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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T130000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
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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:20260928T185615
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T131500
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230209T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230201T174517Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED: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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230221T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230221T173000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
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:20260928T185615
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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:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230201T180140Z
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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:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230216T170442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T170442Z
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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:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230127T220227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T220227Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230214T210342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T210342Z
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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:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230216T165611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T165611Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230215T170309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T170309Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230207T205733Z
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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:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230314T203303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T203303Z
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230224T152510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T152510Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals | TrustCon 2023
DESCRIPTION:TrustCon is a global conference dedicated to the work of trust and safety professionals\, convening trust and safety experts from tech\, civil society\, academia\, and government with the goal of knowledge building and networking. TrustCon 2023 will feature a range of programming that is engaging\, actionable\, and timely\, facilitating interactive learning experiences for all attendees. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network with their peers\, meet cross-functional colleagues\, and connect with people from a range of different stakeholder groups. Join us July 11-13\, 2023 in San Francisco for the 2nd Annual TrustCon! \nThe proposal deadline is Friday\, March 17\, 2023. Acceptance notifications will be sent by Sunday\, April 30\, 2023. \nWe’re accepting submissions for the following tracks: \n\nEngineering\nOperations\nPartnerships\nPolicy\nProduct\nResearch
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-proposals-trustcon-2023/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230321T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230307T182924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T182924Z
UID:77582-1679414400-1679418000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Impact We Generate Discussion Series | AI\, Media & Democracy
DESCRIPTION:March 21\, April 18 and May 30 2023 at 16:00\nIn recent months\, increased media attention has been given to AI-driven applications like Stable Diffusion\, Dall-E\, GPT-3\, ChatGPT and Bard. These programmes are commonly referred to as Generative AI: technologies that learn from existing data in order to produce new content\, including audio\, (realistic) images and art\, chat\, text and code. Though these technological innovations have sparked renewed enthusiasm and interest for the field of AI\, their potential to disrupt and transform has also been met with concern. \nIn an effort to demystify the use of Generative AI\, the AI\, Media and Democracy Lab is organising a series of events that will explore and discuss the pitfalls and possibilities of the technology’s transformative impact on the media and journalism industries: How can the sector reap the benefits of artificially created content in line with the industries’ values\, such as personal creativity\, autonomy\, user agency\, transparency\, objectivity\, diversity\, trust and authenticity?
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-impact-we-generate-discussion-series-ai-media-democracy/
LOCATION:AI\, Media & Democracy Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230316T172949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T174257Z
UID:77639-1679572800-1679576400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:“Weaponizing Misogyny”: Gender-Based Harassment’s Impact on Journalists and Free Expression | Berkman Klein Center
DESCRIPTION:Whether they are reporting on gun violence\, covering protests in the post-Dobbs era\, or sharing information about COVID with the public\, journalists are on the frontlines\, bringing important issues to light. But the risks of that reporting don’t lie equally with everyone. White women journalists face much more significant harassment than their white male counterparts\, and women of color face harassment based on their gender\, race/ethnicity\, or both at the same time. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/weaponizing-misogyny-gender-based-harassments-impact-on-journalists-and-free-expression-berkman-klein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230402
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230104T152352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T152352Z
UID:74431-1680220800-1680393599@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement
DESCRIPTION:In “Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement\,” law and computer science scholars from across the country will identify and propose solutions to barriers that inhibit enforcement of privacy rights. Featuring keynotes from Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn and FTC Director Samuel Levine. The symposium is a collaboration between UIowa’s Innovation\, Business and Law Center and Harvard’s Journal of Law and Technology.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/beyond-the-ftc-the-future-of-privacy-enforcement/
LOCATION:Harvard Law School and livestream via Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230201T180902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T041744Z
UID:77058-1681390800-1681394400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:GW IDDP: Research Spotlight Webinar Featuring Jeffrey Lees
