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SUMMARY:Speaker Series Session 1: Conceptual Frameworks for Networked Feminism Tickets\, Thu\, 27 Jan 2022 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Series Session 1: Conceptual Frameworks for Networked Feminism\n\nJoin us for our Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices book launch and speaker series!\n\nAbout this event\n\nBringing together contributors of the book\, this speaker series explores how feminists employ a variety of online platforms\, practices\, and tools to create spaces of solidarity and to articulate a critical politics that refuses popular forms of individual\, consumerist\, white feminism in favor of collective\, tangible action.\n\nThis session approaches to exploring networking feminisms.\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/speaker-series-session-1-conceptual-frameworks-for-networked-feminism-tickets-thu-27-jan-2022-at-1100-am-eventbrite/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220127T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220127T180000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Can Humor Help Us Fight Misinformation About Science? | Northwest Science Writers Association
DESCRIPTION:What’s the best way to fight the spread of misinformation? When someone shares misleading facts about vaccines or climate change on Twitter\, should we be furious — or should we try to be funny? \nRecent research suggests that humor has an important role in countering misinformation about science. One study found that scientists are perceived as more likable\, but no less credible\, when they use humor to communicate their ideas. \nHow does it work? And what does it mean for journalists and science communicators? To find out\, please join us on Thursday\, January 27 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Pacific for a lively discussion with experts from academia\, journalism\, and comedy writing. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/panel-discussion-can-humor-help-us-fight-misinformation-about-science-northwest-science-writers-association/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T120000
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CREATED:20220131T214522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T220408Z
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SUMMARY:Hacking Online Virality | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:As social media become major channels for the diffusion of news and information\, it becomes critical to understand how the complex interplay between cognitive\, social\, and algorithmic biases triggered by our reliance on online social networks makes us vulnerable to manipulation and disinformation. This talk overviews ongoing network analytics\, modeling\, and machine learning efforts to study the viral spread of misinformation and to develop tools for countering the online manipulation of opinions. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/hacking-online-virality-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T183000
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CREATED:20220203T211135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T214119Z
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SUMMARY:Eric Freedman\, “Non-Binary Binaries and Unreal MetaHumans” | MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual and will be streamed live on Zoom (mit.zoom.us/j/96579656038) and recorded. \n\nVideo game engines have promoted a new cultural economy for software production and have provided a common architecture for digital content creation across what were once distinct media verticals—film\, television\, video games and other immersive and interactive media forms that can leverage real-time 3D visualization. Game engines are the building blocks for efficient real-time visualization\, and they signal quite forcefully the colonizing influence of programming. Video game engines are powering our visual futures\, and engine developers that include Unity Technologies and Epic Games are rapidly iterating their products to tackle new markets\, where data and visuality continue to converge. This analysis\, which draws from software studies and studies of visual culture\, examines a tool that is fairly new to the Epic Games arsenal—the in-development MetaHuman Creator that is part of Epic’s proprietary Unreal Engine. MetaHuman creation is a fluid of process\, and the speedy transformation of character rigs and other non-binary attributes highlights the potential queerness or openness of data. Yet the ongoing push toward (hyper)realism in commercial media has birthed a visual economy which is supported by an industrial apparatus that privileges mastery over the tools of production\, and where bodies and politics are often cleaved in the design process. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/eric-freedman-non-binary-binaries-and-unreal-metahumans-mit-graduate-program-in-comparative-media-studies/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T000000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:Knight Media Forum 2022  | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:On Feb. 22-24\, join us virtually for the 15th Annual Knight Media Forum (KMF)\, where we will examine current trends impacting our democracy. Top thought leaders in philanthropy\, journalism\, education\, tech and policy will share their insights and answer your questions about the hot topics across communities and the nation. \n\nKMF is the premiere event for leaders across these sectors to put forward new ideas and exchange diverse perspectives. At year 15 and looking forward\, Knight Media Forum provides a respected platform to discuss relevant trends affecting American society now and in the future. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-media-forum-2022-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20211228T165631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T171419Z
