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SUMMARY:Coming Out as Dalit: A Book Reading with Author Yashica Dutt
DESCRIPTION:April 9\, 2024\, 3:30 – 5:00 PM \nDMC 5.208 \nPlease join us on April 9th for a reading and Q&A with the author of “Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving the Indian Caste System”\, the critically acclaimed Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar\, 2020. \nBorn into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India\,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits\, who compose 25% of the population\, has been illegal since 1950\, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting\, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to U.S. institutions. \nDutt traces how colonial British forces exploited and perpetuated a centuries old caste system\, how Gandhi could have been more forceful in combatting prejudice\, and the role played by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\, whom Isabel Wilkerson called “the MLK of India’s caste issues” in her book “Caste” \n. Alongside her analysis\, Dutt interweaves personal stories of learning to speak without a regional accent growing up and desperately using medicinal packs to try to lighten her skin. \nPublished in India in 2019 to acclaim\, this expanded edition includes two new chapters covering how the caste system traveled to the U.S.\, its history here\, and the continuation of bias by South Asian communities in professional sectors. Amid growing conversations about caste discrimination prompting U.S. institutions including Harvard University\, Brandeis University\, the University of California system\, and the NAACP to add caste as a protected category to their policies\, Dutt’s work sheds essential light on the significant influence caste-ism has across many aspects of U.S. society. \nRaw and affecting\, “Coming Out as Dalit” brings a new audience of readers into a crucial conversation about embracing Dalit identity\, offering a way to change the way people think about caste in their own communities and beyond. \nAuthor Bio:\nYashica Dutt\, the award-winning author of “Coming Out as Dalit”\, is an internationally acclaimed Dalit journalist and among the most recognized global voices on caste. Dutt’s work has been published in the New York Times\, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic\, and she has been featured on the BBC\, The Guardian and PBS Newshour. Her writing has been part of Pen America’s India at 75 anthology that featured prominent Indian writers looking back on India’s history in its 75th year of independence\, and a collection titled Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India’s Best Writers. “Coming Out as Dalit”\, which was published in the South Asian subcontinent in 2019\, quickly became a best-seller and is currently part of the curriculum in over 50 colleges and universities worldwide\, including Harvard University\, UC Berkeley\, and UC Davis. “Coming Out as Dalit” is among the first books written by a Dalit author in English to win the prestigious Indian Arts and Letters Award for young writers in 2020. \nDutt was involved in the passing of the historic anti-caste bill in the city of Seattle and her writing has been instrumental in shaping the text of the first-in-nation law. The highly anticipated\, revised\, and updated version of “Coming Out as Dalit” will be published by Beacon Press in February 2024\, and has been called as “an elucidating history of Dalit discrimination and activism” by Kirkus Review. This new edition focuses on the ongoing struggle for caste rights in the U.S.\, and helps unpack its crucial and urgent history\, especially in the light of the recent\, historic veto of California’s caste discrimination bill. Dutt is currently working on her second book on caste in the United States\, also commissioned by Beacon Press. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School and lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/coming-out-as-dalit-a-book-reading-with-author-yashica-dutt/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Study Abroad in Germany Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Study abroad in Germany with the Summer Program in Communications in Erfurt (SPICE). Hear from Dr. Scott Stroud about the exciting classes (taught in English) shared with German classmates. Program includes plenty of free time to explore Germany and Europe\, as well as a guided trip to Berlin! All UT majors are welcome. \nApplications Due: Feb. 15\, 2024 \nMore info: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/abroad/student/pgm_list/detail/nlogon/749/
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/study-abroad-in-germany/
LOCATION:https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94114886614
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SUMMARY:The Hopes of Digital Citizenship: What Can We Learn from Latin America?
DESCRIPTION:What is digital citizenship? The buzz word has been around for several years and people interpret it differently. In general\, it is conceptualized as the next evolutionary stage of citizenship – from civil to political to social/economic to digital citizenship. But little is known about how various organizations approach digital citizenship and how the concept really plays out. Dr. Luis Santana\, Assistant Professor at the School of Communications & Journalism Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago (Chile) and visiting scholar at the Center for Media Engagement’s Propaganda Research Lab will explain digital citizenship based on his research and hone in specifically on Latin America. He has published extensively on the topic and his work is driven by extrapolating from local insights into conceptual frameworks. \nDr Santana will be joined by Dr. Zachary Elkins\, Associate Professor at the Department of Government and co-director of the Comparative Constitutions Project\, a NSF-funded initiative to understand the causes and consequences of constitutional choice. Dr. Elkins will provide comments based on his extensive research on issues of democracy\, institutional reform\, and national identity\, with an emphasis on cases in Latin America. \nThe second half of the event will be reserved for Q&A. \nDr. Samuel Woolley\, Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and Media and founder of the the Center for Media Engagement’s Propaganda Research Lab will give introductory remarks and Dr. Inga Trauthig of the Propaganda Research Lab will moderate the discussion. \nLunch will be served. The event will last 60 mins total. \nSpeaker Bios:  \nLuis Santana \nLuis E. Santana is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communications & Journalism and director of the Fostering Digital Citizenship program at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago\, Chile. Additionally\, he serves as a research associate at GobLab within the same institution. He holds a PhD in Communication and an MPA from University of Washington\, Seattle. Between 2020 and 2023 Dr. Santana prepared two reports on Digital Citizenship for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently is at the beginning of a three-year project (funded by the Chilean National Agency for R&D) focused on the sociability aspects and  norms of digital citizenship.  Dr. Santana has been during the last three years a member of the advisory council for the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children in Chile and he is part of the Global Kids Online researchers\, contributing qualitative research in South America. \nZachary Elkins \nProfessor Elkins’ research focuses on issues of democracy\, institutional reform\, research methods\, and national identity\, with an emphasis on cases in Latin America. He is currently completing a book manuscript\, Steal this Constitution: The Drift and Mastery of Constitutional Design\, which examines the design and diffusion of democratic institutions.  Much of his research is on the origins and consequences of national constitutions.  With Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago)\, Professor Elkins co-directs both the Comparative Constitutions Project\, a NSF-funded initiative to understand the causes and consequences of constitutional choices\, and the website Constitute\, which provides resources and analysis for constitutional drafters in new democracies. Elkins earned his B.A. from Yale University\, an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin\, and his Ph.D. from the University of California\, Berkeley.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-hopes-of-digital-citizenship-what-can-we-learn-from-latin-america/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Role of Conversation Structure in Conflict: Speaking is More Effective for Resolving Conflict than Writing
