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SUMMARY:Coronavirus and the 2020 Election | JFK Presidential Library
DESCRIPTION:“EJ Dionne\, Washington Post columnist and political commentator; Janet Hook\, staff writer at The Los Angeles Times; and Ronald Brownstein\, senior editor at The Atlantic\, discuss implications of the novel coronavirus for the 2020 elections. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty moderates the panel. \nRegister for this free virtual Kennedy Library Forum to receive an email reminder with a viewing link before the event.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/coronavirus-and-the-2020-election-jfk-presidential-library/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200505T203135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200505T204119Z
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the US Democratic Process | NetGain
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 has exposed the susceptibility of our democratic processes to digital shortcomings\, including increasing uncertainty around the ability to carry out free\, fair\, and safe elections in 2020 as well as the already present challenges of a high tech census. Across the country\, advocates and campaigns are also facing a new reality as community education\, outreach\, and offline mobilization grinds to a halt\, and organizations must rely on digital formats to carry out their work plans. \nThis webinar will explore the ways in which our democratic institutions are being forced to adapt quickly to the new environment posed by COVID-19\, including digital security threats and other concerns related to civil society moving to exclusively digital formats.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/covid-19-and-the-us-democratic-process-netgain/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200501T201944Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber and Covid-19 | Stanford Cyber Policy Center
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 is having a profound impact on our online systems – exposing both the essential role they can and do play in our modern society\, and the risks and vulnerabilities they represent. Substantial research is emerging on this topic\, and the implications of that research  will have important consequences for both medium (e.g.\, 2020 elections) and long-term cyber policies. \nWelcome Remarks: Mike McFaul \n\nIntroduction to CPC and the center’s work on COVID from moderator Kelly Born\nAlex Stamos of the Internet Observatory will discuss their work examining shifting narratives about coronavirus from Chinese and Russian State Media\, early insights into covid misinformation in other countries (e.g.\, Nigeria)\, and how tech companies are responding; as well as how Zoom and other platforms have been working to adapt policies and practices to meet growing demands\, and risks.\nNate Persily at PDI will discuss the challenges of running the elections in the current environment\, including implications for state necessary changes to state policies and practices.\nEileen Donahoe at GDPI will discuss geopolitical threats to the international human rights law framework due to ineffective response to COVID by democratic govs; cite risks to 5 specific substantive civil/political rights; and recommend that democratic govs apply international human rights process principles in COVID-19 context.  [I will use ~2 slides  -only  if others use slides]\nMarietje Schaake will discuss human-rights challenges (to privacy\, freedom of association\, and freedom of expression) that have arisen with various applications of AI in COVID-19 context – e.g.\,contact tracking and content moderation; as well as emerging criteria for policymakers to consider when deploying tracing and related technologies.\nAndy Grotto from GTG will discuss recent work on How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation\, and the implications for mainstream media’s coverage of COVID.\n30 min for Q&A”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200504T200103Z
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SUMMARY:Vision: Flattening the infodemic curve with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble | The Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:“The COVID-19 crisis has generated a wave of misinformation that is undermining trust in the media and government institutions. Join us live as Sam Gill speaks with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble who is an Associate Professor at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-flattening-the-infodemic-curve-with-dr-safiya-umoja-noble-the-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200501T201223Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:“National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19\, takes place Wednesday\, May 6th\, at 10am PST with Eileen Donahoe\, the Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator (GDPi) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and Megan Metzger\, Associate Director for Research\, also at GDPi. Joining them will be Mark Latonero\, Senior Researcher at Data & Society\, Richard Wingfield\, from Global Partners Digital\, and Gallit Dobner\, Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada. The session will be moderated by Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe seminar will focus on the recently published report\, National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review\, produced by the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford and Global Partners Digital – and will also provide an opportunity to look at how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting human rights and digital technology work more generally. \nWe will also be jointly hosting a webinar with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies on May 8th at 1pm PST\, with experts from around the center and institute discussing emerging research on Covid-19\, and the implications to future cyber policies\, as well as the upcoming elections. More information on the May 8th event\, can be found here. ”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-national-ai-strategies-and-human-rights-new-urgency-in-the-era-of-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200504T155829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200504T194448Z