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SUMMARY:Nigeria’s Twitter Ban and the Logic of Cultural Netizenship | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Its ban of Twitter in 2021 marked the Nigerian state as an analog entity that forbids the agency of its digital citizens. In this talk\, James Yékú will track the implications of this ban in the context of what he has called cultural netizenship\, the organizing rubric for visual articulations of internet citizenship that often manifests through the performance of popular culture in an ontologically visual social web. Unlike the normative signals of netizenship as a performance of citizenship and participatory politics online\, cultural netizenship evokes the deployment of visual and popular culture on social media to push back against the boundaries of hegemonic culture. Based on social media-enabled cultural productions that underpin meme culture as the most immediate and condensed mode of cultural and\, especially\, political commentary on digital media\, cultural netizenship as a reiteration of the generative materialism of African popular arts\, Yékú will argue\, is one notable and subversive practice in a complex system of relations between an analog state in Nigeria and digital subjects. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nigerias-twitter-ban-and-the-logic-of-cultural-netizenship-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T140000
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SUMMARY:CARGC Colloquium: James Yékú\, University of Kansas | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:“Nigeria’s Twitter Ban and the Logic of Cultural Netizenship” \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT ON ZOOM \nAbout the Talk\nIts ban of Twitter in 2021 marked the Nigerian state as an analog entity that forbids the agency of its digital citizens. In this talk\, James Yékú will track the implications of this ban in the context of what he has called cultural netizenship\, the organizing rubric for visual articulations of internet citizenship that often manifests through the performance of popular culture in an ontologically visual social web. Unlike the normative signals of netizenship as a performance of citizenship and participatory politics online\, cultural netizenship evokes the deployment of visual and popular culture on social media to push back against the boundaries of hegemonic culture. Based on social media-enabled cultural productions that underpin meme culture as the most immediate and condensed mode of cultural and\, especially\, political commentary on digital media\, cultural netizenship as a reiteration of the generative materialism of African popular arts\, Yékú will argue\, is one notable and subversive practice in a complex system of relations between an analog state in Nigeria and digital subjects. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cargc-colloquium-james-yeku-university-of-kansas-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220227
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SUMMARY:Virtual Colloquium on Race\, Racism\, and American Media | Georgetown University Racial Justice Institute
DESCRIPTION:This event will explore historic and contemporary racial discrimination in all modalities of modern media. \nRegister Here \nGeorgetown University Racial Justice Institute \nThe University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One research institution and an EEO/AA institution \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/virtual-colloquium-on-race-racism-and-american-media-february-25-2022/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20211228T165650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T171811Z
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SUMMARY:“I feel it in my gut”: Epistemic motivations\, political beliefs\, and misperceptions of COVID-19 and the 2020 Election | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:The extent to which we value intuitive or evidence-based reasoning has important implications for our susceptibility to misinformation. National survey data from Nov-Dec 2020 demonstrate that Trump favorability\, conservatism\, and Republicanism are associated with instinct-based epistemic values and a rejection of expertise and evidence. Results also indicate that these same epistemic motivations increase one’s likelihood of believing in misinformation in matters of both public and democratic health. Implications for democratic and public health will be discussed. \nDannagal G. Young (Ph.D. ’07) is a Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware where she studies the content\, audience\, and effects of nontraditional political information. She has published over forty academic articles and book chapters on the content\, psychology\, appeal\, and effects of political information\, satire\, and misinformation.  Her book “Irony and Outrage” (Oxford University Press\, 2020) examines satire and outrage as the logical extensions of the respective psychological profiles of liberals and conservatives.  Her current book project\, “Wrong: How Identity Fuels Misinformation and How to Fix It\,” is under development with JHU Press. \n[…]\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/i-feel-it-in-my-gut-epistemic-motivations-political-beliefs-and-misperceptions-of-covid-19-and-the-2020-election-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:Elihu Katz Colloquium: Dannagal G. Young (Ph.D. '07)\, University of Delaware | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:About the Talk\nThe extent to which we value intuitive or evidence-based reasoning has important implications for our susceptibility to misinformation. National survey data from Nov-Dec 2020 demonstrate that Trump favorability\, conservatism\, and Republicanism are associated with instinct-based epistemic values and a rejection of expertise and evidence. Results also indicate that these same epistemic motivations increase one’s likelihood of believing in misinformation in matters of both public and democratic health. Implications for democratic and public health will be discussed. \nMembers of the Annenberg community can pick up boxed lunches in Suite 200 prior to the event on a first come\, first served basis. \nAbout the Speaker\nDannagal G. Young (Ph.D. ’07) is a Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware where she studies the content\, audience\, and effects of nontraditional political information. She has published over forty academic articles and book chapters on the content\, psychology\, appeal\, and effects of political information\, satire\, and misinformation.  