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SUMMARY:VISION Episode 10: Free Expression on College Campuses with Dr. Wayne Frederick and Suzanne Nossel | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:What do today’s college students think about free expression on campus\, and how do they understand the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment? How has COVID-19 changed the way college students speak out? \n\n\nWe’re talking with Dr. Wayne Frederick\, president of Howard University\, and Suzanne Nossel\, CEO of PEN America. They’ll share insights on how students are engaging in our democracy in this unusual time. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-episode-10-free-expression-on-college-campuses-with-dr-wayne-frederick-and-suzanne-nossel-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Civic life in the digital public square | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 has had a profound effect on how communities connect. Shelter-in-place policies have shifted the majority of our social interactions online\, driving the transition to the digital public square. What are the trends and opportunities for cities\, planners and technologists as they seek to engage residents and support civic participation? A discussion of what civic participation looks like during a time of social distancing with NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology Fellow Mona Sloane and Warren Flood\, Microsoft’s corporate affairs manager for Detroit. \nHosted by Lilian Coral and Lilly Weinberg | Knight Foundation directors in the Community and National Initiatives Program
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/civic-life-in-the-digital-public-square-benton-institute-for-broadband-society/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Vision Episode 11: The Harm in Online Speech with Mary Anne Franks | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Can content on the internet harm people? How do you apply the First Amendment to online content? How can we ensure online platforms serve their purpose while keeping people safe? \nOn the Episode 11 of VISION\, we’ll hear from Dr. Mary Anne Franks\, a University of Miami law professor and president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. She’ll share her insights as one of the leading thinkers on the harmful effects of online speech.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-episode-11-the-harm-in-online-speech-with-mary-anne-franks-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200710T093000
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SUMMARY:Big\, If True Webinar: Fighting a Two-Front War: Censorship and Disinformation in Southeast Asia | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:In this episode of BIG\, If True\, we’ll reflect on the hybrid battles being waged by journalists\, activists\, and dissidents against censorship and disinformation in Southeast Asia. The discussion will trace the genesis of the recent attacks on the freedom to expression\, from the rise and fall of the Anti-Fake News Act in Malaysia to the conviction of Rappler CEO and Editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos over cyber libel charges — a conviction that has been widely reported as a strike against press freedom and democracy in the Philippines. In light of these extraordinary censorship measures\, this webinar will chart the broader efforts being made by civil society to counter the repression of free speech. \nJoined by esteemed panelists\, Glenda Gloria\, Jonathon Corpus Ong and Gabrielle Lim\, our host Joan Donovan will ask: Has the fight against disinformation been co-opted by repressive governments? What has prompted this regional trend towards illiberal legislation? How have journalists\, activists and dissidents responded to the clamping down of free expression? And how can we begin to uncoil the tightly wound strands of censorship and disinformation? \nGlenda Gloria is the managing editor of Rappler and one of its co-founders. She has worked for the Philippine Daily Inquirer\, The Manila Times\, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism\, and for international news agencies. In the dying days of the Estrada administration\, she co-founded the Philippines’ top investigative magazine Newsbreak\, which started as a newsweekly. She has authored two groundbreaking books: “Under the Crescent Moon: Rebellion in Mindanao\,” with Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and “The Enemy Within: An Inside Story on Military Corruption\,” with the late Aries Rufo and Gemma Bagayaua-Mendoza. \nJonathan Corpus Ong\, PhD is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, USA. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Television and New Media. His expertise is on the social and moral consequences of media in the everyday lives of vulnerable communities\, particularly in the Global South. He is the author of the public report “Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines” (2018) and the book\, The Poverty of Television: The Mediation of Suffering in Class-Divided Philippines (Anthem\, 2015). He is co-editor of the volume\, Taking the Square: Mediated Dissent and Occupations of Public Space (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2016). \nGabrielle Lim is a researcher at the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center\, as well as a fellow with Citizen Lab at the Munk School\, University of Toronto. Her research focuses primarily on information controls and security\, with a focus on disinformation and media manipulation. Her previous work includes Iranian disinformation\, the securitization of “fake news”\, and the emergence and implications of sociotechnical security. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event. Register here. \n\nHosted by Joan Donovan\, PhD\, BIG\, If True is a seminar series presented by the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) at the Shorenstein Center. \nWant to keep up with what TaSC is seeing week to week? Sign up for their newsletter\, Meme War Weekly\, and get fresh insights from the team straight to your inbox. \nDr. Donovan’s research specializes in Critical Internet Studies\, Science and Technology Studies\, and the Sociology of Social Movements. Dr. Donovan’s research and expertise has been showcased in a wide array of media outlets including NPR\, Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, ABC News\, NBC News\, Columbia Journalism Review\, The Atlantic\, Nature\, and more. \nThe TaSC Project researches media manipulation\, disinformation\, political communication\, and technology’s relationship to society. The research team is composed of subject matter experts\, Brian Friedberg\, an investigative ethnographer of online social worlds\, Gabrielle Lim\, a researcher of sociotechnical systems and information controls\, and Rob Faris\, co-author of Network Propaganda and researcher of large-scale media ecosystems. The TaSC Project aims to understand how media manipulation is a means to control public conversation\, derail democracy\, and disrupt society. The project conducts research\, develops methods\, and facilitates workshops for journalists\, policy makers\, technologists\, and civil society organizations on how to detect\, document\, and debunk media manipulation campaigns. The project is creating a research platform called the Media Manipulation Case Book\, which will include 100 case studies to advance our knowledge of how misinformation travels across the web and platforms.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/big-if-true-webinar-fighting-a-two-front-war-censorship-and-disinformation-in-southeast-asia-shorenstein-center/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200715
