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SUMMARY:Brennan Center for Justice: Policing Race & Technology
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n“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. \nThis convening aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern surveillance technologies such as facial recognition\, predictive policing\, and social media monitoring tools. Through panels and discussion\, this symposium will explore topics such as: \n\nThe deployment of surveillance technologies in the face of well-documented error rates when analyzing communities of color\, and the ways in which their unchecked use threatens to obscure and automate racial inequalities under the guise of unbiased computer systems;\n\n\nThe need to analyze the use of surveillance tools in the context of well-established racial biases in policing\, which has knock-on effects on the criminal justice system;\n\n\nIssues raised by using surveillance technologies in tandem\, such as their exacerbated impact on communities of color and the creation of a pervasive dragnet that is incompatible with a democratic society; and\n\n\nThe different approaches to regulation\, including outright bans (enacted for facial recognition in cities such as San Francisco and Somerville\, MA)\, efforts to pass transparency measures (enacted in cities such as Seattle and Nashville\, TN)\, and the role of inspector general audits (influential reports in Los Angeles and Chicago).”\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/brennan-center-for-justice-policing-race-technology/
LOCATION:NYU School of Law\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
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SUMMARY:Can We Build Social Media that’s Good for Society?: UMass Amherst
DESCRIPTION:“Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman \nAbstract:  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 supported by research. And those that are true apply to a particular model of social media\, based around surveillant advertising and an endless quest for human attention. What would it mean to build social media expressly designed to strengthen democratic society? Can we imagine an alternative system where public service digital media overcomes some of the thorniest problems of our contemporary online world?”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/can-we-build-social-media-thats-good-for-society-umass-amherst/
LOCATION:University of Massachusetts Amherst\, Amherst\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191023T182821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T140156Z
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SUMMARY:Citizens and Technology Summit 2019
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n“The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities\, researchers\, and advocates to share\, imagine\, and design citizen-led agendas for technology and society. \nHow 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 test the social impacts of technology\, discover effective actions for change\, and scale those discoveries. \nThe summit will also launch a new identity for the Citizens and Technology Lab (currently CivilServant)\, which started as a PhD project and has grown into a center for innovation at Cornell University. The summit is hosted by the Citizens and Technology Lab.” \n\n\n\n Event Listing Body  \n\n Listing Hero Details
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/citizens-and-technology-summit-2019/
LOCATION:Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191106T173622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191106T204235Z
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SUMMARY:Information Wars: A Conversation with Richard Stengel - Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:“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 front lines of the Obama administration’s battle against disinformation campaigns by the Islamic State and Russia. Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership.”\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-wars-a-conversation-with-richard-stengel-shorenstein-center/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191116
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T182258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T182258Z
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SUMMARY:News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age
DESCRIPTION:“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 flag and debunk misinformation during elections.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/news-impact-summit-covering-politics-in-the-misinformation-age/
LOCATION:Lyon\, Lyon\, France
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191118
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190911T191134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190911T191134Z
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SUMMARY:National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention
DESCRIPTION:“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.\n\nNCA 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 ethical communication\, NCA promotes the widespread appreciation of the importance of communication in public and private life\, the application of competent communication to improve the quality of human life and relationships\, and the use of knowledge about communication to solve human problems. NCA supports inclusiveness and diversity among our faculties\, within our membership\, in the workplace\, and in the classroom; NCA supports and promotes policies that fairly encourage this diversity and inclusion.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/national-communication-association-105th-annual-convention/
LOCATION:Baltimore Convention Center\, Baltimore\, MD\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191106T173923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191106T202354Z