Her book “Irony and Outrage“ (Oxford University Press\, 2020) examines satire and outrage as the logical extensions of the respective psychological profiles of liberals and conservatives.  Her current book project\, “Wrong: How Identity Fuels Misinformation and How to Fix It\,” is under development with JHU Press. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/elihu-katz-colloquium-dannagal-g-young-ph-d-07-university-of-delaware-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220303T200000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220303T134813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220303T134945Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote: Free Speech in the Age of Misinformation | Hart House at the University of Toronto
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Committee’s Keynote event addresses pathways for the preservation of free speech while mediating the harmful effects of misinformation in our present societies.\n\nFreedom of speech has long been considered a bastion of liberal\, open societies. However\, in the present era\, it is arguably no longer information that is scarce\, but our ability to process it. Misinformation\, trolling\, political division\, and mistrust in institutions have led us to ask: how can we\, as proponents of free speech in its ideal sense\, manage a marketplace of ideas riddled with lies? \nIn this event\, we bring together an American former ACLU president and law professor with a Canadian digital privacy expert and political scientist\, to delve into an interdisciplinary analysis of the present and future of free speech\, liberal discourse\, and the pursuit of truth in North America.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/keynote-free-speech-in-the-age-of-misinformation-hart-house-at-the-university-of-toronto/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220311
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20211214T213325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T144313Z
UID:70504-1646784000-1646956799@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:True Costs of Misinformation Workshop | Harvard Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:What are the financial\, social\, and human costs of misinformation? What is the price that businesses\, hospitals\, civil society groups\, and schools pay for false or misleading information online? How can researchers support public officials and especially the communities targeted by disinformation campaigns when costing out “fake news funds” and building capacity for digital resilience? Can we put a price tag on misinformation\, and if so\, how\, and who is responsible for paying it? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/true-costs-of-misinformation-workshop-harvard-shorenstein-center/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal,Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220315T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220310T184311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T184311Z
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SUMMARY:Stanford Cyber Policy Center Winter Webinar series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a weekly webinar series organized by the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center (CPC) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative. The webinar will take place every Tuesday\, starting January 11th from 12 PM – 1 PM PST over Zoom. \nThis quarter\, we feature a variety of speakers who will discuss working papers or projects at the intersection of free speech\, democracy\, security\, and digital communication technologies. Our speakers include those who focus on policy to others who concentrate on empirical work around cyber issues.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/stanford-cyber-policy-center-winter-webinar-series/
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Cyber Policy Center | Stanford University":MAILTO:cyber-center@stanford.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220321T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220321T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20211210T223812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T232835Z
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SUMMARY:CDCS Colloquium: All the News That's Fit to Click | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks\, likes\, comments\, and shares. These metrics influence what stories are written\, how news is promoted\, and even which journalists get hired and fired. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss\, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality? In All the News That’s Fit to Click\, Caitlin Petre takes readers behind the scenes at the New York Times\, Gawker\, and the prominent news analytics company Chartbeat to explore how performance metrics are transforming the work of journalism. \nPetre describes how digital metrics are a powerful but insidious new form of managerial surveillance and discipline. Many journalists get hooked on metrics—and pressure themselves to work ever harder to boost their numbers. Yet this is not a simple story of managerial domination. Contrary to the typical perception of metrics as inevitably disempowering\, Petre shows how some journalists leverage metrics to their advantage\, using them to advocate for their professional worth and autonomy. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cdcs-colloquium-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-click-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220317T204844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T205145Z