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SUMMARY:SRCCON 2020
DESCRIPTION:SRCCON 2020 will be fully online and in the midst of both a global crisis and a reckoning within journalism. We expect that in some ways\, it will be unlike any event we’ve held before. What we do know\, however\, is that SRCCON 2020 will remain a unique\, accessible\, and inclusive event that hosts frank\, challenging\, nurturing\, and creative conversations that need to be had. \nAt SRCCON\, you’ll: \n\nbe part of hands-on workshops that reimagine newsroom tech\, teamwork\, leadership\, community\, and journalism itself —not panels where you sit back and listen\, but sessions where you participate and learn.\nconnect with people who share your hopes and dreams for journalism—not just making professional acquaintances\, but creating personal relationships that last.\nbring who you are into a conference that thinks about the program\, the schedule—even breaks & activities—as ways to celebrate everything you have to share.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/srccon-2020/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T120000
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SUMMARY:Viral Justice: Pandemics\, Policing\, and Portals with Ruha Benjamin | The Carr Center for Human Rights | Harvard Kennedy School
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Ruha Benjamin\, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. \nPanelists:  \n\nRuha Benjamin | Associate Professor of African American Studies\, Princeton University\nSushma Raman (Moderator) | Executive Director\, Carr Center\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/viral-justice-pandemics-policing-and-portals-with-ruha-benjamin-the-carr-center-for-human-rights-harvard-kennedy-school/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200721T160000
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SUMMARY:Stand with the Facts: Community Solutions to Combat Misinformation | KUOW & the Center for an Informed Public on
DESCRIPTION:With so much information being shared online and on social media during the pandemic and  protests\, how do we weed out the misinformation from the facts in our newsfeeds? Is it possible to improve access to reliable sources? What ways can we rethink information distribution to stop the spread of misinformation? And what kinds of local programs and services are communities creating to respond to today’s information overload? \nJoin KUOW and the Center for an Informed Public on Tuesday\, July 21 at 1 p.m. PST on KUOW’s YouTube channel and Facebook for Stand with the Facts: Community Solutions to Combat Misinformation. KUOW’s All Things Considered host Kim Malcolm will be joined by Chris Coward\, co-founder and principal investigator for the Center for an Informed Public and senior principal research scientist at UW’s Information School\, and Lisa G. Rosenblum\, executive director of the King County Library System to discuss ways we can rethink information distribution in an effort to stop misinformation from spreading.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/stand-with-the-facts-community-solutions-to-combat-misinformation-kuow-the-center-for-an-informed-public-on/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200723
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SUMMARY:Allied Media Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues\, identities\, organizing practices and creative mediums. \nSince the first conference (then the Midwest Zine Conference) in 1999\, people have been compelled by the concept of do-it-yourself media. The zine conference was rebranded as the “Underground Publishing Conference” for a couple years and then became the Allied Media Conference in 2002. The shift to Allied Media attracted more people who were interested in using participatory media as a strategy for social justice organizing. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/allied-media-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
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SUMMARY:RightsCon Online 2020
DESCRIPTION:RightsCon is the world’s leading event on human rights in the digital age. \nOriginally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference\, RightsCon rotated annually between San Francisco and another global city. Now\, RightsCon visits new host cities each year that are power centers for technology and human rights. \nThis year\, to bring our community together across borders and timezones\, and rising to the challenges of a global pandemic\, we are hosting the ninth edition of RightsCon Online from July 27-31\, 2020. \n[…]\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rightscon-online-2020/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200728T140000
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SUMMARY:Digital Disinformation: Jane Lytvynenko\, Buzzfeed News | Data & Society | American Press Institute
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the ways mis- and disinformation corrupt public narratives and shape public opinion. False information is already driving conversations about the election. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/digital-disinformation-jane-lytvynenko-buzzfeed-news-data-society-american-press-institute/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T120000
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SUMMARY:What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives\, the first workshop in the TaSC series*\, will feature a conversation with Dr. Joan Donovan\, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center\, Dr. Alondra Nelson\, President of the Social Science Research Council\, and Thabisile Griffin\, Doctoral Student in History at UCLA and activist in Los Angeles. \nDuring the workshop they will examine the following questions: How are media manipulators using the current Black Lives Matter protests to sow disinformation and shift media attention? How does this moment provide a political opportunity for disinformers to wedge issues related to race\, immigration\, and the economy?  How does protest misinformation coupled with health misinformation function to suppress dissent? How might the conditions of the pandemic impact civil rights\, especially in the lead up to a contentious election? \n12:00 – 12:45 PM: Discussion with Joan Donovan\, Dr. Alondra Nelson\, and Thabisile Griffin\n12:45 – 1:30 PM: Overview of the Media Manipulation Life Cycle\, Wedge Issues\, and How to Detect the Tactics of Disinformers \nThis workshop is limited to 30 participants\, to be considered as an attendee\, please apply here. If your application is accepted\, you will be contacted with more information. A portion of the event will also be recorded and available online. \n*The Technology and Social Change Project’s (TaSC) Political Pandemonium 2020 is a series of four digital workshops exploring the harmful effects of media manipulation on our society. These gatherings will each focus on a unique subtopic of interest to both the field of Critical Internet Studies and the broader public concerns about disinformation in elections.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/what-does-it-mean-to-protest-today-media-manipulation-and-the-movement-for-black-lives-shorenstein-center/
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