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SUMMARY:Conspiracies Conference: U of Miami
DESCRIPTION:“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. \nThe goals of the conference are (1) to gain a comparative perspective in the study of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation by bringing together researchers from across continents and from across disciplinary boundaries\, and (2) to formulate solutions to the current problems of conspiracy theories\, fake news\, and misinformation. \nConspiracy theories are not confined to parlor games about who really shot Kennedy or who probed whom near Roswell\, New Mexico. Conspiracy theorizing (or what Richard Hofstadter famously called the paranoid style) is an enduring part of politics. While often caricatured as a fringe demographic composed of middle-aged white male Internet enthusiasts\, polls tell us a different story. Conspiracy theories permeate all parts of society and cut across gender\, age\, race\, income\, political affiliation\, educational level and occupational status. Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous\, absorbing\, and substantial; they reveal the darkest recesses of a nation’s psyche. They have also been given new life due to the prevalence of fake news\, state sponsored disinformation campaigns\, and elite-driven misinformation. \nThere are persuasive reasons to study conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories have ushered in revolutions\, undercut the ability of governments to lead\, perverted democracy\, and provoked witch-hunts. Current evidence suggests that conspiracy thinking can decrease participation and voter turnout\, but also add fire to political polarization and populist movements. \nThere is a debate to be had regarding the benefits or harms of conspiracy theories. On one hand\, their negative consequences are varied and many. Imagine a world without conspiracy theories targeting religious and ethnic minorities or immigrants. Or\, a world where conspiracy theories do not take priority over scientific and medical consensuses. Whether the issue is climate change\, vaccination rates\, violence\, fake news\, or international cooperation\, solving many of the world’s major challenges involve addressing conspiracy theories. On the other hand\, conspiracies actually do happen\, powerful people do abuse their power from time to time\, and some level of public skepticism is a necessary part of a healthy democracy. \nFor such a common feature of the political landscape\, there is little consensus on why conspiratorial beliefs blossom\, or how to stop them in the age of social media. This is not for want of attention; authors from many disciplines – particularly in the last ten years – have addressed the phenomenon. But despite the broad and growing interest\, scholars have yet to adequately integrate findings from disparate disciplines into coherent theoretical frameworks\, or to propose meaningful policy solutions. The problem lies in a lack of comparative cross-cultural research and a dearth of interdisciplinary work. \nThis conference intends to bridge the gap between the great works currently being undertaken across disciplines. It also seeks to bring together researchers studying conspiracy theorizing across the globe. We intend to build broad interdisciplinary networks\, share disparate findings\, and move the study forward.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conspiracies-conference-u-of-miami/
LOCATION:University of Miami\, Miami\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200322
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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SUMMARY:Computation + Journalism Symposium 2020
DESCRIPTION:“We invite the submission of contributions exploring the interface between data and computer science and journalism in three categories: research\, practice\, and technology. For the 2020 Symposium\, we make a special call for papers that involve data visualization\, with an emphasis on the communication of uncertainty. A special section of the conference and its program will be dedicated to submissions in this area. \nResearch. Academic research papers exploring a question of interest in journalism or data and computing sciences as it relates back to journalism and news information; \nPractice. Journalist-oriented talks focused on experiences or case studies in journalism including stories\, visualizations\, investigations\, or interactive experiences produced with\, by\, or about data and algorithms; \nTechnology. Descriptions of new computational and data-driven tools\, platforms\, applications\, and services that enable novels ways of finding\, producing\, interacting with\, or distributing news content…”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/computation-journalism-symposium-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20191202T152130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T162626Z
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SUMMARY:The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times.