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SUMMARY:A Citizen Perspective on Mis- and Disinformation | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Claes de Vreese\, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society at the University of Amsterdam\, addresses how citizens see mis- and disinformation. The talk analyzes how citizens perceive the phenomenon and who they see as the main culprits. He also explores misconceptions about how algorithms work and how this may aggravate the consequences of misinformation. Finally\, he reviews recent European initiatives specifically addressing mis- and disinformation. \nThis event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation\, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media\, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University. \n[…]\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/a-citizen-perspective-on-mis-and-disinformation-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220303T131611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T204702Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Ukraine and Content Moderation for News Media Sustainability | Annenberg School of Communication
DESCRIPTION:From combatting violent extremism to mitigating misinformation\, the news industry is caught in the middle of debates over how best to address a range of online harms. As regulators around the world consider new frameworks for content moderation\, it is important to understand how efforts to reduce harmful content online can be detrimental to free and critical media. Stringent moderation can result in the removal or demonetization of journalism\, which harms not only the sustainability of news media but also detracts from efforts to reduce disinformation and “fake news.” This roundtable will look critically at these problems and discuss how initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Responsible Media\, Ads for News and other collaborations between the private sector\, media and tech platforms are impacting news media and what we can learn from these types of voluntary\, self-regulatory approaches. This event is co-sponsored with UCLA’s Institute for Technology\, Law & Policy. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/roundtable-content-moderation-for-news-media-sustainability-annenberg-school-of-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220331
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220328T191945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T192449Z
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SUMMARY:Trust in News: Fighting Disinformation | BBC Academy
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Trust In News 2022: a two day virtual conference\, which returns for a second year running – packed with insightful learnings\, practical presentations and workshops. We’ll explore the fresh challenges in tackling disinformation and give you some of the tools you need to join the fight. \nSpeakers will include representatives from the Trusted News Initiative: a partnership of organisations including the BBC\, Meta\, Twitter\, Reuters\, AFP and The Washington Post. It is the only forum in the world of its kind designed to take on disinformation in real time. \nOn day one we will address protecting democracies around the world from the threat of disinformation. Original research\, commissioned by the BBC\, about news brands and reaching people who have misinformed views\, will be presented by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen\, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. On day two\, we’ll explore the danger to life that disinformation can cause and how to defend against it. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/trust-in-news-fighting-disinformation-bbc/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220328T185826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T190715Z
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SUMMARY:The Present and Future of Misinformation in Canada | The Centre for Media\, Technology and Democracy at McGill University
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable focused on misinformation challenges in Canada and what\, if anything\, we can do about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event \n\n\nThis year has been marked by an influx of misinformation\, from truckers motivated by COVID-19 medical misinformation to Russian information warfare and conspiracies about Ukrainian biolabs. Hear from an expert roundtable of journalists\, academics\, and other defenders against misinformation about what they have learned\, how it threatens democracy\, and how we can combat it. \n\n\n\n\nRoundtable Participants \nJustin Ling. Justin Ling is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in stories that are under-reported or misunderstood. He focuses on stories around misinformation\, conspiracy theories\, extremism\, policing\, and national security. \nGallit Dobner from Global Affairs Canada. Gallit Dobner is Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada\, with responsibility for the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to counter foreign threats to democracy as well as broader issues at the intersection of foreign policy and technology. \nColette Brin from Université Laval. Colette Brin is a full professor in the Department of Information and Communication at Université Laval and Director of the Centre for Media Studies. As a former journalist by profession\, Colette Brin’s research has focused on a variety of contemporary issues facing news organizations\, from newsroom convergence and declining journalistic staffing to online public information practices and misinformation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-present-and-future-of-misinformation-in-canada-tickets-tue-29-mar-2022-at-1200-eventbrite/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220324T192702Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping Political Trends Through Twitter | IPL Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a webinar to launch IPL’s latest tool: the Congressional Tweet Tracker. We’ll show you how the tool can help you analyze trends in US immigration politics\, explain the AI methods that helped build it\, and describe its value for journalists\, advocacy groups\, and researchers. Discussion will include panelists from NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics\, and The MarkUp\, which focuses on data-driven journalism covering the ethics and impact of technology on society.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mapping-political-trends-through-twitter-ipl-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