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SUMMARY:Oxford Internet Institute Bellwether Lecture with Dr Alondra Nelson
DESCRIPTION:“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. \nAlondra 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 research and intellectual inquiry in Princeton\, New Jersey. \nAn award-winning author\, Nelson has published widely-acclaimed books and articles exploring science\, technology\, medicine\, and social inequality. Her recent publications include a symposium in the British Journal of Sociology on the history of slavery\, genetic genealogy\, and the #GU272\, as well as coauthored articles in Public Library of Science (PLOS): Computational Biology\, Genetics in Medicine\, and Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. She is currently at work on a book about science and technology policy in the Obama administration.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/oxford-internet-institute-bellwether-lecture-with-dr-alondra-nelson/
LOCATION:Oxford Internet Institute\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191112
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
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SUMMARY:WikiConference North America
DESCRIPTION:WikiConference North America 2019\nNovember 8-11 \nYou’re invited to Cambridge\, Massachusetts to join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts for the annual continental conference. \nWikiConference 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\, Massachusetts\, November 8-11. Join Wikipedia\, -media\, -data\, and -cite enthusiasts for a long weekend of collaboration and discovery. \n\nOur main host is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\nThis year’s theme is reliability / credibility\nParticipation in conference activities includes compliance with our friendly space policy.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/wikiconference-north-america/
LOCATION:Cambridge\, Mass.\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191111
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190911T165741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190911T165741Z
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SUMMARY:American Studies Association Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:“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. \nIt 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 individual papers\, panels\, performances\, roundtables\, workshops\, or alternative formats. As an event\, the annual meeting promotes the field of American studies among its practitioners and with the public at large\, through the recognition of a range of accomplishments.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/american-studies-association-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Hawai’i Convention Center\, Honolulu\, HI\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191108
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191002T203905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T145420Z
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SUMMARY:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working People
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n“The powerful have long agreed: Poor and working people must be watched. \nWith 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 aspects of modern privacy debates. From English Poor Laws\, to the monitoring of 19th century coal miners and 20th century farmworker advocates\, to contemporary efforts to track workers in the digital economy\, this conference will follow the surveillance of poor and working people and those who advocate for them. \nHow has the myth of the untrustworthy pauper or worker transformed over time? What role has race and ethnicity played in justifying surveillance? Has this surveillance proven effective or not? How has technology normalized and propogated this surveillance? Finally\, how are local communities\, advocates\, and artists responding to these challenges? \nThe Color of Surveillance addresses these questions and more\, elevating the voices of working people\, labor advocates\, artists\, and historians. The conference will take place on Thursday\, November 7 in Hart Auditorium at Georgetown University Law Center\, and is presented in partnership with Free Press and MediaJustice\, with support from The Center on Poverty and Inequality Economic Security and Opportunity Initative\, the Workers’ Rights Institute\, and The Institute for Technology Law and Policy. \nStay tuned for more information on speakers and session details (note: if you would like to RSVP without going through Eventbrite\, please email us at privacy@georgetown.edu). For updates\, subscribe to our newsletter.” \n\n\n\n Event Listing Body  \n\n Listing Hero Details  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-color-of-surveillance-monitoring-of-poor-and-working-people/
LOCATION:Georgetown University\, Washington D.C\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191018T154459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T141628Z
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SUMMARY:OXDEG: ‘Don’t forget to like\, subscribe and turn on the bell notifications’
