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Americans’ concerns about media bias deepen, even as they see it as vital for democracy | Knight Foundation
by Gallup & Knight Lab
August 5, 2020
A new report from Gallup and Knight Foundation finds a widening gap between what Americans expect from the news media…
TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface | WIRED
by Jessica Pettway
August 5, 2020
TikTok has an irresistible draw. In my casual use, I often find myself spellbound by its gonzo humor and mini-blockbusters,…
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives | Shorenstein Center
July 27, 2020
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives, the first workshop in the…
RightsCon Online 2020
July 23, 2020
RightsCon is the world's leading event on human rights in the digital age. Originally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights…
Allied Media Conference
July 23, 2020
The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues, identities, organizing practices and creative mediums. Since…
Viral Justice: Pandemics, Policing, and Portals with Ruha Benjamin | The Carr Center for Human Rights | Harvard Kennedy School
July 13, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Panelists: Ruha Benjamin…
How bots and trolls leverage a crisis | Center for an Informed Public
by KUOW & CIP
July 8, 2020
Right now, many of us are turning to social media to find real-time information, share resources and organize. But how…
Algorithms associating appearance and criminality have a dark past | AlterNet
by Catherine Stinson
July 6, 2020
‘Phrenology’ has an old-fashioned ring to it. It sounds like it belongs in a history book, filed somewhere between bloodletting…
Why did it take so long for Reddit and Facebook to block racist groups? The Guardian
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
July 2, 2020
This week, in a matter of just 48 hours, several social media companies made major changes to how their platforms…