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SUMMARY:Dismantling disinformation | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
DESCRIPTION:An on-demand video will be posted after the event.\n\n\nWe’ve all seen the perils of disinformation. So\, how do we combat it? This panel will explore concrete proposals for dismantling disinformation in communities\, on social media\, and through public policy and regulation. We’ll bring together experts from multiple fields — including communication\, education\, behavioral psychology\, and First Amendment law — to tackle an issue that could well shape the future of public health. This is a conversation about solutions and the role each of us can play in limiting the impact of false content. Email your questions to studio@hsph.harvard.edu.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/dismantling-disinformation-harvard-t-h-chan-school-of-public-health/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220727
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220726T195337Z
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SUMMARY:Dialogues & Debates | Mozilla Festival
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, July 26\, three experts at the intersection of online privacy and digital rights will unpack these questions\, and others during a virtual Dialogues & Debates Panel. Watch the panel live at 8pm PT/ 11am ET/ 3pm UTC on Mozilla’s Twitter\, YouTube\, and LinkedIn.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/dialogues-debates-mozilla-festival/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220726T195447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220726T195447Z
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SUMMARY:New COVID States Project Report: The Dobbs Decision\, Support for Abortion\, and 2022 Voting
DESCRIPTION:A team of researchers from the COVID States Project will discuss the findings from their latest report comparing public attitudes regarding abortion before and after the Dobbs decision was announced\, and the implications of the decision for the upcoming midterm elections. \n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/new-covid-states-project-report-the-dobbs-decision-support-for-abortion-and-2022-voting/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220818T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220819T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
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SUMMARY:Summer Workshop on Combating Misinformation: Theoretical and Design Challenges to Support a Healthy Information Ecosystem | Syracuse University
DESCRIPTION:Although misinformation has been used as a tool for propaganda throughout history\, it has recently garnered immense public attention following the Brexit referendum and the US elections in 2016. Online social media outlets lack regular news media’s editorial standards and procedures for ensuring the veracity of information\, and as a result\, social media platforms have become arteries for the dissemination of misinformation. We define misinformation as false or misleading information presented as fact regardless of intent. While only a tiny percentage of people share false or misleading information\, the proliferation of false and misleading information on social media has eroded trust in our democracies and given rise to more advanced forms of social deception. \nIn recent years\, information systems (IS) researchers have investigated this phenomenon and suggested ways of mitigating its spread. Some proposed solutions by scholars and industry professionals include\, news presentation and their formats\, source ratings and credibility\, and correcting and debunking the misinformation. \nThis inaugural two-day online workshop hosted by the Center for Computational and Data Sciences (CCDS)\, seeks to bring together scholars to rethink contemporary paradigms and mobilize discussion on pioneering technological solutions to combat misinformation. We hope that this discussion will provide opportunities for collaboration\, help develop a research agenda that illuminates areas for future research that eventually leads to solutions. \nAt the end of this workshop\, we will synthesize and present the ideas in a white paper which would be available on the CCDS website. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/summer-workshop-on-combating-misinformation-theoretical-and-design-challenges-to-support-a-healthy-information-ecosystem-syracuse-university/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T200000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T192807Z
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SUMMARY:Can regulation solve the problem of misinformation? | Information Futures Lab\, Brown University
DESCRIPTION:Is there a place for government regulation to mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation? Over the past year\, the EU Commission’s Digital Services Act\, and the Online Safety Bill in the UK have provided some possible regulatory roadmaps. This distinguished panel will explore the current regulatory landscape in the context of online information\, consider the impact of policy decisions\, and talk about the wealth of draft bills percolating in the US\, both at the local and national level.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/can-regulation-solve-the-problem-of-misinformation-information-futures-lab-brown-university/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T180000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220824T135808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T135808Z
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SUMMARY:Trust & Safety Research Conference | SIO & TSF
DESCRIPTION:Hosted at Stanford University’s Frances. C. Arrillaga Alumni Center\, the Trust and Safety Research Conference will convene trust and safety practitioners\, people in government and civil society\, and academics in fields like computer science\, sociology\, law\, and political science to think deeply about trust and safety issues. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/trust-safety-research-conference-sio-tsf/
LOCATION:Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center\, 326 Galvez Street\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221013
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220920T164056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T164056Z
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SUMMARY:Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM)
