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American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Hawai’i Convention Center Honolulu, HI, United States

“The American Studies Association annual meeting is a place for scholars, teachers, students, activists, and artists to share interdisciplinary research on U.S. culture and history in a global context. It is a place for participants otherwise separated by disciplines, geographies, and professional barriers to come together, network, collaborate, and connect. Participants gather together to present […]

WikiConference North America

Cambridge, Mass. , United States

WikiConference North America 2019 November 8-11 You’re invited to Cambridge, Massachusetts to join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts for the annual continental conference. WikiConference North America is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers from throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The 2019 conference will take place in Cambridge, […]

Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture with Dr Alondra Nelson

Oxford Internet Institute Oxford, United Kingdom

“The OII invites you to attend a lecture and drinks reception in the Weston Library Lecture Theatre, followed by a drinks reception in Blackwell Hall. Alondra Nelson is President of the Social Science Research Council and the Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent centre for theoretical […]

National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention

Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD, United States

“The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry. NCA serves the scholars, teachers, and practitioners who are its members by enabling and supporting their professional interests in research and teaching. Dedicated to fostering and promoting free and […]

News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age

Lyon Lyon, France

“How can journalists provide reliable information in a sea of information, misinformation and data? During this summit, experts will tell us how to make the most of digital tools to cover elections, by sharing experiences that range from creating new apps to deliver election results in real time to smartphones, to experimenting with platforms that […]

Information Wars: A Conversation with Richard Stengel – Shorenstein Center

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

“Join us for a conversation with Richard Stengel, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, about his new book Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It. In conversation with moderators Amb. Wendy R. Sherman and Nancy Gibbs, Stengel will delve into his time at the […]

Citizens and Technology Summit 2019

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice New York, United States

Event Listing Header “The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities, researchers, and advocates to share, imagine, and design citizen-led agendas for technology and society. How can citizens work for a world where digital power is guided by evidence and accountable to the public? Leaders in the field will share lightning talks of inspiring projects to […]

Can We Build Social Media that’s Good for Society?: UMass Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, United States

“Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman Abstract:  The tech backlash is in full force, and it’s rapidly becoming conventional wisdom that social media is polarizing our politics, abusing our attention, misinforming our democracy and damaging our emotional health. But the situation is far more complex than it seems at first glance. Some of these critiques are not well […]

Brennan Center for Justice: Policing Race & Technology

NYU School of Law New York, United States

Event Listing Header “Please join the Brennan Center for Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for a full-day symposium on December 3, 2019, with a keynote address by Dr. Ruha Benjamin – Associate Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University. This convening aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern […]

Misinformation Speaker Series: David Lazer

Harvard Kennedy School Boston, MA, United States

“ABSTRACT: The Internet is increasingly the home of democracy. It is where people turn for civic information, engage in political discourse public and private, and turn to mobilize collectively. The virtual structures of the Internet are, in some ways, quite distinct from what preceded; and in other ways, they reproduce and amplify those pre-existing patterns. […]