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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
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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:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230201T180140Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20260928T194305
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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T235959
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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:20260928T194305
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230306T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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:20260928T194305
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:20260928T194305
CREATED: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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230321T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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:20260928T194305
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230402
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230104T152352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T152352Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230323T201235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T175519Z
UID:77671-1683892800-1683896400@mediawell.ssrc.org
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:20260928T194305
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:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230222T163751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T163751Z
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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:20260928T194305
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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DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230829T195024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T191949Z
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SUMMARY:“Whose data is it anyway? Ethical\, practical\, and methodological challenges of data donation in messenger groups research” | WI Methods Lab
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, August 30th\, 2023\, 1–4 pm\nWhere: Weizenbaum Institute + Zoom (hybrid)\nRegistration: https://forms.gle/7NJngW7Ty4c8TWs3A \nMessaging applications\, such as WhatsApp\, Telegram\, and Signal\, are increasingly used for all forms of political communication. They became important venues for people to talk about political issues\, share news\, and communicate with governmental institutions. Unlike public pages of social networking cites\, closed messaging groups provided relatively intimate and controlled spaces\, where political discussions can trigger political participation and activism. Enhanced privacy of these closed spaces attracted political groups that range from protesters and activists in authoritarian regimes to far-right organizations in the democratic states. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/whose-data-is-it-anyway-ethical-practical-and-methodological-challenges-of-data-donation-in-messenger-groups-research-wi-methods-lab/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
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SUMMARY:Conferences | SUNY Council on Writing
DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals\, 2023\n“Writing\, Thinking\, and Learning with AI:\nExploring Relationships of Rhetoric and Artificial Intelligence”  \nJoin us October 13–14\, 2023\, for a virtual conference hosted by the SUNY Council on Writing and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University \nThe recent attention given to the topic of artificial intelligence has been largely attributed to the introduction of ChatGPT\, the conversational (and controversial) chatbot released by OpenAI. ChatGPT\, itself an assemblage of many technologies like large language models\, neural networks\, and natural language processing that we colloquially simplify to “AI\,” represents only a portion of the larger landscape of machine learning and artificial intelligence development that has taken place over decades. But the sudden explosion of public access to sophisticated generative AI programs like ChatGPT has pushed into the mainstream the idea that machines can “write” (perhaps even in ways some readers see as cogent and well-reasoned) in response to open-ended questions. What does it mean to practice rhetoric in this age of artificial intelligence? What does it mean\, more broadly\, to write\, think\, and learn? How does this new development in “writing technology” reshape our understanding and practice as human rhetors? What are the areas of concern and/or potential\, and how do we address them in different disciplines and contexts? What rhetorical relationships of AI and writing\, thinking\, and learning might we wish to amplify or attenuate? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conferences-suny-council-on-writing/
LOCATION:Stony Brooke University
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T173000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230921T012652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T204738Z
UID:78295-1697886000-1697909400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Workshop on Responsible and Open Foundation Models | Open foundation models
DESCRIPTION:In the last year\, open foundation models have proliferated widely. Given the rapid adoption of these models\, cultivating a responsible open source AI ecosystem is crucial and urgent. Our workshop presents an opportunity to learn from experts in different fields who have worked on responsible release strategies\, risk mitigation\, and policy interventions that can help. \n\n\n\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/workshop-on-responsible-and-open-foundation-models-open-foundation-models/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T163000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230930T012700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T204253Z
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SUMMARY:The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter | Annenberg Public Policy Center
DESCRIPTION:If you use social media data in your research\, you’re going to want to listen up\, because we’ve reached a crisis point. Digital data access has survived in an uncomfortable and unpredictable flux for years\, but the most recent wave of policy changes may well be existential. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-post-api-conference-social-media-data-acquisition-after-twitter-annenberg-public-policy-center/