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SUMMARY:The Crisis in Local News | The Aspen Institute
DESCRIPTION:“Local news\, in crisis before the pandemic\, is now facing a cataclysm. Advertising has plummeted. Print has no market. And consolidation has driven record cuts. At stake is not just jobs\, but the access to critical trustworthy information for millions of Americans — just when they need it most. In this program\, co-hosted with the Knight Foundation\, we’ll examine potential solutions to serve a country in dire need of independent news. \nWe will be joined by: \n\nElizabeth Green\, Co-founder & CEO\, Chalkbeat\nJiquanda Johnson\, Founder & Publisher\, Flint Beat\nWendi C. Thomas\, Editor\, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism\nSteven Waldman\, President & Co-founder\, Report for America\nVivian Schiller\, Executive Director\, Aspen Digital”\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-crisis-in-local-news-the-aspen-institute/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200505T190518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200505T190614Z
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SUMMARY:The Shift: Public Space | Institute for Public Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:“NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge\, Civic Signals\, The Social Science Research Council\, and The Knight Foundation invite you to a discussion on public spaces in the series on “The Shift\,” featuring Eric Klinenberg\, Toni Griffin\, Chelina Odbert\, Tony Ageh\, Eli Pariser\, and Mona Sloane. In the first episode\, this series will examine how we develop digital forms of public space as much of our social life moves online\, and how this shifts our sense of community. What is the role of public space in society? What can public space do (and not do)? What do we lose when we lose physical public space\, and how do people make up for that in the digital realm? The discussion will address these questions by exploring how vital public spaces are enacted virtually – such as the library\, the park\, the street -\, looking at what makes these spaces civically useful in both their physical and their digital form\, and asking what we can and must learn from this for a post-COVID-19 world.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-shift-public-space-institute-for-public-knowledge/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200504T195619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200504T195802Z
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SUMMARY:First Amendment Disrupted? The State of Freedom of Expression in the US | Gallup
DESCRIPTION:“Join Gallup and the John S. and James. L Knight Foundation for a discussion on the future of the freedom of expression in the U.S. and the state of free speech during the turbulent present. Rapid changes in our society are putting new pressures on First Amendment freedoms. At the same time\, free expression and civil discourse are more important than ever. \nKnight Foundation’s Sam Gill\, senior vice president and chief program officer\, will share relevant findings and observations from recent research on free speech on college campuses conducted with Gallup — a glimpse into how an emerging generation thinks about this bedrock set of rights. \nThe event will also include insights by PEN America and a panel moderated by Sanford Ungar of the Georgetown Free Speech Project\, featuring Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute\, Emily Chamlee-Wright of the Institute for Humane Studies and Ronald Crutcher of the University of Richmond. Audience members will be given the opportunity to ask questions of speakers and panelists. \nGallup and Knight Foundation thank our sponsors PEN America\, the Free Speech Project and the American Council on Education.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/first-amendment-disrupted-the-state-of-freedom-of-expression-in-the-us-gallup/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200427T140158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T143246Z
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SUMMARY:RxT: Justice\, Data & Safety in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n“Join us for a virtual session focused on technology’s role in addressing the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. Hear from movement technology leaders on how we can center equity & justice as we build solutions and policies to address this crisis. Hear from movement technology leaders\, Yeshimabeit Milner from Data 4 Black Lives and Nasma Ahmed from Digital Justice Lab and Sabrina Hersi Issa from COVID Racial Impact Data Alliance on how we can center equity & justice as we build solutions and policies to address this crisis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRights x Tech is a forum for technologists\, policy experts and movement leaders to discuss emerging issues around human rights\, technology and power. We seek to explicitly explore intersections and to connect and mobilize community for solutions-building. \nTechnology has the power to solve society’s most pressing social issues but only if that power is in balance and connection with the rights of people and the planet. \nWe believe in embedding intentionality and principles into the future of technology platforms. We host product managers\, technology policy analysts\, social movement organizers and individuals committed to exploring how they can use their positions of power within technology ecosystem to improve the world.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rxt-justice-data-safety-in-a-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200427T141002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T145106Z