CREATED:20220328T184149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T184758Z
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SUMMARY:The Social Media Summit | MIT
DESCRIPTION:The Social Media Summit @ MIT (SMS @ MIT) brings together the world’s leaders in social technology to examine one of the most critical and compelling issues of our time – the impact of social media on our democracies\, our economies\, and our public health — with a vision to craft meaningful solutions to the social media crisis. \nSocial media has become a dominant force for information flow in modern life – it is now a major channel for social interaction\, political communication\, and commercial marketing. This rise of social media has fundamentally changed the world’s information landscape from a comparatively small number of information producers (e.g. news networks) to large numbers of producers\, distributors\, and receivers. This democratization of content production and distribution has had a profound impact on how people understand the world. Not only has the volume of information increased\, but with the removal of gatekeepers on distribution\, the diversity (and thus variation in quality) of the available information has also increased. This has both positive and negative impacts on individuals and society. The purpose of this event is to understand the impact of social media\, revisit public policy frameworks that will best govern this impact\, and craft an agenda going forward about how to achieve the promise of social media and avoid it’s peril. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-social-media-summit-mit/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Resisting and Reversing Western Media Imperialism?: Turkey’s Global Communication Outlets | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Since the 2010s\, Turkey’s ruling AKP government has vastly expanded its global communication apparatus to promote the country as a rising great power and the benevolent guardian of Muslims. In this presentation\, Bilge Yesil will analyze the political mechanisms and ideational frameworks that underlie the new English-language outlets the AKP and its proxies developed after the Gezi Park protests of 2013 — an event they interpreted as a Western ploy to overthrow the Erdogan government. In the post-Gezi period\, critical coverage of Erdogan soared in international news media and the AKP sought to rebuff them via newly-established print\, broadcast and digital outlets. Drawing on an analysis of official statements and government documents as well as interviews with media professionals that work/ed at state-run and pro-AKP news media\, Yesil argues that the Erdogan government views the global communication landscape as yet another battlefield in the ostensible conflict they posit between East and West\, and Western journalists as emissaries of imperialism. With all this in mind\, Yesil explores how the AKP conceptualizes its global communication machinery as a counter-hegemonic force and discuss the implications of the type of journalism its proxies perform. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/resisting-and-reversing-western-media-imperialism-turkeys-global-communication-outlets-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:Misinformation vs. The Machine: Foundations of News Literacy | The Colorado Sun
DESCRIPTION:The Colorado Sun and News Literacy Project bring you a three-part series about helping leaders teach others about fact from fiction. \nAbout this event \nPart one: Foundations of News Literacy will focus on strategies students need to determine fact from fiction. Part one will be held virtually over Zoom on March 31 from 6-7 p.m. \nThe event series is open to anyone interested about learning about the topics\, helping others learn about fact vs. fiction. Information shared during the three-part series can help in work environments as well as educational environments when discussing current events\, news events. \nSpeakers include: \nElizabeth Price\, Manager of Professional Learning\, News Literacy Project \nChuck Plunkett\, Director\, University of Colorado News Corp \nRachel Liberman\, Teach Associate Professor\, Denver University College of Arts\, Humanities & Social Sciences \nThe moderator will be Larry Ryckman\, Editor\, The Colorado Sun. \nPart Two: Tumultuous Topics in the Classroom will be held virtually over Zoom on April 26 from 6-7 p.m. The topics will include looking into current events in the classroom\, and how teachers can strategically approach these issues in politically polarized times. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-vs-the-machine-foundations-of-news-literacy-the-colorado-sun/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220401
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Disinformation Studies | Swarthmore College
DESCRIPTION:A central feature of the Disinformation Studies program is the annual Symposium on Disinformation Studies. The Symposium is a multiday\, interdisciplinary\, cross-sector conference featuring practitioners and scholars who diagnose the mechanisms and effects of information warfare\, foster nuanced understanding of contemporary processes of disinformation\, prognosticate on the probable evolution of disinformation\, and generate interdisciplinary solutions to the problems caused or exacerbated by disinformation spread. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/symposium-on-disinformation-studies-swarthmore-college/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T110000
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SUMMARY:Operationalizing responsible AI | The Brookings Institution