DESCRIPTION:After three successful editions\, the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) returns for a 4th edition\, this time hosted as a fully virtual conference by Boise State University on October 11-12\, 2022.  \nThe symposium brings together researchers from multiple disciplines\, including communication science\, computer science\, computational social science\, political science\, psychology\, journalism\, and media studies\, as well as industry and practitioners in journalism and online media. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/multidisciplinary-international-symposium-on-disinformation-in-open-online-media-misdoom-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220919T143813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T143813Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Midterms: NYU Center for Social Media & Politics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Media Consumption\, Misinformation\, and Polarization \nSocial media has transformed the media and political landscape\, but the vast majority of Americans still get their news from traditional sources such as local TV\, cable TV\, radio\, and newspapers. As the media environment continues to fracture\, how does news consumption and social media behavior affect how voters think about and engage in politics? This seminar will present new research on media consumption and the spread of misinformation in both English and Spanish\, the effects of partisan media on viewers’ beliefs and attitudes\, and the effect of media coverage on perceptions of political polarization. \n[…]\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2022-midterms-nyu-center-for-social-media-politics-seminar-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220826T162532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T162532Z
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SUMMARY:CDCS Book Talk: Asta Zelenkauskaitė\, Drexel University
DESCRIPTION:With the prevalence of disinformation geared to instill doubt rather than clarity\,Creating Chaos Online\, unmasks disinformation when it attempts to pass as deliberation in the public sphere and distorts the democratic processes. \nDr. Zelenkauskaitė finds that repeated tropes justifying Russian trolling were found to circulate across not only all analyzed media platforms’ comments\, but also across two analyzed sociopolitical contexts suggesting the orchestrated efforts behind messaging. \nThrough a dystopian vision of publics that are expected to navigate in the sea of uncertain both authentic and orchestrated content\, pushed by human and nonhuman actors\, Creating Chaos Online offers a concept of post-publics. The idea of post-publics is reflected within the continuum of treatment of public\, counter public\, and anti-public. This book argues that affect-instilled arguments used in public deliberation in times of uncertainty\, along with whataboutism constitute a playbook for chaos online. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cdcs-book-talk-asta-zelenkauskaite-drexel-university/
LOCATION:Annenberg School Room 108
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20221013T162809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T162902Z
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SUMMARY:Democracy’s Data: Book Talk With Dan Bouk
DESCRIPTION:The Law School’s LawTech Center focuses on pressing questions in law and technology\, including policy concerns\, data analysis of legal texts and the use of technology in the legal profession. \nColgate University professor Dan Bouk discusses his new book\, “Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the US Census and How to Read Them.” \n\nEvent Contact:\n\nMax Larson\n\n\n\nContact Email:\n\nmml6fx@virginia.edu\n\n\n\nSource: Democracy’s Data: Book Talk With Dan Bouk
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/democracys-data-book-talk-with-dan-bouk/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220919T144147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T144147Z
UID:73649-1666180800-1666184400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:2022 Midterms: NYU's CSMaP Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Using Social Media to Drive the Political Conversation \nSocial media is a key tool for candidates and lawmakers to share policy positions\, connect with voters\, and fundraise. This seminar will present new research on how congressional candidates and officeholders use social media to gain media attention\, raise money\, respond to crises\, and shape the broader political conversation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2022-midterms-nyus-csmap-seminar-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220919T144616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T144917Z
UID:73651-1666785600-1666789200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:2022 Midterms: NYU's CSMaP Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture \nThe Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in recent American history. They dominate cultural and political institutions and make up the largest slice of the electorate. They’re also\, on average\, whiter\, wealthier\, and more conservative than younger generations\, placing them increasingly at odds with those voters. \nIn this seminar\, Penn State University Assistant Professor and CSMaP Faculty Affiliate Kevin Munger will discuss his new book\, which marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade. Munger examines the historical trends that made the Baby Boomers so consequential\, traces the emergence of age-based political and cultural divisions\, and explains how a shared identity and purpose among Millennials and Gen Z could topple Boomer power. Particular focus will be placed on how age impacts and is impacted by the new media environment. \nThe conversation will be moderated by Charlotte Alter\, a senior correspondent at TIME covering politics and social issues. She is also author of The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America\, which chronicles how the unique political and economic circumstances of millennial youth have shaped their political leanings\, and how they’re pushing back against Boomer dominance. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2022-midterms-nyu-csmap-seminar-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220919T144850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T144939Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Midterms: NYU's CSMaP Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms \nFor years\, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about the social media landscape. But in the last few years\, new video-based social networks and alt-platforms have emerged. How do these platforms fit into the broader online ecosystem and what impact could they have in 2022? This seminar will present new research on YouTube’s recommendation algorithm\, political communications on TikTok\, and the right-wing platforms Gab\, Gettr\, Parler\, and Truth Social. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2022-midterms-nyu-csmap-seminar-series-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220826T162820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T162820Z