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SUMMARY:Knight Vision: Flattening the Infodemic with Jevin West
DESCRIPTION:“The COVID-19 crisis has generated a wave of misinformation that is undermining trust in the media and government institutions. Join us live as Sam Gill speaks with Jevin West of the University of Washington about the “infodemic” accompanying this public health emergency. West\, who directs the Knight-supported Center for an Informed Public at UW\, was described by Wired as one of “The Professors Who Call B******t on COVID-19 Misinformation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-vision-flattening-the-infodemic-with-jevin-west/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200501T201407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T201407Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | Improving Journalistic Coverage in the Digital Age: From Covid-19 to the 2020 Elections
DESCRIPTION:“The Stanford Cyber Policy Center continues its online Zoom series: Digital Technology and Democracy\, Security & Geopolitics in an Age of Coronavirus. These webinars will take place every other Wednesday at 10am PST. \nThe next event\, Improving Journalistic Coverage in the Digital Age: From Covid-19 to the 2020 Elections\, will take place Wednesday\, April 22\, at 10am PST with Andrew Grotto\, from the Cyber Policy Center’s Program on Geopolitics\, Technology\, and Governance\, Janine Zacharia\, from Stanford’s Department of Communication and Joan Donovan\, from Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government\, in conversation with Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center. \nGrotto and Zacharia will be discussing their recent report How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation. Recognizing that reporters are targeted adversaries of foreign and domestic actors\, especially during an election year\, the report provides recommendations and actionable guidance\, including a playbook and a repeatable\, enterprise-wide process for implementation. Donovan will discuss health misinformation\, COVID-19\, and how this relates to disinformation around the 2020 elections\, the US census and beyond. \nJoin us on April 22nd for the next talk in this enlightening series. You can also watch our April 8th seminar\, Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-improving-journalistic-coverage-in-the-digital-age-from-covid-19-to-the-2020-elections/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20191203T160753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T160644Z
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SUMMARY:MISDOOM 2020 : 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media
DESCRIPTION:“Fake news\, social bots\, disinformation\, filter bubbles\, virality\, deep fakes & more! \nThe 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) will take place from April 20-22 at Leiden University\, The Netherlands \nJoin us and participate in the symposium!”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misdoom-2020-2nd-multidisciplinary-international-symposium-on-disinformation-in-open-online-media/
LOCATION:Leiden University\, Leiden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200410T192732Z
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SUMMARY:Mis/Disinformation War in a time of COVID-19 | Columbia SIPA
DESCRIPTION:“Who is creating this mis/disinformation?\nWhat are their motives and intentions?\nWhat are the consequences of mis/disinformation?\nWhat countries and organizations are managing public service messaging?\nWhat is the private and digital communications sector reaction? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Bell is founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and a leading thinker\, commentator and strategist on digital journalism. Established in 2010\, the Tow Center has rapidly built an international reputation for research into the intersection of technology and journalism. The majority of Bell’s professional career was spent at Guardian News and Media in London working as an award winning writer and editor both in print and online. As editor-in-chief across Guardian websites and director of digital content for Guardian News and Media\, Bell led the web team in pioneering live blogging\, podcasting\, multimedia formats\, data and social media\, making the Guardian an internationally awarded beacon of digital transformation. Emily continues to write a regular column for the Guardian and Columbia Journalism Review\, and is a contributor to the New York Times\, CNN\, the BBC\, and numerous other outlets. She lives in New York City with her husband and three sons. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology\, Media\, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She teaches courses on media and development and innovation as well as the course Media\, Human Rights and Social Change. Among other topics\, she writes on journalism and development as well as the media in Africa and the extractive sector. Schiffrin spent 10 years working overseas as a journalist in Europe and Asia and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1999–2000. Schiffrin is on the Global Board of the Open Society Foundations and the advistory board of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Her most recent books are African Muckraking: 75 Years of African Investigative Journalism (Jacana 2017) and Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World (New Press\, 2014).”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mis-disinformation-war-in-a-time-of-covid-19-columbia-sipa/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
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SUMMARY:Surviving the Coronavirus Infodemic: UW & WSU present a statewide conversation on healthy digital practices
