporate campus\, in order to meet and work together. It would be a society with no domed capitol buildings\, city halls\, temples\, open campuses\, public parks\, community centers\, or nonprofit spaces. \nFortunately\, this is not the society we live in\, but it does describe the online spaces where our digital information is stored and where much of contemporary life – including civil society action – now takes place. This scenario is inherently threatening to democracies\, in which free expression and public participation presuppose people have both the ability and space to assemble outside of corporate or government monitoring. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/digital-public-infrastructure-a-corporation-for-public-software-stanford-pacs/
CATEGORIES:Talk
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T180000
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SUMMARY:Theodore H. White Lecture: "The Challenges Facing the Media on November 3rd and Beyond" | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAs the 2020 election quickly approaches\, are there similarities to 2016 or is this a continuation of an unprecedented cycle in political history? How has the press evolved during the Trump administration and what effect did it have on covering the political landscape in the primaries and general election. With the growing absence of trust in the traditional press\, what can be done to restore confidence in the institutions\, and how does journalism survive and thrive moving forward. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/theodore-h-white-lecture-the-challenges-facing-the-media-on-november-3rd-and-beyond-shorenstein-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201029T130000
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SUMMARY:Social Media's Role in the US Election | All Tech is Human
DESCRIPTION: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 in the upcoming US election?\n\nJoin us for a timely and important discussion with two leading experts and YOUR questions in this highly-interaction livestream conversation. We will be joined by special guests Dipayan Ghosh (co-director of the Digital Platforms & Democracy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School\, author of Terms of Disservice\, & former public policy advisor at Facebook) & Vera Zakem (Senior Policy and Technology Advisor\, Institute for Security and Technology\, CEO of Zakem Global Strategies\, & former strategy and research at Twitter).\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/social-medias-role-in-the-us-election-all-tech-is-human/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201030T120000
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SUMMARY:The Common Room: Managing Political Difference on the Virtual Campus | PEN America
DESCRIPTION: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 virtually presents additional challenges. What can faculty\, administrators\, and staff do now to prepare for the difficult dialogues that lie ahead? \nJoin Jonathan Friedman\, director of PEN America’s campus free speech program\, for an interactive forum to discuss this issue and possible responses from the higher ed sector. Friedman will be joined by guests Vicka Bell-Robinson\, director of residence life at Miami University\, and Sigal Ben-Porath\, professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-common-room-managing-political-difference-on-the-virtual-campus-pen-america/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201030T120000
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SUMMARY:CSMaP Seminar Series: Moving closer or further apart? | CSMaP
DESCRIPTION: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 divisions\, and the rise of partisan cable news. This seminar will present new research on social media and political polarization in both the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina\, with a focus on tactics that could mitigate the effects of polarization. These include examining the effects of 1) news consumers deactivating Facebook and 2) introducing a common enemy to reduce conflict between members of rival political groups. This event is open to the public\, but registration is required. \n[…]\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/csmap-seminar-series-moving-closer-or-further-apart-csmap/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201103T110000
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SUMMARY:We have seen the enemy...and he is us: When engineering culture collides with human rights advocacy online | PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I explain what happens when human rights advocates try to change computer code\, instead of legal code to protect human rights online. There is a growing chorus of policymakers and regulators calling on the tech sector to respect human rights and engage civil society\, but very little empirical knowledge of what happens when they do. This talk is based on my ongoing ethnographic Ph.D. research at the Oxford Internet Institute. I spent four years with a small group of human rights advocates\, including the ACLU and ARTICLE 19\, that are attempting to make the Internet’s infrastructure more “rights respecting” by engaging technical Internet engineering organizations.I will present a detailed anthropological case study of how Internet engineers responded to the human rights efforts. I argue that the engineers’ shared view about the “non-prescriptive nature” of technology encourages them to resist the inclusion of human rights values. Their resistance to human rights matters for a number of reasons\, not least because it is reflective of the broader abdication of responsibility seen in the tech sector and the difficulties of applying the human rights framework in the cultural context of Internet infrastructure. \n**Note that this webinar will be recorded.** \nBio: Corinne Cath-Speth is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. As a cultural anthropologist\, she applies the tools of anthropology to the study of Internet governance\, in particular\, the culture of the often-opaque organizations that enable the technical functioning of the Internet. Within that context\, she focuses on the participation of human rights and civil liberties NGOs\, that are aiming to change computer code instead of legal code to effect social change.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/we-have-seen-the-enemy-and-he-is-us-when-engineering-culture-collides-with-human-rights-advocacy-online-pcmlp-global-media-policy-seminar-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201110T090000
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SUMMARY:Where\, What\, and Who is Digital Public Infrastructure? | Stanford PACS
DESCRIPTION: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\, schools\, nonprofits\, and grassroots social movements would each have to reserve space on — or have a key to — a privately-owned facility\, often on a large corporate campus\, in order to meet and work together. It would be a society with no domed capitol buildings\, city halls\, temples\, open campuses\, public parks\, community centers\, or nonprofit spaces. \nFortunately\, this is not the society we live in\, but it does describe the online spaces where our digital information is stored and where much of contemporary life – including civil society action – now takes place. This scenario is inherently threatening to democracies\, in which free expression and public participation presuppose people have both the ability and space to assemble outside of corporate or government monitoring. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/where-what-and-who-is-digital-public-infrastructure-stanford-pacs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T090000
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SUMMARY:Where\, What\, and Who is Digital Public Infrastructure? | Stanford PACS
