INVESTIGATIONS WORKSHOP
FREE TO ATTEND, BUT YOU MUST SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/iN3jDBVrjpQT9vRb7
After devastating setbacks across the entire disinformation research field, Joan Donovan, PhD is returning with a mission to address political violence motivated by disinformation campaigns. In her co-authored book, Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America, they explain how political campaigns use information operations and technology platforms to build and preserve power.
After leaving Harvard Kennedy School and blowing the whistle on the suppression of academic freedom, Dr. Donovan took a post at Boston University as an Assistant Professor of Journalism. She founded The Critical Internet Studies Institute (CISI) in 2024 to continue her research on media manipulation and disinformation online and bolster cyber civil defense. CISI analyzes how internet infrastructure is exploited by those looking to disrupt social institutions and derail democracy. CISI advocates for a "Public Interest Internet," a new way of thinking about content curation that supports the distribution of TALK (Timely Accurate Local Knowledge).
Given that innovations in social media have been unable to address the harms caused by the strategic use of disinformation, new theories and methods are needed to study how culture and politics are shaped by the use and abuse of emerging technology.
CISI is developing a curriculum on how to analyze technology as a political tool and we invite you to join us for our first INVESTIGATIONS WORKSHOP, details below:
The Critical Internet Studies Institute and The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT) are co-hosting a workshop for journalists, researchers, and advocates for civil rights.
Monday, August 19, 2024
12:00pm-6:00pm
University of Chicago Campus in Hyde Park
Contact us at Info@publicinterestinter.net
FREE TO ATTEND, BUT YOU MUST SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/iN3jDBVrjpQT9vRb7
We will notify respondents on a rolling basis until spaces are filled.
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AGENDA
12:00 Doors Open (Snacks and Drinks)
1:00-1:15pm Introduction by Professor Joe Masco, University of Chicago Anthropology and 3CT
1:15-1:45 Joan Donovan “Making Sense of Political Violence and Networked Incitement”
1:45-3:00 Craig Silverman from ProPublica “Investigating Political Advertising Online”
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Jane Lytvynenko “Investigating Telegram”
4:00-5:00 Civil Society Panel on Technology and Human Rights
Belle Torek, Senior AI & Tech Fellow at Human Rights Campaign
Jenni Olson, Program Director for Social Media Safety Program at GLAAD
5:00-6:00 Happy Hour at a cafe nearby for all attendees
(Note: Dinner for panelists at 730pm)