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nResolving conflict is more important than ever as political and social dissent reaches record levels across the world. While it is clear that conversation between opponents is necessary to address conflict\, an open question is how conversation structure influences conflict resolution. The current research examines a key aspect of conversation structure—the medium by which it occurs—and tests whether spoken (e.g.\, face-to-face\, phone) versus written (e.g.\, online) conversations change conflict resolution outcomes. An initial experiment (Experiment 1a\, n = 201) suggests that political opponents prefer to write to each other than to video-chat or audio-chat to address disagreement\, expecting that writing would reduce conflict and increase conversational responsiveness (e.g.\, felt understanding\, enjoyment). But ten subsequent experiments (n = 3\,930) testing the real effect of the conversation medium indicate the opposite: writing (vs. speaking) harms conflict resolution. In Experiments 2-4\, laboratory participants who reported strongly disagreeing on pre-selected controversial topics were randomly assigned to have conversations via different media (e.g.\, speaking\, writing)\, and subsequently reported impressions of their conversation partner (i.e.\, humanization)\, conversation experiences (i.e.\, perceived responsiveness\, conflict)\, and attitude change. Across these experiments\, pairs who spoke (vs. wrote) humanized each other more\, experienced more responsiveness and less conflict\, and had greater alignment in resulting attitudes. Furthermore\, the effect of medium was robust to how long pairs engaged (e.g.\, 6 vs. 12-minute conversations in Experiment 3) and seemed to occur even after the first substantive exchange of content (e.g.\, one exchange vs. multiple exchanges in Experiment 4). A follow-up experiment (Experiment 5) demonstrated that external observers perceive (transcribed) spoken conversations as politer and more civil than written conversations even when observers are blind to the medium\, and that such differences are observed within the first few exchanges in the conversation. To examine the robustness of these results in the field\, we partnered with an organization trying to increase civil discourse among political opponents in colleges (Bridge USA)\, conceptually replicating and extending our earlier lab experiments (Experiments 6a-b and 7 conducted at three college campuses across America). Our final set of experiments provide evidence for at least two potential explanations for the differences in speaking and writing. First\, the greater synchronicity in spoken (vs. written) conversations (Experiment 8) improves conflict resolution. Second\, even holding semantic language constant\, the paralinguistic cues in spoken conversation seem to convey greater humanness in particular (Experiment 9). We also provide evidence against other possible explanations (e.g.\, greater backchanneling in spoken than written conversations\, Supplemental Experiment S1).  In aggregate\, this research indicates that although people sometimes prefer to write than speak with an opponent\, the spoken medium is probably better-suited than the written medium for resolving conflict. These findings have implications for how communication technology (e.g.\, social media) may shape discourse. Conflict is born not just from disagreement but from the structure of a conversation itself. \nSpeaker Bio\nJuliana Schroeder is an an associate professor in the Management of Organizations group at Berkeley Haas. She holds the Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy and Values\, and serves as the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellow. Her research explores how people make social inferences about others. She is a Faculty Affiliate in the Social Psychology Department\, the Cognition Department\, and the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. She teaches the Negotiations and Conflict Resolution course at Haas. \n\nSchroeder researches how people navigate their social worlds\, including how people form inferences about others’ mental capacities and how these inferences influence their interactions. In particular\, she studies how language affects the expression of one’s own—and the evaluation of others’—mental capacities. Her research has been published in a wide range of academic journals and in several book chapters. It has been featured by media outlets\, including the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Harvard Business Review\, NPR\, and the Today Show. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation and awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. In addition to conducting research and teaching\, Schroeder is a co-founder of the Psychology of Technology Institute\, which supports and advances scientific research studying psychological consequences and antecedents of technological advancements. Her educational background includes a BA in psychology and economics from the University of Virginia\, an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business\, and an MA and PhD in psychology and business from the University of Chicago.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-role-of-conversation-structure-in-conflict-speaking-is-more-effective-for-resolving-conflict-than-writing/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Trustworthy Screening
DESCRIPTION:Screening for the “Trustworthy” documentary\, followed by panel discussion with the filmmakers\, Stephany Zamor (Executive Producer) and Dana Richie (Director\, Co-Executive Producer). \nTrustworthy is a documentary that chronicles a 5\,300-mile journey across America to explore the growing crisis of trust in media that threatens our democracy\, and whether we can find common ground. The Trustworthy team spoke with journalists\, experts (including Talia and Scott Stroud!) and everyday Americans across the political spectrum about how we got to this critical moment\, how we can become better news and information consumers\, and how we can come together to rise above the misinformation and discourse aimed at dividing our communities. \nThis documentary is a must see for everyone who seeks to better understand our media and help bridge the political divide.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/trustworthy-screening/
LOCATION:DMC 5.102
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Ambedkar\, Dewey\, and the Evolution of Pragmatism in India