DESCRIPTION:“The Power of Narrative Conference has convened in several places under several names since its founding at Boston University in 1998. Our mission remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists to strengthen their craft skills\, puzzle out the complex ethics of intimate journalism\, and impart the down-to-earth humanity that is the genre’s strength. Every year\, we quickly sell all our seats. The conference talks are stimulating\, sophisticated\, practical and relevant\, aimed at mid-career nonfiction storytellers in many media\, offered by terrific and varied practitioners. The vigorous Q & A sessions following each talk keep us on-target. And\, between sessions and at meal breaks we program in time to meet speakers and new colleagues and share ideas\, aspirations\, projects\, networks. In these turbulent times\, our candid\, informed\, independent journalism is crucial.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-power-of-narrative-telling-true-stories-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era"
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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SUMMARY:Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 "Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era" | The Ethics Institute
DESCRIPTION:“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines\, including but not limited to\, philosophy\, computer and information science\, political science\, library science\, journalism\, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy\, intellectual property\, access to information\, artificial intelligence\, and big data. \n\n\nScientific hoaxes (Feder 2017) and “quack” medicine (Kang and Pedersen 2017) are nothing new. But some are concerned that\, with the rise of the internet\, science is more seriously under threat from misinformation than ever before. In recent issues of the Journal of the American Heart Association and the Royal Society Open Science\, scientists are sounding the alarm\, arguing that our current digital environment is promoting the “wanton spread of medical misinformation” that is causing “significant harm” (Hill et al. 2019) and “undermining trust in science and the capacity of individuals and society to make evidence-informed choices\, including on life-or-death issues” (Hopf et al. 2019). The 2020 Information Ethics Roundtable invites submissions that offer analyses\, explanations\, and/or solutions to the problem of scientific misinformation and disinformation in the digital era. We seek submissions that approach these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives\, with a potential to inform discussions of information ethics.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/information-ethics-roundtable-2020-scientific-misinformation-in-the-digital-era-the-ethics-institute-2/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: What is “Zoom Bombing?” Media Manipulation and Sociotechnical Vulnerabilities
DESCRIPTION:“The Technology and Social Change Research Team at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center will describe the phenomenon of “zoom bombing\,” the act of hijacking a virtual meeting\, and its consequences. This is not a Zoom training\, it will just be an overview of security concerns surrounding Zoom and research relating to the manipulation of networked communication systems. \nWhile many of us did not expect to spend the Spring cloistered at home in virtual meetings\, our rapid adoption of Zoom has exposed some serious design flaws\, raising the concern of the FBI. While we are not cyber security experts\, we see “zoom bombing” as a sociotechnical vulnerability which occurs when the default settings of the technology are leveraged by intruders to disrupt communication\, sometimes just for fun\, but also for more targeted reasons. We will describe how “zoom bombing” occurs and offer some tips and field questions based on our research of the manipulation of networked communication systems. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants the day before the event. Register here.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-what-is-zoom-bombing-media-manipulation-and-sociotechnical-vulnerabilities/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20200407T175824Z
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SUMMARY:WEBCAST: Disinformation Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:“As the coronavirus has spread globally\, so has disinformation and censorship by authoritarian governments. Both Russia and China have attempted to spread false information about the genesis of the virus and China has clamped down internally on information surrounding the pandemic\, silencing both domestic reporters and whistleblowers. Yet even democracies are not immune: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been condemned by social media sites and members of his own government for spreading disinformation on social distancing measures recommended by public health authorities. \nSTIP Disinformation Fellow Nina Jankowicz\, Kissinger Institute Associate Rui Zhong\, and Brazil Institute Senior Associate Anya Prusa will discuss disinformation surrounding the coronavirus and the U.S. response.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webcast-disinformation-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20191202T215826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T160256Z
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SUMMARY:Misinformation Speaker Series: Natalie Jomini Stroud