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 is more than just a physical illness — inaccurate and incomplete information spreads just as rapidly around the globe\, complicating efforts to contain the virus and keep communities safe and healthy. The state of Washington has been at the forefront of the crisis\, taking action since COVID-19 first appeared in the U.S. \nJoin experts from the University of Washington and Washington State University for a livestream summit addressing coronavirus misinformation. You’ll have a chance to participate from home as panelists share tools and tips for concerned citizens to cut through\nthe confusion and build healthier information practices.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/surviving-the-coronavirus-infodemic-uw-wsu-present-a-statewide-conversation-on-healthy-digital-practices/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:“The Stanford Cyber Policy Center continues its online Zoom series: Digital Technology and Democracy\, Security & Geopolitics in an Age of Coronavirus. These webinars will take place every other Wednesday at 10am PST. \nThe next event\, Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus\, will take place Wednesday\, April 8\, at 10am PST with Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center\, in conversation with Professor David Broniatowski\, from George Washington University\, Professor Kathleen M. Carley\, from Carnegie Mellon University\, and Professor Jacob N. Shapiro\, from Princeton University. \nIn particular\, Professor Broniatowski will discuss the results of new studies regarding bots and trolls in the vaccine debate\, as well as what makes messages go viral from the standpoint of Fuzzy Trace Theory. Professor Carley will explore how information moves from country to country\, with a look at both the differences in who is broadcasting certain types of disinformation and the role bots play in the spread. Professor Shapiro will speak to trends and themes we are seeing in coronavirus disinformation narratives and in news reporting on COVID-related misinformation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-digital-disinformation-and-health-from-vaccines-to-the-coronavirus/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20191202T215826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T160256Z
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SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: Natalie Jomini Stroud
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Natalie Jomini Stroud\, Professor\, Department of Communication Studies and School of Journalism\, University of Texas\, Austin. \nCo-sponsored with the Department of Communication Studies and the Shorenstein Center. \nThis event is part of the Misinformation Speaker Series\, co-sponsored by the NULab and the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy. \nSpeaker Bio:\nNatalie (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. \nIn addition to her faculty appointment in Communication\, Dr. Stroud is the founding and current Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin.” \n\n .tribe-events-single-event-description \n .tribe-events-cal-links \n Event meta  \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-natalie-jomini-stroud/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
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SUMMARY:WEBCAST: Disinformation Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:“As the coronavirus has spread globally\, so has disinformation and censorship by authoritarian governments. Both Russia and China have attempted to spread false information about the genesis of the virus and China has clamped down internally on information surrounding the pandemic\, silencing both domestic reporters and whistleblowers. Yet even democracies are not immune: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been condemned by social media sites and members of his own government for spreading disinformation on social distancing measures recommended by public health authorities. \nSTIP Disinformation Fellow Nina Jankowicz\, Kissinger Institute Associate Rui Zhong\, and Brazil Institute Senior Associate Anya Prusa will discuss disinformation surrounding the coronavirus and the U.S. response.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webcast-disinformation-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200402T180359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200402T180359Z
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: What is “Zoom Bombing?” Media Manipulation and Sociotechnical Vulnerabilities
DESCRIPTION:“The Technology and Social Change Research Team at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center will describe the phenomenon of “zoom bombing\,” the act of hijacking a virtual meeting\, and its consequences. This is not a Zoom training\, it will just be an overview of security concerns surrounding Zoom and research relating to the manipulation of networked communication systems. \nWhile many of us did not expect to spend the Spring cloistered at home in virtual meetings\, our rapid adoption of Zoom has exposed some serious design flaws\, raising the concern of the FBI. While we are not cyber security experts\, we see “zoom bombing” as a sociotechnical vulnerability which occurs when the default settings of the technology are leveraged by intruders to disrupt communication\, sometimes just for fun\, but also for more targeted reasons. We will describe how “zoom bombing” occurs and offer some tips and field questions based on our research of the manipulation of networked communication systems. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants the day before the event. Register here.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-what-is-zoom-bombing-media-manipulation-and-sociotechnical-vulnerabilities/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era" | The Ethics Institute
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \n\n\nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute-2/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era"
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20191202T152130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T162626Z
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SUMMARY:The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times.