DESCRIPTION:Join Scott R. Stroud as he launches his new book\, The Evolution of Pragmatism in India: Ambedkar\, Dewey\, and the Rhetoric of Reconstruction (Chicago\, 2023)\, in conversation with Prof. Sumit Guha\, historian of South Asia. \nMany know that the Indian thinker\, politician\, and activist Bhimrao Ambedkar thought highly of his teacher at Columbia University\, John Dewey. But what more can be said about the importance of Dewey for Ambedkar’s creative anti-caste thought? How might Ambedkar’s work on social democracy and Buddhism be seen as a new form of pragmatism responsive to the problems in India? \nScott R. Stroud is an associate professor of communication studies and faculty affiliate of the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as the Program Director of Media Ethics at the Center for Media Engagement. He is the co-founder of the first “Center for John Dewey Studies” in India at Savitribai Phule Pune University. \nSumit Guha is a specialist in the deep history of Asia and teaches at the University of Texas. His last book was Tribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-five Centuries. \n  \nThis event is free and open to the UT and general public. \nSponsored by: South Asia Institute\, Humanities Institute\, Department of Communication Studies\, Department of Rhetoric and Writing
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/book-launch-ambedkar-dewey-and-the-evolution-of-pragmatism-in-india/
LOCATION:Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118)\, UT-Austin Campus\, 120 Inner Campus Drive\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:Higher Ed Strikes & Workers’ Rights: Improving News Coverage of Labor Issues
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for a free panel discussion with graduate worker organizers who will share their insights into labor issues that news coverage often overlooks. \n\nABOUT THE EVENT:\nHigher education’s growing labor movement has made local\, national\, and international headlines lately\, in part due to large-scale strikes at places like University of California at the end of 2022. Join us for a panel discussion with graduate worker organizers from universities across the United States who will share their insights into labor issues that news coverage often overlooks. Free\, virtual\, and open to journalists\, journalism students\, journalism educators\, and editors. \n\nPANELIST BIOS\nRachel Forgash is a fourth year PhD student at UCLA studying political theory and rank-and-file organizer with UAW 2865.  Rachel has been organizing with graduate workers’ unions for over 5 years. She first got involved as a department steward while attending the University of Illinois\, Chicago as a graduate student. In her time at UIC\, she helped organize a three-week strike in 2019. Since coming to UCLA\, Rachel has served as a department steward\, head steward\, Unit Chair\, and bargaining committee member with UAW 2865. In her capacity as Unit Chair and bargaining member\, she helped organize the recent 2022 UC academic workers strike in which over 40\,000 workers went on strike for six weeks. \nJoseph Guidry is a second-year astronomy PhD student worker at Boston University. Since arriving in Boston Joseph has been organizing with the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU-SEIU L509). In December BUGWU won its NLRB election in record-smashing fashion at a 98% margin. Joseph is now especially motivated to continue organizing rank and file power within BUGWU and enter bargaining. Joseph came to BU from UT Austin. While an undergrad there he worked with the grassroots movement People for PMA that won the renaming of the Physics\, Math\, and Astronomy Building. \nLauren Nelson is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Texas at Austin\, where she specializes in Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean literature\, postcolonial theory\, and the environmental humanities. She is also on the organizing committee of Underpaid@UT\, a graduate student coalition fighting for a living wage and fair working conditions. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Representations\, Feminist Modernist Studies\, Post-45 Contemporaries\, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. \n\nMODERATOR BIO\nBrad Limov is a PhD candidate in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin\, where he is also a graduate research assistant for the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement. He organizes with Underpaid@UT and the Texas State Employees Union (CWA-6186). His research examines the relationship between media production and social movements. \nINTRODUCTION BY ANITA VARMA\nAnita Varma leads the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement (University of Texas at Austin)\, where she is also an assistant professor focused on journalism ethics. She is on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) and the advisory board of The Objective. \n 
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SUMMARY:Manufacturing Consensus: Propaganda in the Era of Automation and Anonymity
DESCRIPTION:BookPeople welcomes Samuel Woolley in conversation with Josephine Lukito to celebrate the release of Manufacturing Consensus: Propaganda in the Era of Automation and Anonymity. The event will include a moderated discussion\, an audience Q&A\, and a signing line. \nEVENT INFO: \n\nThis event is free and open to the public.\n\nStart time: 7 P.M.\nRun time: 45-60 minutes\, followed by a signing line.\nLocation: The Second Floor of BookPeople\n\n\nThe author will be signing copies of their book after the speaking portion of the event.\n\nTo get a book signed\, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.\n\n\n\nEVENT GUIDELINES:\n\nSeating will be on a first-come\, first-served basis.\nThere will not be a live stream or recording available.\nBookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.\nIf you have any other questions\, please email us at online@bookpeople.com\n\n\nemail online@bookpeople.com\n\n\nABOUT MANUFACTURING CONSENSUS: PROPAGANDA IN THE ERA OF AUTOMATION AND ANONYMITY:\nAn in-depth exploration of social media and emergent technology that details the inner workings of modern propaganda \nUntil recently\, propaganda was a top-down\, elite-only system of communication control used largely by state actors. Samuel Woolley argues that social media has democratized today’s propaganda\, allowing nearly anyone to launch a fairly sophisticated\, computationally enhanced influence campaign. Woolley shows how social media\, with its anonymity and capacity for automation\, allows a wide variety of groups to build the illusion of popularity through computational tools (such as bots) and human-driven efforts (such as sockpuppets—real people assuming false identities online—and partisan influencers). They use these technologies and strategies to create a bandwagon effect by bringing the content into parallel discussions with other legitimate users\, or to mold discontent for political purposes. \nDrawing on eight years of original international ethnographic research among the people who build\, combat\, and experience these propaganda campaigns\, Woolley presents an extensive view of the evolution of computational propaganda\, offers a glimpse into the future\, and suggests pragmatic responses for policy makers\, academics\, technologists\, and others. \n\nABOUT SAMUEL WOOLLEY:\nDr. Samuel Woolley is assistant professor of journalism and media\, program director of the Propaganda Research Lab\, and Knight Faculty Fellow at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth. \n\nABOUT JOSEPHINE LUKITO:\nDr. Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism and Media in the Moody College of Communication. Jo specializes in research on malicious political language in the public sphere\, focusing on cross-platform flows of messages and frames about global economic and political issues. \n\nBy purchasing a book from BookPeople\, you are not only supporting a local\, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople. \nThank you for supporting Samuel Woolley\, Josephine Lukito\, and your local independent bookstore!