LOCATION:Annenberg Public Policy Center\, 202 S 36th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20230831T193636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T192829Z
UID:78243-1699952400-1700049600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:AI for Humanity and Society 2023 | WASP-HS
DESCRIPTION:As we face an increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday practices\, it becomes more critical than ever to examine how AI affects our lives and society. Researchers in the social sciences and humanities have made essential observations and analyses on this topic. Yet\, we still need grounded\, situated\, and relational understandings of how AI impacts us individually and collectively. \nTo reach this goal\, it is imperative to closely examine the norms\, values\, and assumptions underpinning current AI research\, inquiry about the criticality embedded in scholarly practices\, and question the relevance of the methods chosen.  We must identify what works well for all groups in society and discuss what needs improvement or change. \nThis is why WASP-HS welcomes researchers\, representatives from industry\, and policymakers to discuss these issues on 14-15 November at Malmö Live in Malmö\, Sweden. \nWe look forward to your thoughts and ideas on how to address these challenges so we can work together to contribute to a future we all want to live in. \nWelcome to the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2023! \n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2023-wasp-hs/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20231130T153929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T203758Z
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SUMMARY:Are Psychological Inoculations Against Misinformation Likely to be Effective at Scale? A Discussion Between Sander van der Linden and Gordon Pennycook | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation\, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media\, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/are-psychological-inoculations-against-misinformation-likely-to-be-effective-at-scale-a-discussion-between-sander-van-der-linden-and-gordon-pennycook-shorenstein-center/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20240110T185258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240110T190428Z
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SUMMARY:Online Content Moderation from the Trenches: Veterans Who Have Fought the Fight | R Street Institute
DESCRIPTION:Online content moderators have a difficult and thankless job: delivering results and determining what you see on the web. But what do they actually do\, and how do they do it? Hear from actual moderators who have served at some of the largest social media platforms in the world and are now at the forefront of content moderation in the technology space. \nJoin us for a rollicking discussion on the past\, present and future of online content moderation with people who have overcome some of the most trying situations in the history of the internet. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/online-content-moderation-from-the-trenches-veterans-who-have-fought-the-fight-r-street-institute/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20240125T155530Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Applications: The Research Conference on Communications\, Information and Internet Policy | TPRC
DESCRIPTION:TPRC is the preeminent annual interdisciplinary conference on communications\, information\, and Internet policy that convenes researchers and policymakers from law\, economics\, engineering\, computer science\, public policy\, data science\, social sciences\, and related fields working in academia\, industry\, government\, and nonprofit organizations around the world. \nTPRC is seeking submissions for its 52nd conference\, including papers\, posters\, panels\, tutorials and the Student Paper Competition. \nPaper and poster proposals can be submitted through March 15\, 2024. \nStudent Papers can be submitted through April 30\, 2024. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-applications-the-research-conference-on-communications-information-and-internet-policy-tprc/
LOCATION:American University Washington College of Law\, Washington D.C\, District of Columbia
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T194305
CREATED:20240201T204147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T210153Z
UID:78488-1710925200-1710954000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Emerging directions in news use research: Project launch event and open conference | University of Surrey
DESCRIPTION:This event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents’ news use project – which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use project aims to examine how parents engage with and respond to news at critical moments of crisis. The project team includes Professor Ranjana Das\, Dr Thomas Roberts\, Dr Emily Setty and Dr Maria-Nerina Boursinou from the Department of Sociology (University of Surrey). \nA day-long\, international\, virtual conference – this event brings together a global group of scholars involved with researching news use\, news audiences and consumption\, and news engagement and disengagement. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/emerging-directions-in-news-use-research-project-launch-event-and-open-conference-university-of-surrey/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="University of Surrey":MAILTO:https://www.surrey.ac.uk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T233000
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SUMMARY:Rethinking the Inevitability of AI | University of Virginia
DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: \nRethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context \nApril 22\, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due \nJuly 18\, 2024: Date of online conference \nIn late 2023\, news broke that Microsoft was looking into developing nuclear reactors to power their forays into AI. According to the International Energy Agency\, data centers may be on track to double their energy usage by 2026 thanks in large part to AI and other power-hungry computing applications. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rethinking-the-inevitability-of-ai-university-of-virginia/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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