Event featured image, but exclude link Event content “Please join us for a talk by Miriam Metzger, Professor, Comm & Info Technologies, Department of Communication, UCSB. More details coming soon! 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 and […]
“We are delighted to welcome Zoë Glatt for an OxDEG talk on ‘An (auto)ethnography of YouTube creators’ labour in the online video industry’ In the late 2000’s a new and exciting cultural phenomenon was bubbling under the surface. Around the world, teens in their bedrooms were turning on their webcams to film asynchronous conversations with […]
Event Listing Header “The powerful have long agreed: Poor and working people must be watched. With the proliferation of digital monitoring and algorithmic management of gig economy and blue collar workers, it might seem like the expansion of workplace surveillance is a new trend. In reality, it is a centuries-old phenomenon that has shaped core […]
“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 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, […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]