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/manufacturing-consensus-propaganda-in-the-era-of-automation-and-anonymity/
LOCATION:BookPeople\, 603 N. Lamar Blvd\, Austin\, TX\, 78703\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Woman\, Life\, Freedom”: Reporting #MahsaAmini Protests in Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Mahsa Amini was 22 years old. Her death on September 16\, 2022 has sparked ongoing protests in Iran and solidarity protests across the world\, with protestors chanting “Woman\, life\, freedom” in multiple languages. Videos and photos of women removing the hijab and cutting their hair have gone viral on social media\, prompting some in the West to conclude\, incorrectly\, that the hijab is ultimately what the protestors stand against. Join us for a discussion with Iranian journalists and media scholars who will offer their insights into the demands of protestors\, and what reporting in solidarity with Iranian women means right now. Panelists will offer practical advice on framing\, word choice\, and context for covering what has quickly become a global movement for change. \nRegister for this virtual event on Eventbrite. \nPanelists: \nTara Kangarlou\, Global affairs journalist and author of The Heartbeat of Iran \nAfrooz Mosallaei\, Rutgers University \nSara Shaban\, Seattle Pacific University and author of Iranian Feminism and Transnational Ethics in Media Discourse \nModerator: Anita Varma\, Solidarity Journalism Initiative\, Center for Media Engagement at UT Austin \nPanelist Bios: \nTara Kangarlou is an award-winning American journalist who has previously worked with news outlets such as NBC-LA\, CNN\, CNN International and Al Jazeera America. Her writing and reporting has also appeared in TIME Magazine\, Al Monitor\, Vanity Fair\, and The Huffington Post. She is a frequent on-air contributor for various international news outlets covering the MENA region\, foreign affairs\, and humanitarian issues. As a journalist\, she has interviewed many high ranking government officials\, heads of states\, and newsmakers in the US and around the world. She has also spent much time covering the rise and fall of ISIS\, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq\, and the unprecedented Syrian refugee crisis\, as well as other pressing humanitarian issues worldwide. Born out of her extensive reporting and firsthand knowledge of the global refugee crisis\, in 2016\, she founded Art of Hope\, the first American nonprofit that solely focuses on supporting the mental well-being of war-torn refugees in vulnerable communities. After nearly four years of reporting\, research\, and writing\, her award-winning book\, The Heartbeat of Iran was published in 2021.The book perfectly reveals the many complexities and nuanced realities of life in Iran through the very intimate and textured stories of its people. Tara was born and raised in Tehran and moved to the US in her late teens. She is fully bilingual in English and Farsi\, and currently splits her time between London and Washington DC where she’s an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Tara has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from UCLA and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from USC. \nAfrooz Mosallaei is a second-year Ph.D. student in Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. She focuses her research on the visual content of news\, where she examines the dynamics of visual editing and the images that get published and make their way out to the general public. Furthermore\, she is interested in the intersection of visual and political communication with a focus on the representation of others in U.S. media. Her current research examines how newsreaders perceive and interpret the (in)congruency between images and text in online news articles. Mosallaei’s work has been recognized with a national academic award in 2022. Prior to joining Rutgers\, she received her master’s degree in Communication\, Culture\, and Media at Drexel University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Photography from the University of Tehran in Iran. \nSara Shaban is a critical/cultural scholar focused on the intersections between media\, women’s social movements\, and geopolitics in the Middle East. Shaban’s academic work is rooted within the theoretical frameworks of transnationalism and femonationalism. Her award-winning research is published in the International Journal of Communication and Communication and Critical Cultural Studies. She recently published her first book\, Iranian Feminism and Transnational Ethics in Media Discourse. Prior to life in academia\, Shaban worked in U.S. local news as a producer before pursuing freelance journalism in Israel\, the West Bank\, and Sierra Leone. Shaban is fueled by her passion for social justice\, specifically for immigrants and refugees. She was involved in initiatives to improve conditions for incoming refugees during the 2015 crisis and served as a volunteer and board member for the Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Program in St. Louis. Additionally\, she served as the communications director for the St. Louis based NGO Project Peanut Butter — an organization committed to the eradication of child malnutrition throughout sub-Saharan Africa. \nAnita Varma leads the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement (University of Texas at Austin)\, where she is also an assistant professor focused on journalism ethics. She is on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) and the advisory board of The Objective.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/woman-life-freedom-reporting-mahsaamini-protests-in-solidarity/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221020T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221020T180000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:Putting Voters First: Solidarity Reporting for Democracy
DESCRIPTION:At a time when many politicians are mudslinging and prominent analysts are trying to predict the horse race\, what does it mean for journalists to put voters first? How can journalism not only avoid becoming a vehicle for misinformation\, but also serve as an affirming space for democratic values? Join us for a workshop on solidarity reporting for democracy\, including concrete guidance on priorities and practices for how news organizations can move from declaring themselves “pro-democracy” to putting promises into practice as a public service for voters. \nRegister for this virtual event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/putting-voters-first-solidarity-reporting-for-democracy-tickets-423583528737 \nSpeakers: \nAnita Varma leads the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement (University of Texas at Austin)\, where she is also an assistant professor focused on journalism ethics. She is on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) and the advisory board of The Objective. \nAubrey Nagle is the Director of Practice Change at Resolve Philly and leads its consulting work at Modifier. Before joining Resolve\, Aubrey was the Newsletter Editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and also wrote educational videos and newsletters about media literacy\, including three series for John and Hank Green’s Crash Course brand.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/putting-voters-first-solidarity-reporting-for-democracy/
LOCATION:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-that-really-journalism-journalism-advocacy-tickets-187945308477
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T090000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
CREATED:20220425T191004Z
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SUMMARY:A Growing Threat: The Impact of Disinformation Targeted At Communities of Color
DESCRIPTION:Communities of color are being targeted by electoral propaganda. How should policymakers respond? Dr. Samuel Woolley\, program director of the Center for Media Engagement propaganda lab\, will provide expert testimony on this topic in front of the U.S. House of Representatives. \nWatch the hearing live on Thursday\, April 28 at 9:00 a.m. CST: https://bit.ly/DisinfoHearing
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/a-growing-threat-the-impact-of-disinformation-targeted-at-communities-of-color/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T164500
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
CREATED:20220304T185050Z
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SUMMARY:How the Internet Improves Humanity