DESCRIPTION:“The Power of Narrative Conference has convened in several places under several names since its founding at Boston University in 1998. Our mission remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists to strengthen their craft skills\, puzzle out the complex ethics of intimate journalism\, and impart the down-to-earth humanity that is the genre’s strength. Every year\, we quickly sell all our seats. The conference talks are stimulating\, sophisticated\, practical and relevant\, aimed at mid-career nonfiction storytellers in many media\, offered by terrific and varied practitioners. The vigorous Q & A sessions following each talk keep us on-target. And\, between sessions and at meal breaks we program in time to meet speakers and new colleagues and share ideas\, aspirations\, projects\, networks. In these turbulent times\, our candid\, informed\, independent journalism is crucial.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-power-of-narrative-telling-true-stories-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200322
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200114T151051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T192643Z
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SUMMARY:Computation + Journalism Symposium 2020
DESCRIPTION:“We invite the submission of contributions exploring the interface between data and computer science and journalism in three categories: research\, practice\, and technology. For the 2020 Symposium\, we make a special call for papers that involve data visualization\, with an emphasis on the communication of uncertainty. A special section of the conference and its program will be dedicated to submissions in this area. \nResearch. Academic research papers exploring a question of interest in journalism or data and computing sciences as it relates back to journalism and news information; \nPractice. Journalist-oriented talks focused on experiences or case studies in journalism including stories\, visualizations\, investigations\, or interactive experiences produced with\, by\, or about data and algorithms; \nTechnology. Descriptions of new computational and data-driven tools\, platforms\, applications\, and services that enable novels ways of finding\, producing\, interacting with\, or distributing news content…”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/computation-journalism-symposium-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20191203T160557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T162231Z
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SUMMARY:Conspiracies Conference: U of Miami
DESCRIPTION:“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. \nThe goals of the conference are (1) to gain a comparative perspective in the study of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation by bringing together researchers from across continents and from across disciplinary boundaries\, and (2) to formulate solutions to the current problems of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation. \nConspiracy theories are not confined to parlor games about who really shot Kennedy or who probed whom near Roswell\, New Mexico. Conspiracy theorizing (or what Richard Hofstadter famously called the paranoid style) is an enduring part of politics. While often caricatured as a fringe demographic composed of middle-aged white male Internet enthusiasts\, polls tell us a different story. Conspiracy theories permeate all parts of society and cut across gender\, age\, race\, income\, political affiliation\, educational level and occupational status. Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous\, absorbing\, and substantial; they reveal the darkest recesses of a nation’s psyche. They have also been given new life due to the prevalence of fake news\, state sponsored disinformation campaigns\, and elite-driven misinformation. \nThere are persuasive reasons to study conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories have ushered in revolutions\, undercut the ability of governments to lead\, perverted democracy\, and provoked witch-hunts. Current evidence suggests that conspiracy thinking can decrease participation and voter turnout\, but also add fire to political polarization and populist movements. \nThere is a debate to be had regarding the benefits or harms of conspiracy theories. On one hand\, their negative consequences are varied and many. Imagine a world without conspiracy theories targeting religious and ethnic minorities or immigrants. Or\, a world where conspiracy theories do not take priority over scientific and medical consensuses. Whether the issue is climate change\, vaccination rates\, violence\, fake news\, or international cooperation\, solving many of the world’s major challenges involve addressing conspiracy theories. On the other hand\, conspiracies actually do happen\, powerful people do abuse their power from time to time\, and some level of public skepticism is a necessary part of a healthy democracy. \nFor such a common feature of the political landscape\, there is little consensus on why conspiratorial beliefs blossom\, or how to stop them in the age of social media. This is not for want of attention; authors from many disciplines – particularly in the last ten years – have addressed the phenomenon. But despite the broad and growing interest\, scholars have yet to adequately integrate findings from disparate disciplines into coherent theoretical frameworks\, or to propose meaningful policy solutions. The problem lies in a lack of comparative cross-cultural research and a dearth of interdisciplinary work. \nThis conference intends to bridge the gap between the great works currently being undertaken across disciplines. It also seeks to bring together researchers studying conspiracy theorizing across the globe. We intend to build broad interdisciplinary networks\, share disparate findings\, and move the study forward.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conspiracies-conference-u-of-miami/