DESCRIPTION:Event featured image\, but exclude link  Event content  \n\n“Please join us for a talk by Natalie Jomini Stroud\, Professor\, Department of Communication Studies and School of Journalism\, University of Texas\, Austin. \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. \nSpeaker Bio:\nNatalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud (Ph.D.\, Annenberg School for Communication\, University of Pennsylvania) is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and the School of Journalism\, as well as the founding and current Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. The Center for Media Engagement examines commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways of improving media. Stroud’s research has received numerous national and international awards\, including the International Communication Association (ICA)’s prestigious Outstanding Book Award in 2012 for her book Niche News: The Politics of News Choice\, the inaugural Public Engagement Award from the Journalism Studies Division of the ICA in 2019\, and the 2016 Bill Eadie Distinguished Award for a Scholarly Article and 2011 Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award from the National Communication Association. Stroud serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals and the advisory boards of SciLine\, a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and the Social Science Research Council’s Media & Democracy Initiative. Her research has appeared in Journal of Communication\, Journalism\, Political Communication\, Public Opinion Quarterly\, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication\, and New Media & Society. Stroud twice received the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Communication Studies Graduate Community. \nIn addition to her faculty appointment in Communication\, Dr. Stroud is the founding and current Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin.” \n\n .tribe-events-single-event-description \n .tribe-events-cal-links \n Event meta  \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-speaker-series-natalie-jomini-stroud/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T140000
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:“The Stanford Cyber Policy Center continues its online Zoom series: Digital Technology and Democracy\, Security & Geopolitics in an Age of Coronavirus. These webinars will take place every other Wednesday at 10am PST. \nThe next event\, Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus\, will take place Wednesday\, April 8\, at 10am PST with Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center\, in conversation with Professor David Broniatowski\, from George Washington University\, Professor Kathleen M. Carley\, from Carnegie Mellon University\, and Professor Jacob N. Shapiro\, from Princeton University. \nIn particular\, Professor Broniatowski will discuss the results of new studies regarding bots and trolls in the vaccine debate\, as well as what makes messages go viral from the standpoint of Fuzzy Trace Theory. Professor Carley will explore how information moves from country to country\, with a look at both the differences in who is broadcasting certain types of disinformation and the role bots play in the spread. Professor Shapiro will speak to trends and themes we are seeing in coronavirus disinformation narratives and in news reporting on COVID-related misinformation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-digital-disinformation-and-health-from-vaccines-to-the-coronavirus/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20200407T180229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200407T180229Z
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SUMMARY:Surviving the Coronavirus Infodemic: UW & WSU present a statewide conversation on healthy digital practices
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 is more than just a physical illness — inaccurate and incomplete information spreads just as rapidly around the globe\, complicating efforts to contain the virus and keep communities safe and healthy. The state of Washington has been at the forefront of the crisis\, taking action since COVID-19 first appeared in the U.S. \nJoin experts from the University of Washington and Washington State University for a livestream summit addressing coronavirus misinformation. You’ll have a chance to participate from home as panelists share tools and tips for concerned citizens to cut through\nthe confusion and build healthier information practices.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/surviving-the-coronavirus-infodemic-uw-wsu-present-a-statewide-conversation-on-healthy-digital-practices/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200417T170000
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SUMMARY:Mis/Disinformation War in a time of COVID-19 | Columbia SIPA
DESCRIPTION:“Who is creating this mis/disinformation?\nWhat are their motives and intentions?\nWhat are the consequences of mis/disinformation?\nWhat countries and organizations are managing public service messaging?\nWhat is the private and digital communications sector reaction? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Bell is founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and a leading thinker\, commentator and strategist on digital journalism. Established in 2010\, the Tow Center has rapidly built an international reputation for research into the intersection of technology and journalism. The majority of Bell’s professional career was spent at Guardian News and Media in London working as an award winning writer and editor both in print and online. As editor-in-chief across Guardian websites and director of digital content for Guardian News and Media\, Bell led the web team in pioneering live blogging\, podcasting\, multimedia formats\, data and social media\, making the Guardian an internationally awarded beacon of digital transformation. Emily continues to write a regular column for the Guardian and Columbia Journalism Review\, and is a contributor to the New York Times\, CNN\, the BBC\, and numerous other outlets. She lives in New York City with her husband and three sons. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology\, Media\, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She teaches courses on media and development and innovation as well as the course Media\, Human Rights and Social Change. Among other topics\, she writes on journalism and development as well as the media in Africa and the extractive sector. Schiffrin spent 10 years working overseas as a journalist in Europe and Asia and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1999–2000. Schiffrin is on the Global Board of the Open Society Foundations and the advistory board of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Her most recent books are African Muckraking: 75 Years of African Investigative Journalism (Jacana 2017) and Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World (New Press\, 2014).”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mis-disinformation-war-in-a-time-of-covid-19-columbia-sipa/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T160644Z