DESCRIPTION:Given the time and energy we spend worrying about the Internet’s flaws\, it’s easy to forget how the Internet makes our lives better in many ways. This talk will highlight one underappreciated aspect: how the Internet has the capacity to improve the human species by increasing pro-social interactions and reducing anti-social ones. The talk will also show how this scenario probably won’t be realized because of misguided regulatory efforts to “fix” the Internet. \nEric Goldman is Associate Dean for Research\, Professor of Law\, Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute\, and Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate\, at Santa Clara University School of Law. His research and teaching focuses on Internet law\, and he blogs on that topic at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog. \nRegister on Eventbrite for this free\, virtual event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-internet-improves-humanity-registration-289998622687
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/https-www-eventbrite-com-e-how-the-internet-improves-humanity-registration-289998622687/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220416
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:Digital Data Conference (D2C)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nD2C 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. \nThis conference is funded by the Social Science Research Council. \nRegister on Eventbrite for this free\, virtual conference. \n  \nDay 1 \n11:00 – 11:50 AM CT \nKeynote: The State of Digital Data Research \nKeynote Speaker: Dr. David Lazer\, Northeastern University \nInterviewer: Dr. Josephine Lukito\, Center for Media Engagement\, The University of Texas at Austin \n  \n12:00 – 1:00 PM CT \nPanel: Emerging Digital Data Tools \nModerator: Dr. Yunkang Yang\, Institute for Data\, Democracy & Politics (IDDP)\, The George Washington University \nDr. Deen Freelon\, Center for Information\, Technology\, and Public Life (CITAP)\, UNC Chapel Hill \nDr. Mike Kearney\, Aware \nDr. Yini Zhang\, University at Buffalo \nRyan Gallagher\, Northeastern University \n  \nDay 2 \n11:00 – 11:50 AM CT \nKeynote: Data Ethics \nKeynote Speaker: Dr. Joan Donovan\, Harvard Kennedy School \nInterviewer: Dr. Jordan Foley\, Washington State University \n  \n12:00 – 1:15 PM CT \nPanel: Research Centers’ Approaches to Data Ethics \nModerator: Meredith Pruden\, Center for Information\, Technology\, and Public Life (CITAP)\, UNC Chapel Hill \nDr. Kate Starbird\, Center for an Informed Public (CIP)\, University of Washington \nDr. Dhavan Shah\, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR)\, University of Wisconsin-Madison \nDr. Joshua Tucker\,  Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP)\, New York University \nDr. Renee DiResta\, Internet Observatory (IO)\, Stanford University \nDr. Rebekah Tromble\, Institute for Date\, Democracy & Politics (IDDP)\, The George Washington University
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/digital-data-conference/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
CREATED:20220311T223307Z
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SUMMARY:Who Gets to Speak in News Coverage? Solidarity Reporting on Trans Issues
DESCRIPTION:News coverage of trans issues has grown in recent months\, with reporting on legislation\, protests\, and profiles of trans individuals. Yet much of this coverage still silences\, re-marginalizes\, and alienates trans people. How can journalism do better? \nJoin us for an interactive\, virtual workshop to unpack what solidarity means when covering trans issues\, how cis journalists can share power in solidarity with trans journalists in the service of better representation\, and tips for how journalists can report accurately on a topic that is often inundated with official misinformation. \nRegister on Eventbrite for this free\, virtual event. \n  \nTuck Woodstock is a journalist and educator based in Portland\, Oregon. He is the host of the podcast Gender Reveal\, a co-founder of Sylveon Consulting\, and a founding member of the Trans Journalists Association. \nAnita Varma leads the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement (UT Austin)\, where she is also an assistant professor of media ethics in the School of Journalism & Media. She is on the advisory board of The Objective\, and she is a board member of SPJ NorCal.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/solidarity-reporting-on-trans-issues/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
CREATED:20211014T172044Z
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SUMMARY:"Is that really journalism?" Journalism & Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:What’s the connection between journalism & advocacy? Why do some news organizations consider advocacy problematic? Who decides what advocacy means?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDistancing journalism from advocacy is common in some journalism settings\, but odd\, given the long history of journalism that advocates for social change\, performs public service\, and enacts solidarity with marginalized people. \nJoin us for a panel discussion featuring folks who work in journalism & have experience with responding to the question “is that really journalism?” including: \n\n\n\n\n\nMadeleine Bair\, founder of El Tímpano\nGabe Schneider\, co-founder of The Objective\nAubrey Nagle\, Reframe Editor at Resolve Philly\nAnita Varma\, Solidarity Journalism Initiative lead at the Center for Media Engagement\n\n\n\n\n\nFree\, virtual\, and open to journalists\, journalism students\, journalism educators\, and advocates of all kinds. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-that-really-journalism-journalism-advocacy-tickets-187945308477 \n\n\nHosted by the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/is-that-really-journalism-journalism-advocacy/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210825T150000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Reporting on Afghanistan: Resisting Dehumanizing Portrayals
DESCRIPTION:How can journalists better represent the voices and experiences of Afghan people at this time? Who should we think of as experts on Afghanistan? What does solidarity reporting on Afghanistan look like? \nJoin Azeta Hatef (Emerson College\, journalism studies) and Anita Varma (UT Austin\, Solidarity Journalism Initiative) for a discussion of key issues in reporting on Afghanistan\, opportunities to foster greater solidarity\, and specific examples of recent coverage that provide accurate\, humane representations while insisting we not look away. \nVisit Eventbrite to register for this free\, virtual event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solidarity-reporting-on-afghanistan-resisting-dehumanizing-portrayals-tickets-167773943381 \nAzeta Hatef is an Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies at Emerson College. Her work explores questions related to identity\, belongingness\, and representation\, with a specific focus on media and Afghanistan. Azeta has conducted research in Afghanistan examining the complex beauty industry. She has also written about the development of independent media in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 and the representation of Afghan women in U.S. media. \nAnita Varma leads the Solidarity Journalism Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement (UT Austin). The Solidarity Journalism Initiative began at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University). Anita is a publicly engaged researcher and educator\, and helps journalists implement solidarity techniques in their reporting on marginalized communities. She also serves on the board of SPJ (Northern California Chapter) and the advisory board of The Objective.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/solidarity-reporting-on-afghanistan-resisting-dehumanizing-portrayals/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210406T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210406T151500
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:Hashtag Heroes vs. Disinfo Dystopia: The Left\, the Right\, and the Truth about Social Media Activism