LOCATION:University of Miami\, Miami\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T133000
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SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: Young Mie Kim
DESCRIPTION:“Please join us for a talk by Young Mie Kim\, Professor\, School of Journalism and Mass Communication\, at University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nThis event is part of the Misinformation Speaker series\, co-sponsored by the NULab and the Shorenstein Center for Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. \nSpeaker Bio: \nYoung Mie Kim is a Professor of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Faculty Affiliate of the Department of Political Science. Kim is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. \nKim’s research concerns media and politics in the age of data-driven digital media\, specifically the role digital media play in political communication among political leaders\, non-party groups (issue advocacy groups)\, and citizens. \nKim’s recent research project\, Project DATA (Digital Ad Tracking & Analysis)\, empirically investigates the sponsors/sources\, content\, and targets of digital political campaigns across multiple platforms with a user-based\, real-time\, ad tracking tool that reverse engineers the algorithms of political campaigns. The project uncovers the “behind-the-scenes” operations of digital political campaigns\, i.e.\, microtargeting practices (individual-level voter identification\, targeting\, and message placement and customization strategies).”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-young-mie-kim/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T120000
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SUMMARY:You Won’t Believe How the Chinese Government Uses Clickbait!
DESCRIPTION:“Visting Speaker: Jennifer Pan\, Assistant Professor of Communication\, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology\, Stanford University \nAbstract \nThere is a growing consensus that political propaganda in the age of mass media worked\, shaping attitudes and behaviors in favor of governments by suppressing alternative media sources and dominating public attention. What happens to political propaganda in the age of digital media? In the digital context\, political actors do not automatically dominate systems of information transmission even when they successfully deploy online censorship. Online censorship can reshape the contours of what information is available on social media\, but censorship does not decrease the overall volume of information. The constraints and opportunities provided by modern social media platforms\, which are generally built on an ad-revenue model and therefore aim to maximize clicks\, are transforming the ways which governments engage in propaganda online. In this paper\, we use ethnographic fieldwork to show how producers of propaganda in China face incentives to capture clicks. We then collect and analyze posts made by over 200 Chinese city-government WeChat accounts to show how “clickbait”—the process of providing just enough information in a headline so as to grab the reader’s attention by creating an information gap—features prominently in governments’ propaganda strategies. While governments’ use of clickbait is associated with more views\, it does not predict more positive assessments of content. \nThis paper is co-authored with Yingdan Lu\, a PhD student in Communication at Stanford. \nAbout the speaker \n\nJennifer Pan is an Assistant Professor of Communication\, and an Assistant Professor\, by courtesy\, of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University. Her research is at the intersection of political communication\, computational social science\, and authoritarian politics. Pan focuses on how autocrats control information to shape public preferences and behaviors in the digital age\, using experimental and computational methods with large-scale datasets on political activity in China and other non-democratic regimes. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed publications such as the American Political Science Review\, American Journal of Political Science\, The Journal of Politics\, and Science. Pan received her Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Department of Government\, and she received her A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. More information on her work can be found at jenpan.com.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/you-wont-believe-how-the-chinese-government-uses-clickbait/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Media Ecosystems Conference — Media Ecosystems Analysis Group