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SUMMARY:MISDOOM 2020 : 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media
DESCRIPTION:“Fake news\, social bots\, disinformation\, filter bubbles\, virality\, deep fakes & more! \nThe 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) will take place from April 20-22 at Leiden University\, The Netherlands \nJoin us and participate in the symposium!”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misdoom-2020-2nd-multidisciplinary-international-symposium-on-disinformation-in-open-online-media/
LOCATION:Leiden University\, Leiden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T140000
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | Improving Journalistic Coverage in the Digital Age: From Covid-19 to the 2020 Elections
DESCRIPTION:“The Stanford Cyber Policy Center continues its online Zoom series: Digital Technology and Democracy\, Security & Geopolitics in an Age of Coronavirus. These webinars will take place every other Wednesday at 10am PST. \nThe next event\, Improving Journalistic Coverage in the Digital Age: From Covid-19 to the 2020 Elections\, will take place Wednesday\, April 22\, at 10am PST with Andrew Grotto\, from the Cyber Policy Center’s Program on Geopolitics\, Technology\, and Governance\, Janine Zacharia\, from Stanford’s Department of Communication and Joan Donovan\, from Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government\, in conversation with Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center. \nGrotto and Zacharia will be discussing their recent report How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation. Recognizing that reporters are targeted adversaries of foreign and domestic actors\, especially during an election year\, the report provides recommendations and actionable guidance\, including a playbook and a repeatable\, enterprise-wide process for implementation. Donovan will discuss health misinformation\, COVID-19\, and how this relates to disinformation around the 2020 elections\, the US census and beyond. \nJoin us on April 22nd for the next talk in this enlightening series. You can also watch our April 8th seminar\, Digital Disinformation and Health: From Vaccines to the Coronavirus.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-improving-journalistic-coverage-in-the-digital-age-from-covid-19-to-the-2020-elections/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T145106Z
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SUMMARY:Knight Vision: Flattening the Infodemic with Jevin West
DESCRIPTION:“The COVID-19 crisis has generated a wave of misinformation that is undermining trust in the media and government institutions. Join us live as Sam Gill speaks with Jevin West of the University of Washington about the “infodemic” accompanying this public health emergency. West\, who directs the Knight-supported Center for an Informed Public at UW\, was described by Wired as one of “The Professors Who Call B******t on COVID-19 Misinformation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-vision-flattening-the-infodemic-with-jevin-west/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20200427T140158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T143246Z
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SUMMARY:RxT: Justice\, Data & Safety in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n“Join us for a virtual session focused on technology’s role in addressing the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. Hear from movement technology leaders on how we can center equity & justice as we build solutions and policies to address this crisis. Hear from movement technology leaders\, Yeshimabeit Milner from Data 4 Black Lives and Nasma Ahmed from Digital Justice Lab and Sabrina Hersi Issa from COVID Racial Impact Data Alliance on how we can center equity & justice as we build solutions and policies to address this crisis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRights x Tech is a forum for technologists\, policy experts and movement leaders to discuss emerging issues around human rights\, technology and power. We seek to explicitly explore intersections and to connect and mobilize community for solutions-building. \nTechnology has the power to solve society’s most pressing social issues but only if that power is in balance and connection with the rights of people and the planet. \nWe believe in embedding intentionality and principles into the future of technology platforms. We host product managers\, technology policy analysts\, social movement organizers and individuals committed to exploring how they can use their positions of power within technology ecosystem to improve the world.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rxt-justice-data-safety-in-a-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T130000
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SUMMARY:First Amendment Disrupted? The State of Freedom of Expression in the US | Gallup
DESCRIPTION:“Join Gallup and the John S. and James. L Knight Foundation for a discussion on the future of the freedom of expression in the U.S. and the state of free speech during the turbulent present. Rapid changes in our society are putting new pressures on First Amendment freedoms. At the same time\, free expression and civil discourse are more important than ever. \nKnight Foundation’s Sam Gill\, senior vice president and chief program officer\, will share relevant findings and observations from recent research on free speech on college campuses conducted with Gallup — a glimpse into how an emerging generation thinks about this bedrock set of rights. \nThe event will also include insights by PEN America and a panel moderated by Sanford Ungar of the Georgetown Free Speech Project\, featuring Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute\, Emily Chamlee-Wright of the Institute for Humane Studies and Ronald Crutcher of the University of Richmond. Audience members will be given the opportunity to ask questions of speakers and panelists. \nGallup and Knight Foundation thank our sponsors PEN America\, the Free Speech Project and the American Council on Education.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/first-amendment-disrupted-the-state-of-freedom-of-expression-in-the-us-gallup/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200505T190614Z