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Communication Studies in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin welcomes Dr. Deen Freelon of UNC-Chapel Hill for the latest installment of the CMS Spring Colloquium Series on Truth. This event is co-Sponsored by the Center for Media Engagement. \nApril 6\, 2:00-3:15 PM CST \nhttps://utexas.zoom.us/j/99512740369 \nMeeting ID: 995 1274 0369 \nRecent scholarship has generated two distinct impressions of US-based social media activism\, one for the ideological left and one for the right. For the left\, the dominant mode of engagement is hashtag activism\, which entails coordinated online and offline protest campaigns linked by hashtagged slogans. The right channels its priorities through a densely networked\, hyperpartisan media ecosystem that makes frequent use of disinformation and other false claims. The respective empirical records underlying these portrayals are very solid\, yet questions remain about how exclusively these strategic repertoires cling to ideological fault lines. In particular\, there appears to be little extant research on either conservative hashtag-based activism or on left-leaning disinformation. A comprehensive understanding of social media activism demands further explorations of these possibilities\, especially in the critical areas of mis- and disinformation. I pay special attention to how the events of Jan. 6 are likely to change scholarly perceptions of potential asymmetries in activist tactics. \nDr. Deen Freelon is an associate professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.  His research covers two major areas of scholarship: 1) political expression through digital media and 2) data science and computational methods for analyzing large digital datasets.  He has authored or co-authored more than 30 journal articles\, book chapters and public reports\, in addition to co-editing one scholarly book.  He has served as principal investigator on grants from the Knight Foundation\, the Spencer Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Peace.  He has written research-grade software to calculate intercoder reliability for content analysis (ReCal)\, analyze large-scale network data from social media (TSM)\, and collect data from Facebook (fb_scrape_public).  He formerly taught at American University in Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/hashtag-heroes-vs-disinfo-dystopia/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210321
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:SXSW Panel: “How Newsrooms Can Help Bridge Divides”
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Media Engagement at SXSW for an in-depth discussion on “How Newsrooms Can Help Bridge Divides.” We’ll be hosting a virtual viewing party and chat on Wednesday\, March 17 at 2:00 p.m. Central on our session page: http://bit.ly/CMEatSXSW. Can’t make it? No problem. Our panel is available for streaming starting Tuesday\, March 16 also on the session page. \nSpeakers: \nGina Masullo\, Center for Media Engagement\nAlicia Bell\, Free Press\nErica Anderson\, Spaceship Media \nDetails: \nOur society is witnessing an entrenchment of divisiveness – the media versus the public\, Democrats versus Republicans\, urban versus rural – that is so deep it even influences whether people wear masks during a global pandemic. A new approach\, called connective democracy\, seeks to bridge these divides by identifying strategies for getting people to talk across differences. Newsrooms can play a transformative role in this effort. \nThis panel will offer clear takeaways for newsroom leaders and journalists about how they can use the principles of connective democracy to better connect with and retain an audience. Connective democracy offers a roadmap to help newsrooms better understand their communities and humanize those with diverse views to help people appreciate other perspectives.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/sxsw-panel-how-newsrooms-can-help-bridge-divides/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210306
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:COGSEC Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Media Engagement is proud to host COGSEC\, an online conference that will bring together a community of practitioners on the front lines of dealing with and actively combatting the efforts of malign actors online. \nCOGSEC will be hosted virtually March 4-5 and will serve as a forum for sharing what works and what doesn’t\, for piecing together knowledge about the state-of-the-art tactics being used by malicious actors in the field\, and for building the ethical norms of security research in this domain. \nThe conference will feature practical workshops on hunting and neutralizing online influence campaigns. We invite students\, scholars\, journalists\, activists\, NGO professionals\, and anyone with an interest in the real-world tools and techniques being used to deal with media manipulation threats in the field. \nTickets are $10 for general admission\, $5 for anyone with a valid .edu email address\, and free for students at UT-Austin. \nRegister now: https://hopin.com/events/cogsec-2021 \nLearn more: https://cogsec.online/conference
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/cogsec-conference/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
CREATED:20210224T192238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T222528Z
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SUMMARY:Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Political Polarization
DESCRIPTION:Democracy is such an important social good that it seems natural to think that more is always better. However\, we also recognize that it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. In this talk\, Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt University) draws from current findings regarding political polarization to argue that\, as important a social good as democracy is\, it is nonetheless possible for citizens to overdo it. Today\, our everyday activities are increasingly fused with our political profiles: commercial spaces\, workplaces\, professions\, schools\, churches\, sports teams\, and even public parks now tend to embody a particular political valence. When politics is permitted to saturate our social environments\, we impair the capacities we need in order to enact democracy well. In a slogan\, when we overdo democracy in this way\, we undermine it. The solution is to build venues and activities where people can engage in cooperative activities together in which their political identities are neither bolstered nor suppressed\, but simply beside the point. If we want to do democracy well\, we need to put politics in its right place. \nDr. Robert B. Talisse is the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. An internationally recognized theorist of democracy\, Talisse has lectured throughout the world about democracy\, moral disagreement\, political polarization\, and the ethics of citizenship. Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place is his tenth book. Among the books he has authored are Why We Argue (And How We  Should) (with Scott Aikin)\, Democracy and Moral Conflict\, A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy\, and Democracy After Liberalism. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Follow Media Ethics Initiative and Center for Media Engagement on Facebook for more information. \nMedia Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public. Register here for the link: https://utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SQ-RSWG1ThycKmdlJsosbA
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/overdoing-democracy-the-problem-of-political-polarization/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210216T161500
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:Metaphor and Post-Truth Rhetorics
DESCRIPTION:The UT Austin Department of Communication Studies and the Center for Media Engagement Present: \nMetaphor’s Keepers: The Mobile Armies of Post-Truth Rhetorics \nDr. Jenny Rice \nAssociate Professor of Writing\, Rhetoric\, and Digital Studies \nUniversity of Kentucky \nFebruary 16\, 2021 ¦ 2:00PM-4:15PM CST \nVia Zoom: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91938345106 \nMeeting ID: 919 3834 5106 \nNietzsche’s well-known aphorism that truth is a “mobile army of metaphors” suggests that rhetorical constructions of truth are only effective insofar as they remain invisible. The metaphors we mistake as truth\, he writes\, are simply “illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are; metaphors which are worn out and without sensuous power; coins which have lost their pictures and now matter only as metal\, no longer as coins.”  Yet\, while Nietzsche might have also considered himself living in a “post-truth” era\, our present rhetorical landscape is flooded by armies of mobile metaphors that have certainly not lost their sensuous power. \nConspiracy theories and white supremacist discourse\, for example\, are two specific scenes of post-truth rhetoric that have been shaped by explicit doctrines of metaphor. In this talk\, I examine the role of metaphor-talk within both 21st century anti-Semitic discourse and conspiracy-oriented Christian evangelicalism. From David Duke’s embrace of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a metaphorical text to Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s declaration that prayer is a literal inoculation against COVID-19\, both cases reflect a kind of “truth” that is grounded in a deliberate and distinct recognition of metaphor’s rhetorical power. Rather than relying on the overly vague label post-truth to engage this discourse\, therefore\, we might find it useful to start thinking about neo-metaphorical rhetoric. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Jenny Rice is Associate Professor of Writing\, Rhetoric\, and Digital Studies at The University of Kentucky. Her work has appeared in such journals as Philosophy & Rhetoric\, Rhetoric Society Quarterly\, Quarterly Journal of Speech\, and College English. Her book Distant Publics: Development Rhetoric and the Subject of Crisis was published in 2012 (University of Pittsburgh Press). She co-edited (along with Casey Boyle) Inventing Texas: Writing Lone Star Rhetorics (2019\, Southern Illinois University Press). Her most recent book\, Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory\, Rhetoric\, and Acts of Evidence\, was published in 2020 by The Ohio State University Press. \nThis talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Media Engagement. \nThis event is free and open to the public with Zoom accounts; no registration required.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/metaphor-and-post-truth-rhetorics/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210114T150000
