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SUMMARY:Keynote: Free Speech in the Age of Misinformation | Hart House at the University of Toronto
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Committee’s Keynote event addresses pathways for the preservation of free speech while mediating the harmful effects of misinformation in our present societies.\n\nFreedom of speech has long been considered a bastion of liberal\, open societies. However\, in the present era\, it is arguably no longer information that is scarce\, but our ability to process it. Misinformation\, trolling\, political division\, and mistrust in institutions have led us to ask: how can we\, as proponents of free speech in its ideal sense\, manage a marketplace of ideas riddled with lies? \nIn this event\, we bring together an American former ACLU president and law professor with a Canadian digital privacy expert and political scientist\, to delve into an interdisciplinary analysis of the present and future of free speech\, liberal discourse\, and the pursuit of truth in North America.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/keynote-free-speech-in-the-age-of-misinformation-hart-house-at-the-university-of-toronto/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220311
DTSTAMP:20261015T225855
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SUMMARY:True Costs of Misinformation Workshop | Harvard Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:What are the financial\, social\, and human costs of misinformation? What is the price that businesses\, hospitals\, civil society groups\, and schools pay for false or misleading information online? How can researchers support public officials and especially the communities targeted by disinformation campaigns when costing out “fake news funds” and building capacity for digital resilience? Can we put a price tag on misinformation\, and if so\, how\, and who is responsible for paying it? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/true-costs-of-misinformation-workshop-harvard-shorenstein-center/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal,Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220315T130000
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SUMMARY:Stanford Cyber Policy Center Winter Webinar series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a weekly webinar series organized by the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center (CPC) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative. The webinar will take place every Tuesday\, starting January 11th from 12 PM – 1 PM PST over Zoom. \nThis quarter\, we feature a variety of speakers who will discuss working papers or projects at the intersection of free speech\, democracy\, security\, and digital communication technologies. Our speakers include those who focus on policy to others who concentrate on empirical work around cyber issues.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/stanford-cyber-policy-center-winter-webinar-series/
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Cyber Policy Center | Stanford University":MAILTO:cyber-center@stanford.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220321T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220321T133000
DTSTAMP:20261015T225855
CREATED:20211210T223812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T232835Z
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SUMMARY:CDCS Colloquium: All the News That's Fit to Click | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks\, likes\, comments\, and shares. These metrics influence what stories are written\, how news is promoted\, and even which journalists get hired and fired. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss\, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality? In All the News That’s Fit to Click\, Caitlin Petre takes readers behind the scenes at the New York Times\, Gawker\, and the prominent news analytics company Chartbeat to explore how performance metrics are transforming the work of journalism. \nPetre describes how digital metrics are a powerful but insidious new form of managerial surveillance and discipline. Many journalists get hooked on metrics—and pressure themselves to work ever harder to boost their numbers. Yet this is not a simple story of managerial domination. Contrary to the typical perception of metrics as inevitably disempowering\, Petre shows how some journalists leverage metrics to their advantage\, using them to advocate for their professional worth and autonomy. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cdcs-colloquium-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-click-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T130000
DTSTAMP:20261015T225855
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SUMMARY:A Citizen Perspective on Mis- and Disinformation | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Claes de Vreese\, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society at the University of Amsterdam\, addresses how citizens see mis- and disinformation. The talk analyzes how citizens perceive the phenomenon and who they see as the main culprits. He also explores misconceptions about how algorithms work and how this may aggravate the consequences of misinformation. Finally\, he reviews recent European initiatives specifically addressing mis- and disinformation. \nThis event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation\, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media\, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University. \n[…]\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/a-citizen-perspective-on-mis-and-disinformation-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T133000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T204702Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Ukraine and Content Moderation for News Media Sustainability | Annenberg School of Communication
DESCRIPTION:From combatting violent extremism to mitigating misinformation\, the news industry is caught in the middle of debates over how best to address a range of online harms. As regulators around the world consider new frameworks for content moderation\, it is important to understand how efforts to reduce harmful content online can be detrimental to free and critical media. Stringent moderation can result in the removal or demonetization of journalism\, which harms not only the sustainability of news media but also detracts from efforts to reduce disinformation and “fake news.” This roundtable will look critically at these problems and discuss how initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Responsible Media\, Ads for News and other collaborations between the private sector\, media and tech platforms are impacting news media and what we can learn from these types of voluntary\, self-regulatory approaches. This event is co-sponsored with UCLA’s Institute for Technology\, Law & Policy. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/roundtable-content-moderation-for-news-media-sustainability-annenberg-school-of-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220331
DTSTAMP:20261015T225855
CREATED:20220328T191945Z
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SUMMARY:Trust in News: Fighting Disinformation | BBC Academy
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Trust In News 2022: a two day virtual conference\, which returns for a second year running – packed with insightful learnings\, practical presentations and workshops. We’ll explore the fresh challenges in tackling disinformation and give you some of the tools you need to join the fight. \nSpeakers will include representatives from the Trusted News Initiative: a partnership of organisations including the BBC\, Meta\, Twitter\, Reuters\, AFP and The Washington Post. It is the only forum in the world of its kind designed to take on disinformation in real time. \nOn day one we will address protecting democracies around the world from the threat of disinformation. Original research\, commissioned by the BBC\, about news brands and reaching people who have misinformed views\, will be presented by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen\, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. On day two\, we’ll explore the danger to life that disinformation can cause and how to defend against it. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/trust-in-news-fighting-disinformation-bbc/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T120000