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SUMMARY:Elihu Katz Colloquium: Claes De Vreese\, University of Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Claes De Vreese is a Distinguished University Professor of AI & Society at the University of Amsterdam with a special focus on AI\, media\, and democracy. He also holds the Chair of Political Communication at The Amsterdam School of Communication Research\, University of Amsterdam. \nHe is the founding inaugural scientific director of the Digital Democracy Center at SDU\, a member of the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies\, founding director of the Center for Politics and Communication\, and co-director of the University of Amsterdam initiatives: Information\, Communication & the Data Society (ICDS)\, Human(e) AI\, and Digital Communication Methods Lab. \nHis research interests span from media\, public opinion\, and electoral behaviour to the role of data and AI in democratic processes. Claes served as President of the International Communication Association. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/elihu-katz-colloquium-claes-de-vreese-university-of-amsterdam/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T131500
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20220826T162030Z
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SUMMARY:Elihu Katz Colloquium: Lauren Feldman (Ph.D. '08)\, Rutgers University
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Feldman is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University. Her current research emphasizes three primary areas of interest: climate change communication\, partisan media and misinformation\, and comedy and social change. \nFeldman’s research has been published in more than thirty peer-reviewed journal articles\, as well as in several edited volumes. She is co-author of the book\, A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice (University of California Press\, 2020). Her work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation\, the Carnegie-Knight Task Force on Journalism\, the Spanish Ministry of Science\, among other funders\, and has been recognized with various academic awards. \nFeldman earned her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/elihu-katz-colloquium-lauren-feldman-ph-d-08-rutgers-university/
LOCATION:Hybrid\, Annenberg Room 500 and on Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20221219T182700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T152653Z
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SUMMARY:Web3 is Going Just Where? A fireside chat with Molly White and Jonathan Zittrain
DESCRIPTION:In the wake of the FTX collapse\, what impact have cryptocurrencies had on the world and what can we learn from them about the next generation of the internet we want to build? \nJoin Molly White of Web3 is Going Just Great fame and internet and society professor Jonathan Zittrain for a wide-ranging fireside chat to ring in the new year — and a taste of the discussion series Molly will lead for HLS Beyond in the spring. \nMolly White is a fellow of Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab. A software engineer\, noted cryptocurrency skeptic and cultural commentator\, she is the author of the blog Web3 Is Going Just Great. \nJonathan Zittrain is a professor of law and professor of computer science at Harvard University\, where he co-founded the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. He wrote The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It\, and is working on its sequel\, Well\, We Tried. \nhttps://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vulcmXAjQJGwJ11-VCiIzg
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/web3-is-going-just-where-a-fireside-chat-with-molly-white-and-jonathan-zittrain/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230201T175358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T041846Z
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SUMMARY:GWU IDDP: Nina Hall in Conversation with Dave Karpf
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 16 at 11am ET Dave Karpf will be in conversation with Nina Hall about her recent book Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era. In her book Nina does what no other International Relations scholar has done before\, research the power and spread of digital advocacy organizations. Dave and Nina will discuss her investigation of how these organizations have harnessed digitally networked power and quickly respond to the most salient issues of the day\, and mobilize large memberships to put pressure on politicians. \nThis is an online event. Registration is required.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/gwu-iddp-nina-hall-in-conversation-with-dave-karpf/
LOCATION:George Washington University Institute for Data\, Democracy\, and Politics
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230209T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230201T174517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T175521Z
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SUMMARY:EU Disinfo Lab: A CERN for the Information Environment
DESCRIPTION:Alicia Wanless\, Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, will present during this EU DisinfoLab webinar her study\, co-written with Jacob N. Shapiro\, professor at Princeton University: “A CERN Model for Studying the Information Environment”. \nTheir idea? Create the equivalent of a European Center for Nuclear Research\, or CERN\, for tracking what happens across social media. \nThis webinar will provide you more insights as to how to study the information environment\, and how to develop a joint approach to this need! \nThis live webinar will be moderated by Alexandre Alaphilippe\, Executive Director\, EU DisinfoLab.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/eu-disinfo-lab-a-cern-for-the-information-environment/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230213T202815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T202815Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals | European Media and Information Fund