DTSTAMP:20260412T034731
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SUMMARY:New_Public Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join an extraordinary\, carefully crafted group of designers\, urbanists\, technologists\, builders\, artists\, and civic futurists — with Krista Tippett\, Cory Doctorow\, Danielle Allen\, Tristan Harris\, Esra’a Al Shafei\, Gabriella Gomez-Mont\, Audrey Tang\, Glen Weyl\, Katherine Maher\, Madebo Fatunde and so many more — to help envision the future of digital public space. Discover the research and framework for measurable qualities of public space that we’ve been working on for the last two years. \nWe’ll be using unique interfaces\, experiential elements\, different conversation formats to collectively imagine ways we might build more vital public spaces online. \nOur full program is now available at www.newpublicfestival.org\, but here’s what you can expect: \n\nEmergent Showcase: a curation of innovative products from all over the world that are being created with the ethos of public space.\n\n\nProductive Frictions: dynamic conversations with unlikely partners that address core arguments\, challenges\, and opportunities to create a better internet.\n\n\nExperiments in Publicness: interventions from our artistic collaborators that will engage us in a connected public online.\n\n\nCivic Signals: a deep dive into our 14 signals\, or measurable qualities of public space. Discover the framework to build different informed by the findings of our global cross-disciplinary research.\n\n\nPublic Imagination: through these sessions\, we’ll crack open the future of digital public life with prompts and conversation on social at @WeAreNew_Public on Twitter.\n\n* Please note that select sessions will not be live-streamed. During this time\, we’ll be hosting conversations on Twitter at @WeAreNew_Public. \nVisit newpublicfestival.org for the latest \nNew_ Public is supported by the team at Civic Signals\, a project of the National Conference on Citizenship and the Center for Media Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/new_public-festival/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:A Reflection on the Media in 2020
DESCRIPTION:2020 has been one of the most tumultuous years in our nation’s recent history\, and the media have been on the front line. As the year comes to a close\, we invite you to join us for a virtual conversation on the media’s role in this year’s events. Featuring: \n\nDavid Fahrenthold– Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter\nArthel Neville– Co-anchor for America’s News Headquarters on Fox News\nDan Rather– Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning former national evening news anchor\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP for additional details and for streaming information.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/a-reflection-on-the-media-in-2020/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201119T153000
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SUMMARY:Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
DESCRIPTION:David McCraw\nSenior VP & Deputy General Counsel\nThe New York Times \nNovember 19\, 2020 ¦ 3:30PM-4:30PM CST\nONLINE: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91924198841 \nWhat is the role of journalism and the press in a time when the truth is malleable\, fake news is on the rise\, and journalistic freedom is being put into question? How can our democratic society find real and sustainable solutions to our problems of disinformation\, political polarization\, and new media technologies?  In this talk\, David McCraw will draw on his experiences as a lawyer and as the Deputy General Counsel for The New York Times to explore the ethical challenges awaiting journalists and the American public that arise at the intersection of law\, ethics\, and technology. \nDavid McCraw is Deputy General Counsel of The New York Times Company and serves as the company’s principal newsroom lawyer. He is the author of the recent book “Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts\,” a first-person account of the legal battles that helped shape The New York Times’s coverage of Donald Trump\, Harvey Weinstein\, conflicts abroad\, and Washington’s divisive politics. He has been at The Times since 2002. He is a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the NYU Law School. He has done pro bono work in support of free expression in Yemen\, Russia\, Montenegro\, Bahrain\, and other countries around the world. \nThis talk is co-sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the UT Ethics Project. The Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Follow Media Ethics Initiative and Center for Media Engagement on Facebook for more information on future events. This presentation will be introduced by Rebecca Taylor (UT Austin Ethics Project). \nThis event is free and open to the public; no registration required. Join us via Zoom: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91924198841
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/press-freedom-in-the-age-of-alternative-facts/
LOCATION:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-that-really-journalism-journalism-advocacy-tickets-187945308477
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SUMMARY:COGSEC Pre-conference Competitions
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Media Engagement\, in partnership with Conference Chair Tim Hwang\, will host COGSEC\, a new conference focusing on the real-world practice of countering online influence operations. The conference will be held virtually on March 4-5\, 2021 \nCOGSEC is aimed at bringing together a community of practitioners on the front lines of dealing with and actively combatting the efforts of malign actors online. The conference will feature practical\, hands-on workshops on hunting and neutralizing disinformation campaigns\, and competitions exposing vulnerabilities that persist in our information landscape.  \nCOGSEC is hosting two pre-conference competitions over the next few months. One competition will pit teams against one another in creating and detecting faked images. The second will focus on uncovering different aspects of the disinformation ecosystem surrounding the upcoming US presidential election.  \nCompetition winners will receive honoraria up to $10\,000 and will be invited to keynote at the conference in the spring. You can learn more and sign up to participate in the competitions here. The deadline to sign up is September 14.  \nRegistration for the conference itself will open in early 2021. You can sign up to be notified when it opens by adding your email address here.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/cogsec-pre-conference-competitions/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200227T170000
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SUMMARY:The Next Wave of Disinformation