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SUMMARY:The Present and Future of Misinformation in Canada | The Centre for Media\, Technology and Democracy at McGill University
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable focused on misinformation challenges in Canada and what\, if anything\, we can do about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event \n\n\nThis year has been marked by an influx of misinformation\, from truckers motivated by COVID-19 medical misinformation to Russian information warfare and conspiracies about Ukrainian biolabs. Hear from an expert roundtable of journalists\, academics\, and other defenders against misinformation about what they have learned\, how it threatens democracy\, and how we can combat it. \n\n\n\n\nRoundtable Participants \nJustin Ling. Justin Ling is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in stories that are under-reported or misunderstood. He focuses on stories around misinformation\, conspiracy theories\, extremism\, policing\, and national security. \nGallit Dobner from Global Affairs Canada. Gallit Dobner is Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada\, with responsibility for the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to counter foreign threats to democracy as well as broader issues at the intersection of foreign policy and technology. \nColette Brin from Université Laval. Colette Brin is a full professor in the Department of Information and Communication at Université Laval and Director of the Centre for Media Studies. As a former journalist by profession\, Colette Brin’s research has focused on a variety of contemporary issues facing news organizations\, from newsroom convergence and declining journalistic staffing to online public information practices and misinformation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-present-and-future-of-misinformation-in-canada-tickets-tue-29-mar-2022-at-1200-eventbrite/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Mapping Political Trends Through Twitter | IPL Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a webinar to launch IPL’s latest tool: the Congressional Tweet Tracker. We’ll show you how the tool can help you analyze trends in US immigration politics\, explain the AI methods that helped build it\, and describe its value for journalists\, advocacy groups\, and researchers. Discussion will include panelists from NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics\, and The MarkUp\, which focuses on data-driven journalism covering the ethics and impact of technology on society.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/mapping-political-trends-through-twitter-ipl-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T170000
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SUMMARY:The Social Media Summit | MIT
DESCRIPTION:The Social Media Summit @ MIT (SMS @ MIT) brings together the world’s leaders in social technology to examine one of the most critical and compelling issues of our time – the impact of social media on our democracies\, our economies\, and our public health — with a vision to craft meaningful solutions to the social media crisis. \nSocial media has become a dominant force for information flow in modern life – it is now a major channel for social interaction\, political communication\, and commercial marketing. This rise of social media has fundamentally changed the world’s information landscape from a comparatively small number of information producers (e.g. news networks) to large numbers of producers\, distributors\, and receivers. This democratization of content production and distribution has had a profound impact on how people understand the world. Not only has the volume of information increased\, but with the removal of gatekeepers on distribution\, the diversity (and thus variation in quality) of the available information has also increased. This has both positive and negative impacts on individuals and society. The purpose of this event is to understand the impact of social media\, revisit public policy frameworks that will best govern this impact\, and craft an agenda going forward about how to achieve the promise of social media and avoid it’s peril. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-social-media-summit-mit/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T140000
DTSTAMP:20261015T225855
CREATED:20211228T165747Z
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SUMMARY:Resisting and Reversing Western Media Imperialism?: Turkey’s Global Communication Outlets | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Since the 2010s\, Turkey’s ruling AKP government has vastly expanded its global communication apparatus to promote the country as a rising great power and the benevolent guardian of Muslims. In this presentation\, Bilge Yesil will analyze the political mechanisms and ideational frameworks that underlie the new English-language outlets the AKP and its proxies developed after the Gezi Park protests of 2013 — an event they interpreted as a Western ploy to overthrow the Erdogan government. In the post-Gezi period\, critical coverage of Erdogan soared in international news media and the AKP sought to rebuff them via newly-established print\, broadcast and digital outlets. Drawing on an analysis of official statements and government documents as well as interviews with media professionals that work/ed at state-run and pro-AKP news media\, Yesil argues that the Erdogan government views the global communication landscape as yet another battlefield in the ostensible conflict they posit between East and West\, and Western journalists as emissaries of imperialism. With all this in mind\, Yesil explores how the AKP conceptualizes its global communication machinery as a counter-hegemonic force and discuss the implications of the type of journalism its proxies perform. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/resisting-and-reversing-western-media-imperialism-turkeys-global-communication-outlets-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T190000
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SUMMARY:Misinformation vs. The Machine: Foundations of News Literacy | The Colorado Sun
DESCRIPTION:The Colorado Sun and News Literacy Project bring you a three-part series about helping leaders teach others about fact from fiction. \nAbout this event \nPart one: Foundations of News Literacy will focus on strategies students need to determine fact from fiction. Part one will be held virtually over Zoom on March 31 from 6-7 p.m. \nThe event series is open to anyone interested about learning about the topics\, helping others learn about fact vs. fiction. Information shared during the three-part series can help in work environments as well as educational environments when discussing current events\, news events. \nSpeakers include: \nElizabeth Price\, Manager of Professional Learning\, News Literacy Project \nChuck Plunkett\, Director\, University of Colorado News Corp \nRachel Liberman\, Teach Associate Professor\, Denver University College of Arts\, Humanities & Social Sciences \nThe moderator will be Larry Ryckman\, Editor\, The Colorado Sun. \nPart Two: Tumultuous Topics in the Classroom will be held virtually over Zoom on April 26 from 6-7 p.m. The topics will include looking into current events in the classroom\, and how teachers can strategically approach these issues in politically polarized times. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-vs-the-machine-foundations-of-news-literacy-the-colorado-sun/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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