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SUMMARY:The Shift: Public Space | Institute for Public Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:“NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge\, Civic Signals\, The Social Science Research Council\, and The Knight Foundation invite you to a discussion on public spaces in the series on “The Shift\,” featuring Eric Klinenberg\, Toni Griffin\, Chelina Odbert\, Tony Ageh\, Eli Pariser\, and Mona Sloane. In the first episode\, this series will examine how we develop digital forms of public space as much of our social life moves online\, and how this shifts our sense of community. What is the role of public space in society? What can public space do (and not do)? What do we lose when we lose physical public space\, and how do people make up for that in the digital realm? The discussion will address these questions by exploring how vital public spaces are enacted virtually – such as the library\, the park\, the street -\, looking at what makes these spaces civically useful in both their physical and their digital form\, and asking what we can and must learn from this for a post-COVID-19 world.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-shift-public-space-institute-for-public-knowledge/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:The Crisis in Local News | The Aspen Institute
DESCRIPTION:“Local news\, in crisis before the pandemic\, is now facing a cataclysm. Advertising has plummeted. Print has no market. And consolidation has driven record cuts. At stake is not just jobs\, but the access to critical trustworthy information for millions of Americans — just when they need it most. In this program\, co-hosted with the Knight Foundation\, we’ll examine potential solutions to serve a country in dire need of independent news. \nWe will be joined by: \n\nElizabeth Green\, Co-founder & CEO\, Chalkbeat\nJiquanda Johnson\, Founder & Publisher\, Flint Beat\nWendi C. Thomas\, Editor\, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism\nSteven Waldman\, President & Co-founder\, Report for America\nVivian Schiller\, Executive Director\, Aspen Digital”\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-crisis-in-local-news-the-aspen-institute/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
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CREATED:20200501T201223Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:“National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19\, takes place Wednesday\, May 6th\, at 10am PST with Eileen Donahoe\, the Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator (GDPi) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and Megan Metzger\, Associate Director for Research\, also at GDPi. Joining them will be Mark Latonero\, Senior Researcher at Data & Society\, Richard Wingfield\, from Global Partners Digital\, and Gallit Dobner\, Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada. The session will be moderated by Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe seminar will focus on the recently published report\, National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review\, produced by the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford and Global Partners Digital – and will also provide an opportunity to look at how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting human rights and digital technology work more generally. \nWe will also be jointly hosting a webinar with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies on May 8th at 1pm PST\, with experts from around the center and institute discussing emerging research on Covid-19\, and the implications to future cyber policies\, as well as the upcoming elections. More information on the May 8th event\, can be found here. ”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-national-ai-strategies-and-human-rights-new-urgency-in-the-era-of-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T140000
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SUMMARY:Vision: Flattening the infodemic curve with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble | The Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:“The COVID-19 crisis has generated a wave of misinformation that is undermining trust in the media and government institutions. Join us live as Sam Gill speaks with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble who is an Associate Professor at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-flattening-the-infodemic-curve-with-dr-safiya-umoja-noble-the-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T170000
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CREATED:20200501T201944Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber and Covid-19 | Stanford Cyber Policy Center
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 is having a profound impact on our online systems – exposing both the essential role they can and do play in our modern society\, and the risks and vulnerabilities they represent. Substantial research is emerging on this topic\, and the implications of that research  will have important consequences for both medium (e.g.\, 2020 elections) and long-term cyber policies. \nWelcome Remarks: Mike McFaul \n\nIntroduction to CPC and the center’s work on COVID from moderator Kelly Born\nAlex Stamos of the Internet Observatory will discuss their work examining shifting narratives about coronavirus from Chinese and Russian State Media\, early insights into covid misinformation in other countries (e.g.\, Nigeria)\, and how tech companies are responding; as well as how Zoom and other platforms have been working to adapt policies and practices to meet growing demands\, and risks.\nNate Persily at PDI will discuss the challenges of running the elections in the current environment\, including implications for state necessary changes to state policies and practices.\nEileen Donahoe at GDPI will discuss geopolitical threats to the international human rights law framework due to ineffective response to COVID by democratic govs; cite risks to 5 specific substantive civil/political rights; and recommend that democratic govs apply international human rights process principles in COVID-19 context.  [I will use ~2 slides  -only  if others use slides]\nMarietje Schaake will discuss human-rights challenges (to privacy\, freedom of association\, and freedom of expression) that have arisen with various applications of AI in COVID-19 context – e.g.\,contact tracking and content moderation; as well as emerging criteria for policymakers to consider when deploying tracing and related technologies.\nAndy Grotto from GTG will discuss recent work on How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation\, and the implications for mainstream media’s coverage of COVID.\n30 min for Q&A”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T130000