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Samuel Woolley (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 27th\, 2020 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nOnline disinformation stormed our political process in 2016 and has only worsened since. Yet as Samuel Woolley shows in his new book The Reality Game\, it may pale in comparison to what’s to come: humanlike automated voice systems\, machine learning\, “deepfake” AI-edited videos and images\, interactive memes\, virtual reality\, and more. These technologies have the power not just to manipulate our politics\, but to make us doubt our eyes and ears and even feelings. Woolley describes the profound impact these technologies will have on our lives with an eye towards how each new invention built without regard for its consequences edges us further into this digital authoritarianism. In response\, Woolley argues for a new culture of innovation–one built around accountability and transparency. \nDr. Samuel Woolley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. As the Program Director of Propaganda Research at the Center for Media Engagement\, he studies how automated online tools such as bots and algorithms are used to enable both democracy and civic control. Woolley’s latest book\, The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth (PublicAffairs)\, came out in January 2020. His academic work has appeared in a number of peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. He has published work on politics and social media in venues including Wired\, Motherboard\, TechCrunch\, Slate\, the Guardian\, and the Atlantic. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. \nMedia Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-next-wave-of-disinformation/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191121T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191121T170000
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SUMMARY:Debating Civil Rights: James Baldwin\, William F. Buckley Jr.\, and the Battle for the American Soul
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nicholas Buccola (Linfield College) // November 21st\, 2019 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nIn February 1965\, James Baldwin – the poet of the civil rights revolution – and William F. Buckley Jr. – the Saint Paul of the conservative movement – met for an epic debate in Cambridge\, England. Baldwin took the opportunity to deliver a jeremiad against white supremacy and Buckley did his best to warn an international audience of Baldwin’s radical agenda. For the two decades prior to their clash at Cambridge\, Baldwin and Buckley rose to fame as prolific authors and public intellectuals. Both men were – among other things – journalists. In the years prior to the debate\, Baldwin and Buckley provide us with two very different visions of the vocation of the journalist as a witness and a storyteller. In this lecture\, Professor Buccola will describe these visions and explore the implications they might have for our own time. \nDr. Nicholas Buccola is the Elizabeth and Morris Glicksman Chair in Political Science at Linfield College. He is the author of The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin\, William F. Buckley Jr.\, and the Debate over Race in America (Princeton University Press)\, The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass (NYU Press)\, and the editor of The Essential Douglass and Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy. His essays have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and popular outlets including The New York Times\, Salon\, Dissent\, and the Claremont Review of Books. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Media Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/debating-civil-rights-james-baldwin-william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-battle-for-the-american-soul/
LOCATION:TX
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191112T170000
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SUMMARY:Schadenfreude
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Julia Driver (The University of Texas at Austin) // November 12th\, 2019 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // RLP 1.302E \nOne typical definition of “schadenfreude” is “a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people.” The word definitely picks out a distinctive moral emotion. In this paper\, I set out to do four things. My first aim in this paper is to provide an account of what schadenfreude is in such a way as to distinguish it from other moral emotions. The second is to come up with success or aptness conditions for schadenfreude\, and the third is to address the question that has preoccupied most recent philosophical literature on schadenfreude\, “is it morally bad in some way to feel it?” My answer to the later question is “it depends\,” but it depends on what position one takes on a substantive philosophical issue — is a person’s misfortune something that is always intrinsically bad? Lastly\, I attempt to sketch a view in which moral emotions like schadenfreude can (but need not) can be more or less reasonable on the basis of coherence with other warranted emotions. \nJulia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. She works in normative ethics\, metaethics\, moral psychology\, and the history of Sentimentalism\, especially with respect to the work of David Hume. She is the author of three books: Uneasy Virtue\, Ethics: the Fundamentals\, and Consequentialism. Her articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Philosophy\, Nous\, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research\, Hypatia\, Philosophy\, Philosophical Studies\, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. She has received an NEH Fellowship\, a Young Scholar’s Award from Cornell’s Program in Ethics and Public Life\, a Laurence Rockefeller Fellowship at Princeton’s Center for Human Values\, a Visiting Fellowship from the Australian National University\, an H.L.A. Hart Fellowship at Oxford University\, and the Harsanyi Fellowship from the Australian National University. She is currently Vice-President\, and President-Elect\, of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association. \n 
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/schadenfreude/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191029T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191029T170000
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SUMMARY:MeToo and Journalism Ethics Panel
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gina Masullo (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Meme Drumwright (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Kate West (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Kathleen McElroy (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 29th\, 2019 // 2:00pm-3:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nHow did sexual harassment persist for so long in journalism\, and what difference has the #MeToo movement made for those that run the media? What does ethical and effective leadership look like in newsrooms during the #MeToo era? This panel discussion features scholars from various fields in communication and media reflecting on the extent of the #MeToo movement in journalism\, as well as its intersections with leadership in the modern media environment. Confirmed participants include: \nGina Chen (Journalism\, UT Austin)\nMeme Drumwright (Advertising\, UT Austin)\nKate West (Journalism\, UT Austin)\nKathleen McElroy (Journalism\, UT Austin)\nScott R. Stroud (Communication Studies\, UT Austin) \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Media Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public. \nCo-Sponsored by the School of Journalism\, University of Texas at Austin\, and the UT Ethics Project
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/metoo-and-journalism-ethics-panel/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T170000
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Democracy in Texas: Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:October 22nd\, 2019 // 6:00pm-8:30pm // Texas Union Theatre \nThe machinery of American democracy is broken: Districts are rigged to keep power entrenched. Increasing numbers of citizens are denied access to the vote. And money has deeply corrupted campaigns. \nBut individuals\, civic organizations\, and governments are working to fix the political system. They’re pursuing electoral reforms that better represent the whole of society; advancing new models for campaign finance reform; and finding new ways to increase voter turnouts and ensuring ballot access. \nThis evening will explore those efforts and ask: What could work in Texas? \nFeaturing a preview of “The Democracy Rebellion\,” an upcoming public television documentary that tells the stories of grassroots reformers putting solutions to work. Followed by a conversation with Hedrick Smith\, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and Emmy award-winning documentary producer\, and Ross Ramsey\, Texas Tribune co-founder; and perspective from Gary Winfield\, Connecticut state senator; Dana DeBeauvoir\, Travis County Clerk; Anthony Guiterrez\, executive director\, Common Cause Texas. Hosted by KXAN’s Josh Hinkle. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas\, KXAN-TV\, and the Texas Tribune.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/rebuilding-democracy-in-texas-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:TX
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