DESCRIPTION:The European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) opened three calls for proposals for projects in Europe aiming to fight disinformation on 27 January 2023. EMIF will distribute up to €4\,800\,000 across three areas of interventions: \n\nInvestigations into Disinformation Dynamics\nResearch for a Transparent and Resilient Information Ecosystem\nMedia and Information Literacy for Societal Resilience\n\nThese calls will remain open until 28 April 2023 at 12:59 CET. Applications for funding must be submitted by groups of legal entities (partnerships or consortia) located in the EU\, EFTA and UK. \nAdditionally\, EMIF will host an online information session on 24 February 2023 to explain the application process and answer questions of prospective applicants with more details on registration to follow.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-proposals-european-media-and-information-fund/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230221T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230221T173000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230213T145417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T145417Z
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SUMMARY:Internet for Trust Conference | Forum on Information & Democracy
DESCRIPTION:On February 21 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris\, the Forum on Information and Democracy holds a session on the implementation of democratic safeguards in the information and communication space. The global conference “Internet for Trust” takes place from February 21 to 23. \nDuring the UNESCO global conference that aims at shaping guidelines for digital platform regulation\, the Forum on Information and Democracy will work on advancing in four priority fields to fight information chaos. An event in four acts\, which will gather experts and stakeholders. \nThe four sequences (45’ each) will be devoted to key challenges : \n\nBuilding a global governance to tackle the information chaos\nShifting from immunity to accountability regimes online\nSecuring pluralism of information online\nImplementing the “New Deal for journalism”\n\nThe Forum will reveal in preview its concrete recommendations on pluralism of information in curation and indexation algorithms. Director of the Center for Media Freedom and Media Pluralism at the European University Institute\, Pier Luigi Parcu will present concrete and operational recommendations for promoting diversity of ideas online\, a necessity for the quality of public debate. This professor was the chairman of the international working group on pluralism launched by the Forum.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/internet-for-trust-conference-forum-on-information-democracy/
LOCATION:UNESCO\, Paris\, France
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230210T191351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T191351Z
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SUMMARY:AI & Social Manipulation | Northeastern University Network Science Institute
DESCRIPTION:Networks have dramatically changed the way we experience the world. Information access and broadcasting have been revolutionized. The Internet\, the Web\, and online platforms bring us together: our society is experiencing the effects\, both positive and negative\, of ubiquitous and unparalleled connectivity. In this talk\, I will overview my decade-long journey into understanding the implications of online platforms for our society\, democracy\, and public health. I’ll first focus on online manipulation and illustrate how bots and trolls exacerbate the spread of inaccurate information. Their operations span domains from politics to public health. I’ll dive deep into our discovery that bots attempted to manipulate the online conversation about the 2016 US Election. Our work is the only peer-reviewed study of online political interference that appeared before November 8\, 2016\, and it has informed official government investigations as well as new policies and regulations. These problems are far from being solved\, as I will illustrate similar issues with the 2020 U.S. Election\, as well as COVID-related chatter. I’ll conclude by discussing the tools we developed to understand and combat online misinformation\, detect bots and trolls\, and characterize their activity\, behavior\, and strategies\, suggesting how they are changing the way researchers and the public study communication networks in the era of automation and artificial intelligence. \nAbout the speaker\nEmilio Ferrara is a professor of communication and computer science at USC Annenberg and at the USC Viterbi Department of Computer Science\, and Director of the Annenberg Networks Network (ANN) center and co-director of the Machine Intelligence and Data Science (MINDS) center.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-social-manipulation-northeastern-university-network-science-institute/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230215T154421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T170451Z
UID:77302-1677067200-1677070800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Co-Opting AI: Recruiting | NYU Institute for Public Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge\, the 370 Jay Project\, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology\, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” \nThis event will examine how AI intersects with the profession of recruiting and with gaining access to the labor market. It will take a connect current scholarship on technology and labor with deep industry insights on the HR tech sector.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/co-opting-ai-recruiting-nyu-institute-for-public-knowledge/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230201T180140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T180140Z
UID:77050-1677153600-1677159000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:GWU: Anthroencryption: Strategies for Protecting the World's Vulnerable People