DESCRIPTION:In his project “Real Time Monitoring of 2022 US Election-Related Misinformation and its Psycho-Social Correlates on Twitter” Jeffrey Lees seeks to answer the question what is the role of superusers? We seek to understand whether superusers are early commenters\, whether superusers change the discussion agenda\, and whether superusers instigate additional public interest from others.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/gw-iddp-research-spotlight-webinar-featuring-jeffrey-lees/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230323T201235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T175519Z
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SUMMARY:Rest of World Labor x Tech Reporting Fellowship | Rest of World
DESCRIPTION:Rest of World is excited to announce a new opportunity for reporters native to regions outside the West who want to produce a deeply reported body of work on how tech impacts labor and workers around the world. \nWe are looking for four reporting fellows to join us for a full year and produce a series of articles on tech’s relationship with labor\, and the tech industry’s influence on both the nature of work and the state of workers. The fellowship is designed to engage reporters native to the regions we cover who have a basic understanding of those regions’ tech and business landscape. The reporting fellows will become part of our regular reporting team on the ground\, helping shape our storytelling by contributing original ideas for stories\, and working alongside our reporters and editors based around the world. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rest-of-world-labor-x-tech-reporting-fellowship-rest-of-world/
CATEGORIES:Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230603T034316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T185830Z
UID:77986-1686072600-1686079800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Steering AI for the Public Good: A Dialogue for the Future | Institute for Advanced Study
DESCRIPTION:Recent\, rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment have demonstrated technology’s potential to drastically transform and potentially improve the lives of many people across the world. From unlocking millions of hours’ worth of biological research in a fraction of the time to reducing the amount of energy used by industrial power plants\, the use of AI could power the change needed to combat some of the most pressing issues of our time. But robust\, adaptive strategies\, including practices and policies\, are needed to ensure that AI technology will benefit all of humanity. Strategies to ensure that AI tools are developed and used responsibly must be a fundamental part of the development process rather than an afterthought. \n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/steering-ai-for-the-public-good-a-dialogue-for-the-future-institute-for-advanced-study/
LOCATION:Princeton University\, Princeton\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230623T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230222T163751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T163751Z
UID:77367-1687478400-1687651199@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Computation+Journalism and European Data & Computational Journalism Conference aims to bring together industry\, practitioners and academics in the fields of journalism and news production. It will be hosted on June 23-24 at ETH Zurich\, Switzerland. \nThis unique conference will focus on information\, data\, social and computer sciences\, facilitating a multidisciplinary discussion on these topics in order to advance research and practice in the broad area of Data and Computational Journalism. This is a venue where journalists and researchers meet –— news organisations share experiences with computational and social scientists\, and together explore new kinds of practices that can serve the public good. The conference will present a mix of academic talks and keynotes from industry leaders. \nThis is the 10th edition of the Computation+Journalism Symposium (C+J)\, and the 4th edition of the European Data and Computational Journalism Conference (datajconf)\, held together jointly for the first time in 2023 in Zurich\, Switzerland. It is also the first time that the C+J Symposium will be held outside of the US.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-joint-computation-journalism-european-data-computational-journalism-conference/
LOCATION:ETH Zurich\, Zurich\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal,Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20230531T164635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T190311Z
UID:77879-1688029200-1688054400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Meet the future of AI (and us!): registration for the event now open | vera.ai VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Maarten Schenk is co-founder of Belgian fact-checking outlet Lead Stories. He is very active in the field of debunking. At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia\, DW’s Jochen Spangenberg asked him about his views on how Artificial Intelligence will impact the production as well as spreading of disinformation\, and what this means for fact-checkers like him.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/meet-the-future-of-ai-and-us-registration-for-the-event-now-open-vera-ai-verification-assisted-by-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T000000
DTSTAMP:20260928T185615
CREATED:20231130T154409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T200725Z
UID:78388-1688688000-1688688000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Call for papers: The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024 | DSA Observatory
DESCRIPTION:To coincide with the Digital Services Act (DSA) becoming directly applicable across the EU on 17 February 2024\, the DSA Observatory at the Institute for Information Law\, University of Amsterdam\, will hold a two-day conference on ‘The DSA and Platform Regulation’ at the Amsterdam Law School on 15-16 February 2024.   \nThe DSA is the EU’s landmark piece of legislation for addressing illegal and harmful content and activity\, and protecting fundamental rights online. The DSA becoming fully applicable marks the end of a years-long drafting and negotiation process and opens a new chapter: that of its enforcement\, practicable access to justice\, and potential to set global standards. While the DSA extends the e-Commerce Directive’s core principles for the regulation of online services that handle third-party content and codifies existing self-regulatory practices initiated by online platforms\, it also introduces significant legal innovations for the regulation of platforms in democratic states: a tiered system of due diligence obligations for intermediary services\, the regulation of content moderation through terms of service enforcement\, systemic risk assessment obligations for the most widely used platforms and search engines\, and access to data for researchers.   \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-papers-the-dsa-and-platform-regulation-conference-2024-dsa-observatory/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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