Digital Data Conference (D2C)

The Center for Media Engagement and The Media and Democracy Data Cooperative invite you the virtual Digital Data Conference (D2C) on April 14 and 15, 2022.

D2C brings together researchers collecting and analyzing digital media data to discuss the practice and ethics of digital data research. Day 1 of the conference features a Keynote on the State of Digital Data Research and a panel on emerging digital data tools. Day 2 will focus on data ethics.

This conference is funded by the Social Science Research Council.

Register on Eventbrite for this free, virtual conference.

Day 1

11:00 – 11:50 AM CT

Keynote: The State of Digital Data Research

Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Lazer, Northeastern University

Interviewer: Dr. Josephine Lukito, Center for Media Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin

12:00 – 1:00 PM CT

Panel: Emerging Digital Data Tools

Moderator: Dr. Yunkang Yang, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP), The George Washington University

Dr. Deen Freelon, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Mike Kearney, Aware

Dr. Yini Zhang, University at Buffalo

Ryan Gallagher, Northeastern University

Day 2

11:00 – 11:50 AM CT

Keynote: Data Ethics

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joan Donovan, Harvard Kennedy School

Interviewer: Dr. Jordan Foley, Washington State University

12:00 – 1:15 PM CT

Panel: Research Centers’ Approaches to Data Ethics

Moderator: Meredith Pruden, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Kate Starbird, Center for an Informed Public (CIP), University of Washington

Dr. Dhavan Shah, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Joshua Tucker,  Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP), New York University

Dr. Renee DiResta, Internet Observatory (IO), Stanford University

Dr. Rebekah Tromble, Institute for Date, Democracy & Politics (IDDP), The George Washington University