DESCRIPTION: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\, schools\, nonprofits\, and grassroots social movements would each have to reserve space on — or have a key to — a privately-owned facility\, often on a large corporate campus\, in order to meet and work together. It would be a society with no domed capitol buildings\, city halls\, temples\, open campuses\, public parks\, community centers\, or nonprofit spaces. \nFortunately\, this is not the society we live in\, but it does describe the online spaces where our digital information is stored and where much of contemporary life – including civil society action – now takes place. This scenario is inherently threatening to democracies\, in which free expression and public participation presuppose people have both the ability and space to assemble outside of corporate or government monitoring. \nPlease join us in Reclaiming Digital Infrastructure for the Public Interest. This is a 3-part series to build awareness\, intention\, and engagement in an ecosystem of ideas and practices that could bring into being digital infrastructure that aligns with community aspirations\, protects personal and group safety\, and prioritizes people\, communities\, and a public good. \nLaura DeNardis will join in conversation with Beatrice Martini for the third session. They will consider the internet as an “on/off” switch and how the digitization of physical systems and places influences our most fundamental rights. They will be joined by experts building physical/digital alternatives. This session will include breakouts to give participants time to discuss potential paths forward. \nSpeakers: \n\nLydia X. Z. Brown\, Policy Counsel\, Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology\nGreta Bynum\, Co-Director\, Community Tech NY and The New School’s Digital Equity Lab\nRachel Coldicutt\, Technology Strategist and Director of Research Consultancy\, Careful Industries\nLaura DeNardis\, Professor and Interim Dean of the School of Communication\, American University\nJimmy Garcia-Meza\, Co-Founder and CEO\, Cloudplugs\nBeatrice Martini\, Practitioner Fellow\, Digital Civil Society Lab; Education Coordinator\, AccessNow Digital Security Helpline\nMarleen Stikker\, Founder\, Waag\nSander van der Waal\, Project and Concept Developer\, Waag
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/where-what-and-who-is-digital-public-infrastructure-stanford-pacs-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T110000
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SUMMARY:When good is the enemy of great: Rural broadband in a time of COVID | PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:With the global onset of COVID-19\, broadband access has never been more vital to our economies\, democracies\, and social well-being. The pandemic\, however\, painfully demonstrated the extent to which people in the United States are un- and under-connected. At least 42 million Americans lack access to broadband because of infrastructure availability\, while upwards of 162 million lack access to the Internet at broadband speeds. Tens of millions lack access to broadband because of cost and affordability. This presentation will focus on the rural-urban digital divide in the United States\, pointing out its endemic features\, and identifying areas of policy failure. Indeed\, the failure to correct the rural-urban digital divide\, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic\, is not one of technology\, but rather of markets\, politics and policy. In short\, the political economy of broadband stands in the way of universal connectivity. I argue that rural broadband policy is defined by the “politics of good enough” and that this politics serves the interests of major telecommunications providers. To contrast these critiques\, the presentation will also highlight community models of broadband deployment\, ranging from municipal broadband to co-operative systems\, which will exemplify how communities are connecting themselves in the wake of market failure. The presentation concludes with a prescriptive set of requirements and responsibilities for what will hopefully be a new administration. \n**Note that this webinar will be recorded.** \nSpeaker Bio: Christopher Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. His current research focuses on the rural-urban digital divide\, telecommunications and broadband policy\, and broadband access during COVID-19. He is the author of the forthcoming book Farm Fresh Broadband: The Future of Rural Connectivity (MIT Press\, 2021) and multiple high-ranking journal articles and book chapters. His work has appeared in The New York Times\, The Hill\, Columbia Journalism Review\, and The Conversation. He is also the author of Media Localism: The Policies of Place (University of Illinois Press\, 2017)\, and is currently a Faculty Fellow with the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and a Knight News Innovation Fellow with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Previously he has held fellowships with the World Economic Forum\, the Center for Advanced Study in Global Communications at the University of Pennsylvania\, and Fribourg University in Switzerland.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/when-good-is-the-enemy-of-great-rural-broadband-in-a-time-of-covid-pcmlp-global-media-policy-seminar-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T123000
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SUMMARY:‘Understanding Digital Racism After COVID-19’ with Professor Lisa Nakamura | Oxford Internet Institute
DESCRIPTION:The Oxford Internet Institute hosts Lisa Nakamura\, lisanakamura.net\, Director\, Digital Studies Institute\, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor\, Department of American Culture\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Professor Nakamura is the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan\, and a writer focusing on digital media\, race\, and gender. \nWe are living in an open-ended crisis with two faces: unexpected accelerated digital adoption and an impassioned and invigorated racial justice movement. These two vast and overlapping cultural transitions require new inquiry into the entangled and intensified dialogue between race and digital technology after COVID. My project analyzes digital racial practices on Facebook\, Twitter\, Zoom\, and TikTok while we are in the midst of a technological and racialized cultural breaking point\, both to speak from within the crisis and to leave a record for those who come after us. How to Understand Digital Racism After COVID-19 contains three parts: Methods\, Objects\, and Making\, designed to provide humanists and critical social scientists from diverse disciplines or experience levels with pragmatic and easy to use tools and methods for accelerated critical analyses of the digital racial pandemic.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/understanding-digital-racism-after-covid-19-with-professor-lisa-nakamura-oxford-internet-institute/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society | University of Toronto
DESCRIPTION:On November 10\, Ronald J. Deibert\, renowned technology and security expert\, will discuss the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics\, the economy\, the environment\, and humanity. \nIn his new book ‘Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society’\, Deibert will explore how the expansion of society towards a system of surveillance capitalism has created and exacerbated social and political afflictions. The book (and 2020 Massey Lecture series)\, investigate personal data surveillance\, how social media platforms are insidiously designed to hijack our attention\, how social media has created fertile ground for authoritarian practices to take root\, the often overlooked negative environmental impacts of social media\, and\, finally\, what can be done to address these maladies. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/book-launch-reset-reclaiming-the-internet-for-civil-society-university-of-toronto/
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