DESCRIPTION:“We are delighted to welcome Zoë Glatt for an OxDEG talk on ‘An (auto)ethnography of YouTube creators’ labour in the online video industry’ \nIn 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 unknown audiences and uploading them to YouTube. Online communities started to flourish on the platform and new genres began to crystallise: vlogs\, tutorials\, comedy sketches\, video responses. In these early years being a ‘YouTuber’ was not yet a viable career and creator culture mainly flew under the radar of mainstream media organisations\, or else was viewed as trivial or insignificant. Since then\, we have seen the rise a new and powerful cross-platform creative industry. What began as pockets of amateur creators on YouTube has grown into a mature infrastructure of diverse and competing platforms\, such as Instagram\, TikTok\, Patreon\, Facebook and Twitch\, that combine online video and social networking affordances with opportunities for content creators to earn an income. \nShifting patterns of employment in the creative industries away from stable structures\, and the emergence of a new neoliberal worker-subject: entrepreneurial\, flexible\, self-directed and always available to work\, has been the topic of much academic scrutiny over the past decade (Gill 2010; Gill and Pratt 2008; Ross 2009; McRobbie 2016; Schlesinger 2016). Studies of this type of work have highlighted the collapse of boundaries between work and play\, intermittent and precarious income\, and a passionate attachment to work and the identity of creative labour (Erin-Duffy 2017). The platform-native online video industry offers new sociocultural and economic formations of creative labour\, fraught with ambivalence and precarity\, that require critical scrutiny. In particular\, the imperative for content creators to diversify income streams across multiple platforms\, brand deals\, merch and tour sales\, advertising revenue and crowdfunding\, all whilst scrutinising popularity metrics and audience feedback\, marks an extension of the neoliberal worker subjectivity. \nIn order to research the lived experiences and labour of aspiring and professional YouTube content creators\, I concluded that it was insufficient to merely watch\, like and comment on videos; I needed to become a YouTuber myself. In this talk\, as well as discussing my preliminary findings\, I reflect on my journey and experiences of using this experimental digital ethnographic method\, in addition to multi-sited online/offline fieldwork and interviews with content creators. As social media platforms have increasingly profound sociocultural impacts\, researchers need to find new methodological tools for engaging critically with this changing landscape. Autoethnography has provided me with significant insights into the labour of online creators\, from the ways in which they understand and navigate algorithms\, channel metrics and the multi-platform environment\, to the emotional highs and lows of trying to cultivate an audience.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/oxdeg-dont-forget-to-like-subscribe-and-turn-on-the-bell-notifications/
LOCATION:Oxford Internet Institute\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191016T150048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T154237Z
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SUMMARY:NULab Misinformation Speaker Series: Miriam Metzger
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Miriam Metzger\, Professor\, Comm & Info Technologies\, Department of Communication\, UCSB. \nMore details coming soon! \nCo-sponsored with the Department of Communication Studies and the Shorenstein Center.  \nThis event is part of the Misinformation Speaker Series\, co-sponsored by the NULab and the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy.” \n\n .tribe-events-single-event-description \n .tribe-events-cal-links \n Event meta
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nulab-misinformation-speaker-series-miriam-metzger/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T151500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T161500
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T180722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T180722Z
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SUMMARY:Mozilla Festival: Panel on the Future of Disinformation
DESCRIPTION:“What will fake content look like in five years? In 10?”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mozilla-festival-panel-on-the-future-of-disinformation/
LOCATION:Ravensbourne University\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T121500
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T174524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T174524Z
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SUMMARY:Mozilla Festival: Panel on The Algorithmic Gaze
DESCRIPTION:“Algorithms spread bias at gigabit speeds. What does this mean for society? And who can fix it?”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mozilla-festival-panel-on-the-algorithmic-gaze/
LOCATION:Ravensbourne University\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191024
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191018T192134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T192134Z
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SUMMARY:Misinfocon London
DESCRIPTION:“Building on the strength and momentum of our highly popular MisinfoCon events which have taken place at MIT and in London\, Kyiv\, and Washington DC\, we’re thrilled to announce that MisinfoCon 6.0 will be taking place on Wednesday\, October 23 in London\, UK at the Royal Society of the Arts. \nHosted by the Mozilla and Hacks/Hackers\, this event will highlight UK and European researchers\, ideas and solutions. Featuring a consortium of powerful players in international policy\, technology\, journalism\, and media literacy\, this gathering will help make important strides in exploring the implications of misinformation across the web\, and identifying methods of fighting it.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinfocon-london/
LOCATION:London\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191016T150057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T182059Z
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SUMMARY:NULab: Jen Schradie and Brooke Foucault Welles