DESCRIPTION:There is widespread agreement among ethicists and tech advocates that responsible AI principles requires fairness\, transparency\, privacy\, human safety\, and explanability. But it is not always clear how to operationalize these broad principles or how to handle situations when conflicts arise between them. Moving from the abstract to the concrete when developing algorithms often presents challenges as a focus on one goal can come at the detriment of alternative objectives. \nOn April 5\, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings will host an expert panel that will cover ways to operationalize responsible AI and move toward more concrete standards. Panelists will also discuss how to design appropriate algorithms and build technical capacity in the workforce. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/operationalizing-responsible-ai-the-brookings-institution/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy | University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:With democracies across the globe under assault\,The University of Chicago’s nonpartisan Institute of Politics and The Atlantic are hosting Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy\, a groundbreaking three-day event exploring the organized spread of disinformation and strategies to respond to it. \nThe conference\, April 6 to 8\, will explore the roots and scope of the problem\, the next-generation threats posed by new technological advances\, and the tools and policies required to neutralize them. Panels will also discuss the challenge presented when the term disinformation itself becomes fractious\, and the tension between free expression and the need to combat wanton and willful disinformation aimed at eroding it. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-and-the-erosion-of-democracy-university-of-chicago/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:Lies\, Free Speech\, and the Law | Knight First Amendment Institute
DESCRIPTION:On April 8\, 2022\, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to explore how the law regulates or should regulate false and misleading speech. The symposium\, titled “Lies\, Free Speech\, and the Law\,” is being overseen by the Institute’s Senior Visiting Research Scholar Genevieve Lakier and will take place at Columbia University. \nThe symposium will focus on five themes that examine the connections between lies\, freedom of speech (construed broadly)\, and the law. These are: 1) the sociological and constitutional status of false or misleading speech; 2) defining the category of lies; 3) structural regulation and the problem of lies; 4) government lies; and 5) the deregulation of disclosure. \nDue to university restrictions\, only Columbia University students\, faculty\, and staff will be allowed to attend in person. We encourage everyone else to please join us online. All panels will be livestreamed. Please RSVP to receive links and updates about the program. \n[…]\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/lies-free-speech-and-the-law-knight-first-amendment-institute/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T160727
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SUMMARY:The Future of Social Media: Covering\, Researching\, and Regulating Platforms | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
DESCRIPTION:Social media platforms generate mountains of data — about what we like\, what news we read\, and who we talk to. This information\, for the most part\, is only available to the companies themselves\, meaning journalists\, researchers\, policymakers\, and the public lack a clear understanding of how social media impacts our society. The Facebook Papers changed that. The internal research not only revealed the potential harms caused by its platforms\, but that Facebook knew about those harms and did little to stop them. Now\, with an explosion of attention around this issue\, we must ask — what’s next?\n\nThis half-day virtual symposium brings together a range of journalists\, researchers\, and legal experts to explore that question and examine how to cover\, research\, and regulate social media platforms in the wake of the Facebook Papers. Join us for one panel or the entire event.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by: NYU’s Center for Social Media & Politics\, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law\, CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism\, NYU Arts & Science\, and NYU Brademas Center.\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-social-media-covering-researching-and-regulating-platforms-nyus-center-for-social-media-and-politics/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Memory and Belief Regression After the Correction of Misinformation | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:The Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press\, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars\, and between them and the public. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/memory-and-belief-regression-after-the-correction-of-misinformation-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:CSMaP Second Annual Conference | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
DESCRIPTION:We convened 50 leading scholars for a two-day virtual conference to present research on a range of topics at the intersection of social media and politics\, with particular focus paid to the relationship between social media and polarization. \n*Presented virtually on Zoom due to coronavirus health precautions \nAll times listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST) \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/csmap-second-annual-conference-nyus-center-for-social-media-and-politics/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T173000
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SUMMARY:Fake News & Media Literacy: A 'Hear Me Out' Dialogue | Free Library of Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow Pennsylvanians in dialogue across distance and difference! The COVID-19 pandemic has further increased our reliance on social media and the Internet for information. This development\, combined with underlying political partisanship\, has created a breeding ground for disinformation\, conspiracy theories\, and information overload. In this two-hour session\, we will discuss the impacts of fake news and provide tools for accessing and evaluating reliable media. Register in advance here.\n\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/fake-news-media-literacy-a-hear-me-out-dialogue-free-library-of-philadelphia/
CATEGORIES:Other
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