DESCRIPTION:2nd Exploring Media Ecosystems Conference\nMarch 2nd & 3rd\, 2020\nSamberg Conference Center at MIT\nCambridge\, Massachusetts\nAbout\nThere is a growing body of work that study digitally mediated communication\, but we need to acknowledge that no single point of view\, no single platform\, tool or method\, can account for the complexity of communication in the 21st century. Our approach is to consider the networked public sphere in terms of ecosystems\, with different elements dynamically affecting others. \nFor the second time\, this convening will bring together academics\, researchers\, practitioners\, journalists\, and funders interested in understanding the current media landscape. While the scope of the conference is necessarily broad\, this second edition will pay special attention to media ecosystems surrounding global health issues and the origin and spread of mis/disinformation. Attendees will collaborate on identifying new directions for research in this area and applications of innovative methodology to cross-platform research. \nTo learn more about this conference series\, you can explore the first edition of this conference and watch videos of the presentations. \nLocation\nThe conference will take place at the Samberg Conference Center at MIT in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. The Samberg Conference Center is located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Chang Building (E52). Street address is 50 Memorial Drive\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts 02142. Please note the conference center does not have parking. \nAgenda\nPlease download the detailed agenda here for more information on the conference offerings. \nMonday\, March 2nd \nRegistration opens at 8:30 am. \n\n\n9:00 . Exploring Media Ecosystems – Ethan Zuckerman (MIT) \n\n\n9:30 . Media Ecosystems Explorations\nThe structure of the French media ecosystem and the Yellow vest movement – Jean-Philippe Cointet (Sciences Po)\nExploring Media Ecosystems Through Partisan Media Attention: Lessons Learned from Two Elections in the European Laboratory of Social Media Populisms – Fabio Giglietto (Universita di Urbino Carlo Bo)\nComputational Methods to Measure and Mitigate Weaponized Online Information –  Jeremy Blackburn\, Gianluca Stringhini (iDrama Lab) \n\n\nCoffee Break (11 – 11:30 am) \n\n\n11:30 . Disinformation Around the World\nSocial Media Manipulation: Algorithms\, Bots\, and Computational Propaganda – Samantha Bradshaw (Oxford Internet Institute)\nHow to design policies to address disinformation – a European perspective – Lutz Guellner (European External Action Service ) \n\n\nLunch Break (12:30 – 1:30 pm) \n\n\n1:30 . Disinformation Across Platforms\nMisinformation on WhatsApp – Kiran Garimella (MIT)\nTwitter and MENA Region  – Abraham Alexei (Citizen Lab\, University of Toronto)\nKauwaKaate Fact Checking Platform – Kameswari Chebrolu (ITT Mumbai)\nDisinformation on Greta Thunberg – Emily Ndulue (MIT Media Lab)\, Aashka Dave (MIT Media Lab)\nThe securitization of “fake news” in Malaysia and beyond  – Gabrielle Lim (Shorenstein Center\, Harvard University) \n\n\nCoffee Break (3:30 – 4 pm) \n\n\n4:00 . Reducing the Spread of Disinformation on Social Media Using an Accuracy Nudge – David Rand (MIT) \n\n\n4:30 . Cautionary Notes on Disinformation – Yochai Benkler (Harvard University) \n\n\nReception begins at 5:30.  \nTuesday\, March 3rd \n\n\n9:00 . Keynote – Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan) \n\n\n9:45 . Approaches to Critical Internet Studies  – Joan Donovan (Shorenstein Center\, Harvard University)\, Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan)\, Leslie K Jones (Rutgers University) \, T.L. Taylor (MIT) \n\n\nCoffee Break (10:45 – 11:15 am) \n\n\n11:15 . Health-Related Mis/Disinformation\nThe Polarization of Disinformation Interventions: How Racist Speech and Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory Evade Fact-Checkers and Platforms in the Philippines – Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts Amherst)\nFentanyl Panic Goes Viral: The Spread of Misinformation about Overdose Risk from Casual Contact with Fentanyl in Mainstream and Social Media – Sunyou Kang (University of Southern California)\nForward this to 10 People: The Epidemic of Health Misinformation in Nigeria – Ifeanyi M. Nsofor (Nigeria Health Watch) \n\n\nLunch Break (12:30 – 1:30 pm) \n\n\n1:30 . Exploring the Dynamics of Health Disinformation\nDisinformation & Public Health: The Influential Role of Anti-Vaccine Narratives in the Digital Public Sphere  – Jose Miguel Cansado (Alto Data Analytics)\nThe social diffusion of risk information: A psychological perspective – Helge Giese (Konstanz University)\nCorrecting Health Misinformation on Social Media – Emily Vraga (University of Minnesota)\nTitle forthcoming – Rosa Sicilia (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma) \n\n\nCoffee Break (3 – 3:30 pm) \nConference ends at 4:30.  \nRegistration\nYou may register online using this form. There is no fee to attend this conference. This event is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. \nContact\nYou may email the organizers with questions at this time. \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/media-ecosystems-conference-media-ecosystems-analysis-group/
LOCATION:Cambridge\, Mass.\, Cambridge\, Mass
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T133000
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SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: Yochai Benkler