DESCRIPTION:“Please join us for a book discussion and signing featuring Jen Schradie\, Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) at Sciences Po\, and Brooke Foucault Welles\, Northeastern University. \nSchradie will be discussing and signing her new book: The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives. Foucault Welles will be discussing and signing bookplates for her forthcoming book\, #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice\, co-authored with Moya Bailey and Sarah J. Jackson. \nA light lunch will be provided.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nulab-schradie-and-brooke-foucault-welles/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191021
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T143837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T143837Z
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SUMMARY:Radical Networks
DESCRIPTION:“Founded in 2015\, Radical Networks is an annual conference that promotes artistic\, grassroots activist\, and experimental work in telecommunications\, including the internet and world wide web. As a summit for investigators and instigators from all disciplines\, the event facilitates the open exchange of ideas and collaborations\, centering marginalized and underrepresented communities. \nOur mission is to have the public critically engage with the communications tools and networks we use and participate in every day\, while gaining access to the knowledge needed to create our own tools and alternative infrastructures for community\, experimentation\, and dissent.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/radical-networks/
LOCATION:Prime Produce\, New York\, New York
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191002T145154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T180604Z
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SUMMARY:NYU Calendar: News On The Right
DESCRIPTION:“This event centers on the forms and formation of right-wing movements and conservative media outlets as they shaped the conditions leading up to the 2016 Presidential election\, with an eye towards 2020. \nReece Peck is an Assistant Professor of Media Culture at College of Staten Island\, CUNY. His focuses on populist rhetorical traditions and the cultural politics of class\, with particular attention to the role of television news and tabloid media. His book\, Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class (Cambridge\, 2018)\, develops a theoretical framework for interpreting the populist rhetorical address and branding strategy of Fox News and other key conservative media outlets. \nKhadijah White is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers. She conducts ethnographic media research in the United States\, Australia\, and South Africa with an attention to inter-relations of social movements\, news\, politics\, and race. Her book\, The Branding of Right-Wing Activism: The News Media and the Tea Party (Oxford\, 2018)\, is a multi-platform study of the rise of the Tea Party via online\, print\, broadcast\, and cable news.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nyu-calendar-news-on-the-right/
LOCATION:New York University\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190917T141820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T191806Z
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SUMMARY:The Powers & Perils of Social Media
DESCRIPTION:“Facebook\, Twitter\, Instagram\, and other social media platforms have transformed people’s relationships with culture\, the media\, and one another. These technologies have demonstrated that they have the power to sway popular opinion\, raise awareness\, and inspire movements. They can spark\, build\, and foster community…or be manipulated to create negativity and discord. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the National Institute of Social Sciences for a first-of-its-kind forum exploring social media’s pervasive influence on our society\, politics\, and culture. Dario Spina\, chief marketing officer at Viacom Velocity\, will lead a high-level discussion with experts from academia\, journalism\, social technology\, and industry. \nThe forum will begin at noon on Thursday\, October 17\, 2019 at Viacom’s White Box event space\, at its New York headquarters at 1515 Broadway. Tickets\, including a box lunch\, begin at $50 ($25 for students with ID).”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-powers-perils-of-social-media/
LOCATION:Viacom\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190920T172518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190924T192159Z
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SUMMARY:Using Tech For Good: A New Generation of Civic-Minded Technologists
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n“Understanding technology and its implications is essential to creating a more just and equitable future. How do we ensure the public is better served by the design and implementation of policies and services which anticipate the implications of technology? How can we include the next generation of computer scientists\, information architects\, engineers\, data scientists\, and designers in policymaking and public service? \nThe Public Interest Technology University Network\, a partnership that unites 21 colleges and universities\, is working to address these very issues by building the nascent field of public interest technology and growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists. \nJoin us for the first annual convening of the Public Interest Tech University Network to find out more on how the network of partners from higher education\, philanthropy\, and public policy is building the public interest technology sector; hear from leaders and cultural luminaries on addressing the systemic inequality; and discover how you can use a career as a technologist for good.” \n\n\n\n Event Listing Body  \n\n Listing Hero Details  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/using-tech-for-good-a-new-generation-of-civic-minded-technologists/
LOCATION:Georgetown University\, Washington D.C\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T140923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T152612Z