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the US Democratic Process | NetGain
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 has exposed the susceptibility of our democratic processes to digital shortcomings\, including increasing uncertainty around the ability to carry out free\, fair\, and safe elections in 2020 as well as the already present challenges of a high tech census. Across the country\, advocates and campaigns are also facing a new reality as community education\, outreach\, and offline mobilization grinds to a halt\, and organizations must rely on digital formats to carry out their work plans. \nThis webinar will explore the ways in which our democratic institutions are being forced to adapt quickly to the new environment posed by COVID-19\, including digital security threats and other concerns related to civil society moving to exclusively digital formats.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/covid-19-and-the-us-democratic-process-netgain/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T120346
CREATED:20200519T191040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T191040Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus and the 2020 Election | JFK Presidential Library
DESCRIPTION:“EJ Dionne\, Washington Post columnist and political commentator; Janet Hook\, staff writer at The Los Angeles Times; and Ronald Brownstein\, senior editor at The Atlantic\, discuss implications of the novel coronavirus for the 2020 elections. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty moderates the panel. \nRegister for this free virtual Kennedy Library Forum to receive an email reminder with a viewing link before the event.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/coronavirus-and-the-2020-election-jfk-presidential-library/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T140000
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | May 20
DESCRIPTION:“Kate Starbird and her team will be speaking about a new project that looks at how scientific findings and science credentials are mobilized in the spread of misinformation. \nAdditional information\, including Zoom RSVP link\, to be posted soon.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-may-20/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T153000
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SUMMARY:On Race and Technoculture | Data & Society
DESCRIPTION:“Join us online for a talk with André Brock\, author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures\, in conversation with Data & Society’s Director of Research Sareeta Amrute as part of Data & Society’s classic Databite series. Brock’s book asks where Blackness manifests in the ideology of Western technoculture. Using critical technocultural discourse analysis (Brock\, 2018)\, Afro-optimism\, and libidinal economic theory\, this Databite employs Black Twitter as an exemplar of Black cyberculture: digital practice and artifacts informed by a Black aesthetic. \nTechnoculture is the American mythos (Dinerstein\, 2006) and ideology; a belief system powering the coercive\, political\, and carceral relations between culture and technology. Once enslaved\, historically disenfranchised\, never deemed literate\, Blackness is understood as the object of Western technical and civilizational practices. This critical intervention for internet research and science and technology studies (STS) reorients Western technoculture’s practices of “race-as- technology” (Chun 2009) to visualize Blackness as technological subjects rather than as “things.” Hence\, Black technoculture. \nThis talk will include closed captioning and Q&A. Please include accessibility requests with your RSVP.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/on-race-and-technoculture-data-society/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200601T110000
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SUMMARY:The Executive Order on Platforms and Online Speech: Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center Responds | FSI Cyber
DESCRIPTION:“On Thursday\, President Trump signed an executive order threatening to revoke CDA 230 protections\, which would expose social media companies to increased liability for content that is posted on their sites. This comes on the heels of Twitter\, last week\, fact-checking two misleading tweets from the president about mail-in voting. Critics of the executive order say the White House is overstepping its authority\, and cannot limit the legal protections that social media companies currently hold under federal law. \nJoin the Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s team Monday June 1 at 8AM PST for President Trump’s Executive Order on Platforms and Online Speech: Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center Responds\, with Nate Persily\, Faculty Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and Director of the Program on Democracy and the Internet; Daphne Keller\, Director for the Program on Platform Regulation and former associate general counsel for Google; Alex Stamos\, Director of the Cyber Center’s Internet Observatory and former Chief Security Officer at Facebook; Marietje Schaake\, Policy Director for the Cyber Policy Center and former Member of EU Parliament; and Eileen Donahoe\, Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator and former US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Counsel\, in conversation with Cyber Center Director Kelly Born.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-executive-order-on-platforms-and-online-speech-stanfords-cyber-policy-center-responds-fsi-cyber/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T160000
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CREATED:20200612T174108Z