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Yochai Benkler\, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies\, Harvard Law School. \nCo-sponsored with the Department of Communication Studies and the Shorenstein Center. \nThis event is part of the Misinformation Speaker Series\, co-sponsored by the NULab and the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy. \nSpeaker Bio:\nYochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School\, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Since the 1990s he has played a role in characterizing the role of information commons and decentralized collaboration to innovation\, information production\, and freedom in the networked economy and society. His books include The Wealth of Networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom (Yale University Press 2006)\, which won academic awards from the American Political Science Association\, the American Sociological Association\, and the McGannon award for social and ethical relevance in communications. In 2012 he received a lifetime achievement award from Oxford University in recognition of his contribution to the study and public understanding of the Internet and information goods. His work is socially engaged\, winning him the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award in 2011\, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award for 2007\, and the Public Knowledge IP3 Award in 2006. It is also anchored in the realities of markets\, cited as “perhaps the best work yet about the fast moving\, enthusiast-driven Internet” by the Financial Times and named best business book about the future in 2006 by Strategy and Business. Benkler has advised governments and international organizations on innovation policy and telecommunications\, and serves on the boards or advisory boards of several nonprofits engaged in working towards an open society. His work can be freely accessed at http://www.benkler.org. \nIn addition to his faculty appointment in the Law School\, Dr. Benkler is the Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.” \n\n .tribe-events-single-event-description \n .tribe-events-cal-links \n Event meta  \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-yochai-benkler/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20191203T160648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T163207Z
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SUMMARY:RSA Conference
DESCRIPTION:“What is the most powerful tool to prevent cyberattacks? It’s you. Your ideas\, your creativity and your knowledge play a huge role in protecting the digital world. That’s why the theme of RSA Conference 2020 is Human Element. \nRSA Conference 2020 is here to support you in your mission—by bringing you together with thousands of your peers\, by offering hundreds of opportunities to learn from the industry’s most respected experts\, and by exposing you to the latest\, most disruptive thinking and cutting-edge solutions.\n\nAttending RSA Conference 2020 will charge your batteries and arm you with the intelligence\, insights and connections you need to prepare you for what’s ahead.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rsa-conference/
LOCATION:Moscone Center\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200223
DTSTAMP:20260928T141209
CREATED:20200113T203311Z
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SUMMARY:MisinfoCon 7.0
DESCRIPTION:“We are very excited to announce registration is open for our next MisinfoCon event\, MisinfoCon@NASEM\, in Washington\, DC\, on February 22nd\, 2020. \nAfter several successful collaborations with First Draft News\, IREX (The International Research & Exchanges Board) and the Mozilla Foundation in Ukraine\, the US and the UK\, we’re bringing MisinfoCon back to DC for a collaboration with the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine or NASEM. \nNASEM is an ensemble of nonprofit institutions tasked with providing independent\, objective analysis and advice to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science\, technology\, and medicine. \nWe’re excited to partner with NASEM to bring focus to misinformation that is pervading health and science information\, media and data….”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinfocon-7-0/
LOCATION:National Academy of Sciences\, Washington D.C\, D.C\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T133000
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CREATED:20191202T215852Z
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SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: Andrew Guess
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Andrew Guess\, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. \nSpeaker Bio:  Andrew Guess (Ph.D. Columbia University) is an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political communication\, public opinion\, and political behavior. Via a combination of experimental methods\, large datasets\, machine learning\, and innovative measurement\, he studies how people choose\, process\, spread\, and respond to information about politics. Recent work investigates the extent to which online Americans’ news habits are polarized (the popular “echo chambers” hypothesis)\, patterns in the consumption and spread of online misinformation\, and the effectiveness of efforts to counteract misperceptions encountered on social media. Coverage of these findings has appeared in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, Slate\, The Chronicle of Higher Education\, and other publications. His research has been supported by grants from the Volkswagen Foundation\, Russell Sage Foundation\, and the American Press Institute and published in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Politics\, and Political Analysis.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-andrew-guess/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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