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SUMMARY:Harvard Workshop on Comparative Disinformation
DESCRIPTION:“From misleading news stories around the 2018 Brazil elections to a lynching linked to false social media messages in India in 2019\, the deluge of digital disinformation is affecting communications in many countries around the world. \nThe situation is particularly concerning in emerging democracies\, where availability and affordability of digital communication technologies have facilitated production and distribution of false or misleading digital content among populations with low levels of media and digital literacy. At the same time\, we are witnessing false narratives spreading across countries and across platforms often orchestrated by networks of operatives coordinating attacks internationally. \nWhile several academic workshops have been organized on the topic of disinformation\, little attention has been paid to the examination of disinformation from comparative and international perspectives. \nThe Workshop on Disinformation to be held at Harvard University in Cambridge\, MA on October 4\, 2019 will feature scholars from around the world discussing their research on the prevalence\, impact\, and diffusion of disinformation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/harvard-workshop-on-comparative-disinformation/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191006
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T141442Z
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SUMMARY:Conference for Truth & Trust Online
DESCRIPTION:“The mission of the first conference on Truth and Trust Online (TTO) is to bring together people working on automated approaches to augment manual efforts on improving the truthfulness and trustworthiness of online communications. \nTruth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners\, technologists\, academics and platforms. This year’s conference will be taking place on October 4th and 5th 2019 at BMA House in London. \nTechnical and other experts from around the world will share\, discuss\, and collaborate on useful technical innovations\, because while trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone\, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide\, confuse\, and cause real harm.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conference-for-truth-trust-online/
LOCATION:BMA House\, London\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T180000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191001T151122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T143219Z
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SUMMARY:Disinformation and Elections in East and South East Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n“A recent series of elections in Cambodia\, Indonesia\, Malaysia\, Thailand\, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and insidious modes of electoral manipulation. This two-day workshop aims to gather evidence into the operations and impact of digital disinformation in the context of recent Asian elections. \nThe conference approaches Asia as a site in which disinformation in various digital and analog forms have not only deep local histories but also radical acceleration and innovation the likes of which have little to no precedent in advanced liberal democracies in the West. Many Asian countries lead in both scale and intensity of technological adoption and use while serving as “laboratories” for testing and experimentation by Big Tech firms\, with minimal oversight and accountability to the potentially grave consequences of algorithmic tweaks\, the dispersed labor of content moderation\, and new platform rollouts. Thus we seek to develop a framework that examines the social and political ramifications of this process beyond the region. \nThe two-day event aims for interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to thinking through issues of disinformation that draw from areas of sociology\, politics\, media and communication studies\, journalism studies\, critical legal studies\, information science\, and anthropology.” \n\n\n\n Event Listing Body  \n\n Listing Hero Details  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-and-elections-in-east-and-south-east-asia-digital-futures-and-fragile-democracies/
LOCATION:Columbia School of Journalism\, New York City\, NY\, 1120
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20191002T203855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T151634Z
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SUMMARY:NULab Misinformation Speaker Series: Jaime Settle
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Professor Jaime Settle\, William & Mary: “Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America” \nAbstract: Why do Americans have such animosity for people who identify with the opposing political party? In this book\, the author argues that in the context of increasing partisan polarization among American political elites\, the way we communicate on Facebook uniquely facilitates psychological polarization among the American public.Frenemies introduces the END Framework of social media interaction. END refers to a subset of content that circulates in a social media ecosystem: a personalized\, quantified blend of politically informative expression\, news\, and discussion seamlessly interwoven into a wider variety of socially informative content. Scrolling through the News Feed triggers a cascade of processes that result in negative attitudes about those who disagree with us politically. The inherent features of Facebook\, paired with the norms of how people use the site\, heighten awareness of political identity\, bias the inferences people make about others’ political views\, and foster stereotyped evaluations of the political out-group. \nBiography: Jaime Settle is the David and Carolyn Wakefield Term Associate Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary. She is a scholar