DESCRIPTION:Governments\, humanitarian organizations and private contractors are capturing\, storing and sharing an ever increasing volume of identity data\, much of it pertaining to individuals such as refugees\, whistleblowers and other vulnerable people who may never interact directly with the databases where their data is stored. While many countries have enacted legislation to establish baseline safety protocols for protecting personal data\, and online privacy and security standards are becoming more ubiquitous outside of the technology economy\, protecting data about people remains a challenging and underappreciated area of risk for most organizations\, and securely sharing that data a significant impediment. \nThis talk by Timothy Quinn of the Dark Data Project\, co-sponsored by IDDP\, the Humanitarian Action Initiative\, and SMPA’s Media and Peacebuilding Project\, provides a better understanding of the tiered reality of identity protection\, outlining appropriate strategies suitable to the needs of vulnerable people in a wide variety of contexts.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/gwu-anthroencryption-strategies-for-protecting-the-worlds-vulnerable-people/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St. NW\, Washington\, DC\, DC\, 20052\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230216T170442Z
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UID:77335-1677164400-1677168000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Essentially Unprotected: Health Data and the Surveillance of Essential Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the lives of essential workers in America\, shifting the conditions\, timing\, equipment\, and spatial practices of their work\, and expanding surveillance inside the workplace. And while employers collected increasing amounts of data about workers’ health\, little of it was shared with workers themselves. The result was an information vacuum that left workers in the dark about their potential exposure and risk\, fueling immense anxiety and concern for themselves and those around them. \nData & Society’s forthcoming report Essentially Unprotected is based on interviews with 50 people who worked in grocery\, warehousing\, manufacturing\, or meat and food processing during the pandemic. The report highlights their experiences and efforts to manage the confusing and often terrifying challenges of the in-person pandemic workplace. \nIn this conversation\, we will examine the social\, economic\, and regulatory environment that laid the groundwork for serious information gaps surrounding infections. We will explore how technology contributed to the collection of data and worsened workers’ stress and frustration — and\, in select cases\, facilitated information-sharing that protected workers’ privacy and addressed their fears.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/essentially-unprotected-health-data-and-the-surveillance-of-essential-workers-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230127T220227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T220227Z
UID:74549-1677168000-1677171600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy: The Good Web
DESCRIPTION:Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse\, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy\, and Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights\, Global Affairs\, and Philosophy and Sushma Raman\, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book\, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\, the series draws upon a range of scholars\, technology leaders\, and public interest technologists to address the ethical aspects of the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society and human life. \nPanelists: \n\nEthan Zuckerman | Associate Professor of Public Policy\, Communication\, and Information and Computer Sciences\nMathias Risse (Moderator) | Faculty Director\, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy\n\nThis event will be livestreamed on YouTube Live.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/harvard-carr-center-for-human-rights-policy-the-good-web/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230214T210342Z
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UID:77284-1677628800-1677715199@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:CFP: Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference 2023
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 AoIR conference addresses themes of revolutions\, and their contingent promises and failures as related to digital technologies. How have digital technologies been enrolled in revolutionary projects? How have discourses of revolutions taken shape in projects of social justice\, the reorganization of social orders\, or as corporate manipulations of revolutionary promises? This conference is an opportunity to engage with these complex and crucial questions. We welcome submissions on the following themes and beyond: \n\nRevolutions\, the rhetoric of revolution\, and critiques thereof\nThe successes and failures of revolutions\, both within digital technology and using digital technologies\nRevolutionary tactics\, actions\, and goals\nHistory of revolutions and internet technologies\nSovereignties within\, across\, and against the digital world\, including revolutionary or alternate sovereignties to those that currently exist\nDemocratization versus mobbing and the politics of mass participation\nRevolutions in research and methods\nRevolutionary understandings of time and place\, and envisioning pasts or futures as revolutionary goals\nBalancing the visibility as a political strategy with the capacities for increased surveillance\n\nWe also welcome submissions on topics that address social\, cultural\, political\, legal\, aesthetic\, economic\, and/or philosophical aspects of the internet beyond the conference theme. The committee extends a special invitation to students\, researchers\, and practitioners who have previously not participated in an AoIR event to submit proposals\, and to scholars from the Global South\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color globally\, LGBTQIA+ peoples\, scholars living with disabilities\, and people outside or adjacent to the academy.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cfp-association-of-internet-researchers-annual-conference-2023/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230301T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230301T110000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230216T165611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T165611Z