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SUMMARY:Disinformation Systems During the Fight for Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:“On Twitter and Facebook\, hundreds of posts are circulating saying that George Floyd is not actually dead. \nConspiracy theorists are baselessly arguing that George Soros\, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor\, is funding the spreading protests against police brutality. \nAnd conservative commentators are asserting with little evidence that antifa\, the far-left antifascism activist movement\, coordinated the riots and looting that sprang from the protests. \nUntruths\, conspiracy theories and other false information are running rampant online as the furor over Mr. Floyd\, an African-American man who was killed last week in police custody in Minneapolis\, has built. \n— The New York Times \nToday’s information environment is more chaotic and easier to manipulate than ever before\, which has been surfacing through disinformation around the current Black Lives Matter protests. Craig Silverman’s new book\, Verification Handbook: A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage\, equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts\, bots\, private messaging apps\, information operations\, deep fakes\, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation. \nJoin us on Thursday\, June 4th at 3pm ET for a conversation on tools\, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during this turbulent time. Craig Silverman will be joined by Gabrielle Lim to lead a discussion and take your questions on the issues we’re currently facing and where we go from here. \nPlease RSVP below and we’ll be in touch with information on joining the livestream.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-systems-during-the-fight-for-racial-justice/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T210000
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SUMMARY:The COVID-19 pandemic: Big tech\, privatization\, surveillance\, AI and the rush for data | REDE4BlackLives
DESCRIPTION:“Naomi Klein and LLana James lay out the epic stakes of the growing struggles around data\, technology\, AI and COVID-19. Power\, race(ism)\, and money shape every development related to big tech: who owns it\, how and why it gets used. What do we need to consider during the pandemic if privacy\, human rights and universal access to health care are to remain intact and sustainable post pandemic. \nWhat are the risks and benefits of adding (more) race-based data to an AI\, data-driven economy\, awash in a sea of algorithmic racism? Your electronic medical and health record (EMR/EHR) are being mined\, without your informed consent. Who benefits? What are the potential short and long-term implications? What supports and protections are needed? What questions should we be asking about data brokers\, public-private partnerships\, surveillance\, privatization and the unregulated rush for data in the midst of the pandemic. Facilitated by Rinaldo Walcott. Followed by question and answer.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-covid-19-pandemic-big-tech-privatization-surveillance-ai-and-the-rush-for-data-rede4blacklives/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:ICWSM 2020
DESCRIPTION:“The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge\, discuss ideas\, exchange information\, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories\, as well as computational algorithms for analyzing social media. ICWSM is a singularly fitting venue for research that blends social science and computational approaches to answer important and challenging questions about human social behavior through social media while advancing computational tools for vast and unstructured data. \nICWSM\, now in its fourteenth year\, has become one of the premier venues for computational social science\, and previous years of ICWSM have featured papers\, posters\, and demos that draw upon network science\, machine learning\, computational linguistics\, sociology\, communication\, and political science. The uniqueness of the venue and the quality of submissions have contributed to a fast growth of the conference\, and a competitive acceptance rate around 20% for full-length research papers published in the proceedings by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). \nFor ICWSM-2020\, in addition to the usual program of contributed talks\, posters and demos\, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent scientists and technologists. Building on successes in previous years\, ICWSM-2020 will also hold a day of workshops and tutorials in addition to the main conference.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/icwsm-2020/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T120000
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CREATED:20200612T173823Z
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SUMMARY:Online Event: "Lie Machines: How Disinformation Threatens Democracy and How to Save It" | NED
DESCRIPTION:“While disinformation is not new to politics\, today’s technologies enable political actors to manipulate the information ecosystem at scale and with great speed. Through massive networks of fake accounts\, junk news sites\, and the strategic use of conspiracy theories\, half-truths\, and falsehoods\, authoritarian regimes and others are suffocating and dividing the public square. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic\, authoritarian governments and illiberal actors are drawing on similar approaches to discredit democracy while shaping international understandings of their response to the disease. \nThese “lie machines” are aided by expanding troves of data on individuals and an information ecosystem that facilitates polarization\, outrage\, and social distrust. The net result of their efforts is deadly to democracy. A new book by Philip Howard\, director of the Oxford Internet Institute\, describes how these machines operate—and how they can be taken apart. \nFEATURING \nPhilip Howard\, Oxford Internet Institute \nLaura Rosenberger\, Alliance for Securing Democracy \nDaniel Arnaudo\, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs \nMODERATED BY \nShanthi Kalathil\, International Forum for Democratic Studies”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/online-event-lie-machines-how-disinformation-threatens-democracy-and-how-to-save-it-ned/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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