of American political behavior with expertise in the fields of political psychology and communication. Settle’s research focuses on how political interactions—in both face-to-face and online contexts—affect the way individuals perceive conflict in their environment\, evaluate other people\, and engage within the political system. She integrates tools from other disciplines—such as behavior genetics\, psychophysiology\, and data science—to inform our approach in understanding key questions within political science. Settle has published 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts or chapters in venues such as Nature\, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, the American Journal of Political Science\, and the Journal of Politics. In 2018\, her first book Frenemies: How Facebook Polarizes America was published by Cambridge University Press and won a best book award from the Experiments in Politics section and an honorable mention from the Political Networks section of the American Political Science Association. She serves on the board of the American National Election Study and is an associate editor at the Journal of Experimental Political Science. Settle received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Richmond and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at San Diego. She is the director of the Social Networks and Political Psychology Lab and co-director of the Social Science Research Methods Center. \nCo-sponsored with the Department of Political Science and the Shorenstein Center. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but if you are not a member of the Northeastern community\, please email Sarah Connell (sa.connell[at]northeastern[dot]edu) to RSVP.” \n\n .tribe-events-single-event-description \n .tribe-events-cal-links \n Event meta
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nulab-misinformation-speaker-series-jaime-settle/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191006
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T143121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T143121Z
UID:52124-1569974400-1570319999@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2019 (#AoIR2019)
DESCRIPTION:“The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce Queensland University of Technology\, Brisbane\, Australia as the site of #AoIR2019. For only the second time in its history\, the AoIR conference will cross the equator and be held in the southern hemisphere\, returning to Brisbane and QUT where it was hosted in 2006. The conference takes place on 2-5 October 2019. \nTrust is one of the most critical issues of our time: trust in our fellow Internet users; trust in the information we encounter in our online environments; trust in the data we produce and in the data that are continuously produced about us; trust in the algorithms that process and evaluate these data; trust in those who create the digital content we consume; trust in platforms and intermediaries that maintain our online spaces and that manage and trade in these data; trust in our national and regional governments that engage citizens over the Internet; trust in grassroots\, social welfare and non-government organisations; trust in the regulatory bodies and political systems that are in charge of governing these systems of exchange. At every level\, and spurred on by a rise in extremism and increased suspicion of others\, our trust in the system is being challenged\, presenting challenges for existing institutions and the opportunity to imagine new ones. The 2019 conference of the Association of Internet Researchers addresses these questions of trust. The full Call for Proposals is here.“
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/association-of-internet-researchers-conference-2019-aoir2019/
LOCATION:Queensland University of Technology\, Brisbane\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190929
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190911T203324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T192908Z
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SUMMARY:National Institute for Civil Discourse Research Convening
DESCRIPTION:“Voters are frustrated\, worried\, and angry with their leaders and ashamed of how our political process works these days. Heated rhetoric and a dramatic shift away from bipartisan collaboration pervade national politics\, leaving us unable to solve the major challenges confronting our nation. \nNICD envisions elected officials who work collaboratively to tackle the big issues facing our country; a media that accurately informs and involves citizens; and a public that actively engages with its government — of the people\, by the people\, for the people. Joining forces\, we can ensure that civility emerges once again as the glue that binds\, repairs and strengthens our Democratic nation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/national-institute-for-civil-discourse-research-convening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190822T153036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T153036Z
