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RSA Conference

Moscone Center San Francisco, CA, United States

“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. RSA Conference 2020 is here to support you in your mission—by bringing you together with thousands of […]

Misinformation Speaker Series: Yochai Benkler

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

Event featured image, but exclude link Event content “Please join us for a talk by Yochai Benkler, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School. Co-sponsored with the Department of Communication Studies and the Shorenstein Center. This event is part of the Misinformation Speaker Series, co-sponsored by the NULab […]

Media Ecosystems Conference — Media Ecosystems Analysis Group

Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass

2nd Exploring Media Ecosystems Conference March 2nd & 3rd, 2020 Samberg Conference Center at MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts About There 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 […]

You Won’t Believe How the Chinese Government Uses Clickbait!

Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States

“Visting Speaker: Jennifer Pan, Assistant Professor of Communication, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Stanford University Abstract There 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 […]

Misinformation Speaker Series: Young Mie Kim

“Please join us for a talk by Young Mie Kim, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at University of Wisconsin-Madison. This 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. Speaker Bio: Young Mie Kim is a Professor […]

Conspiracies Conference: U of Miami

University of Miami Miami, FL, United States

“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories, fake news, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. The 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 […]

Computation + Journalism Symposium 2020

“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 […]

The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times.

Boston University Boston, MA, United States

“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 […]

Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 “Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era”

Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States

“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. Scientific hoaxes (Feder […]

Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 “Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era” | The Ethics Institute

Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States

“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. Scientific hoaxes (Feder […]