UID:77330-1677664800-1677668400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Train the Trainer Short Courses | Aspen Tech Policy Hub
DESCRIPTION:Our Train the Trainer short courses are paid\, week-long virtual short courses to train experienced policy professionals to teach our methods for policy impact. We are hosting 2 virtual training courses with limited enrollment: Policy Impact (tentatively scheduled from May 15-19\, 2023) and Writing and Communicating for Policy (tentatively scheduled from June 5-9\, 2023). \nSubject matter experts in science\, technology\, cybersecurity\, or a related field with 3 or more years of policy experience and an interest in training others on how to have policy impact are encouraged to apply. Selected trainers will be paid a $2\,000 honoraria for each program in which they enroll. The top graduates will also be invited to serve as future trainers in our teaching programs at a rate of $100/hr. \nProgram staff will host an informational webinar for prospective applicants on March 1\, 2023\, from 10-11am PT. To register\, see here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/train-the-trainer-short-courses-aspen-tech-policy-hub/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230215T170309Z
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UID:77307-1677672000-1677675600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Foreign Interference & Propaganda: What We Know and What to Expect | NYU Center for Social Media and Politics
DESCRIPTION:Since Russia’s attempt to interfere with the 2016 election\, the political and scholarly community has focused considerable attention on foreign influence in American politics. Researchers and media have investigated the scale and impact of Russia’s campaign\, and U.S. lawmakers are now increasingly concerned about national security risks surrounding China’s ownership of TikTok. What do we know about foreign influence since 2016 and how do we expect it to shift in the coming years? This virtual event brings together leading scholars to discuss how Russia and China have used traditional and digital media to shape global perceptions\, the role state-controlled agencies play in advancing propaganda\, and how tactics could continue to change heading into the 2024 election cycle. \nPanelists: \nRenée DiResta – Research Manager\, Stanford Internet Observatory \nKathleen Hall Jamieson – Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication\, University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication \nJennifer Pan – Professor of Communication\, Stanford University \nJoshua A. Tucker – Co-Director\, NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics (moderator) \nThis event is co-sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/foreign-interference-propaganda-what-we-know-and-what-to-expect-nyu-center-for-social-media-and-politics/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230207T205733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T205934Z
UID:77184-1678104000-1678107600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:UT Austin Good Systems Speaker Series | Predict and Surveil: Data\, Discretion\, and the Future of Policing
DESCRIPTION:The scope of criminal legal surveillance\, from the police to the prisons\, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time\, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields\, including finance\, politics\, health\, and criminal justice. Drawing on fieldwork conducted within the Los Angeles Police Department\, University of Texas at Austin Professor Sara Brayne shows how law enforcement uses predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies to allocate resources\, identify criminal suspects\, and conduct investigations. She then analyzes how the adoption of big data analytics transforms organizational practices\, and how the police themselves respond to these new data-driven strategies. Proponents argue that big data can be used to make law enforcement practices more effective\, fair\, accountable\, and objective\, in part by stripping discretion from biased front-line actors. This research reveals the ways that police use of big data does not eliminate discretion\, but rather displaces discretionary power to earlier\, less visible parts of the policing process. \nThis is an online event. Registration is required.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ut-austin-good-systems-speaker-series-predict-and-surveil-data-discretion-and-the-future-of-policing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T181044
CREATED:20230314T203303Z
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UID:77620-1678968000-1678971600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Digital Policy Rounds: Mis/disinformation and the Question of Authenticity | Centre for Media\, Technology\, and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:While mis- and dis-information is primarily understood in terms of its facticity\, or lack thereof\, the very circulation of information such as news stories is tied to the cultural contexts in which people come to trust and rely on certain channels of information. Tackling misinformation\, then\, requires not just repudiation of its claims but an understanding of how and why its claims become significant — through what cultural channels — for certain groups of people. How do these channels influence what people will believe in their news and information consumption habits? How do recommender algorithms shape cultural channels that mark certain information as compelling? How does understanding the cultural sites of meaning-making help us address mis- and dis-information? \nThis panel seeks to surface the cultural dimensions of mis- and dis-information through the lens of authenticity: how claims to truthfulness and facticity are recognized as believable by communities\, and so how those claims are authenticated as truth or facts. Our panelists will discuss the historical\, technological\, and political aspects of claiming access to an authentic reality\, and how addressing mis- and dis-information through policy requires engaging culturally with those claims. \nRegister to receive the event Zoom link on the day of the event.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/digital-policy-rounds-mis-disinformation-and-the-question-of-authenticity-centre-for-media-technology-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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