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SUMMARY:"Please do not include us": Workshop on AI Ethics and Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:“Inclusion in AI development? At what cost\, and to whom? During this day-long workshop\, we aim to look at and evaluate tensions around the development of AI technology\, its social and political implications\, and the unintended effects that diversity and inclusion in AI have on different groups. \nAs has been evident\, technology and inclusion efforts have not always gone together seamlessly. For instance\, if we look at the popular rise of facial recognition tools over the past few years\, people of color have been excluded from the design and implementation process. The tools are often discriminatory\, fail to recognize people of color\, and at times\, misgender them. However\, in parallel\, facial recognition technology is increasingly integrated into police and state surveillance tools\, and perfecting that technology could significantly further impact communities that are already over-policed and over-surveilled. \nThis has led us to call out\, “Please Don’t Include Us.” During the convening\, we hope to bring these tensions to the forefront of conversations around AI development. We invite participation from people interested in exploring how to: \n1. Support the development of the network of community-based researchers and tech workers who are assessing the social impacts of AI \n2. Increase knowledge across this network of the ethical and legal implications of big data and inclusion \n3. Strengthen research about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion efforts across academia and industry \n4. Map out inclusion efforts within AI practices that negatively impact equity-seeking groups”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/please-do-not-include-us-workshop-on-ai-ethics-and-inclusion/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190927
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190828T134538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T134538Z
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SUMMARY:Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FiFAfrica)
DESCRIPTION:“On September 23-26\, 2019 the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) will host the sixth Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica). This landmark event convenes a spectrum of stakeholders from across the internet governance and online rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps\, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy\, free expression\, non-discrimination and the free flow of information online. \nThis year\, FIFAfrica will take place in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, where since April 2018 the new Ethiopian government has undertaken unprecedented political and economic reforms. These have included release from jail of thousands of prisoners\, announcing plans to liberalise the telecom\, aviation\, and transportation sectors\, and dropping charges against many opposition leaders\, bloggers\, and activists. On the internet freedom front\, the new administration has restored mobile and broadband internet services that had been disrupted since 2016\, and unblocked 246 websites\, blogs\, and news sites that had been inaccessible for over a decade. These pivotal developments serve as an avenue to advance more progressive efforts on internet governance and promotion of human rights online\, not only in the country that hosts the African Union (AU) but on the continent at large. \nHosting FIFAfrica in Addis Ababa is also in keeping the stride of expanding the conversation\, as well as knowledge and skills development to different parts of the continent. In its inaugural years\, the Forum took place in Kampala\, Uganda. Since then\, FIFAfrica’s expanding footprint has seen it being hosted in Johannesburg\, South Africa in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in 2017 and in Accra\, Ghana in partnership with the Media Foundation West Africa (MFWA) in 2018. \nThe Forum responds to rising challenges to the enjoyment of internet freedom in various countries\, including arrests and intimidation of online users\, internet disruptions\, and a proliferation of laws and regulations that undermine the potential of digital technology to drive socio-economic and political development on the continent. FIFAfrica therefore puts internet freedom on the agenda of key actors including African policy makers\, regulators\, human rights defenders\, law enforcement representatives\, and the media\, paving the way for broader work on advancing online rights in Africa and promoting the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/forum-on-internet-freedom-in-africa-fifafrica/
LOCATION:Ethiopian Skylight Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190919
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190911T203336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T195550Z
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SUMMARY:AI@Oxford Conference
DESCRIPTION:“The University of Oxford is hosting AI@Oxford\, the institution’s first major international conference on Artificial Intelligence. A two-day 500-delegate event\, AI@Oxford will showcase world-leading research\, game changing technologies and the ground breaking innovative companies we’re creating here in the Oxford Cluster.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/aioxford-conference/
LOCATION:Said Business School\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190902
DTSTAMP:20260928T150057
CREATED:20190807T151917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T151917Z
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SUMMARY:American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:“Join us for the 115th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition\, August 29 – September 1\, 2019\, in Washington\, DC\, to address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2019 theme\, “Populism and Privilege.”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPSA and the 2019 Program Chairs Amel Ahmed\, University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, and Christopher Sebastian Parker\, University of Washington\, look forward to your participation in panels and sessions prepared by APSA’s 57 divisions and numerous related groups at the 2019 APSA Annual Meeting. The 2019 Annual Meeting will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park\, Omni Shoreham\, and Washington Hilton.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/american-political-science-association-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Washington Hilton Hotel\, Washington D.C.\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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