Weather Media in the Public Sphere
Dr. John Durham Peters (Yale University) // May 2nd, 2019 // 1:30pm-3:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 On its face, weather sounds like the most banal and […]
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Good Systems: Designing Values-Driven AI Technologies Is Our Grand Challenge
Dr. Kenneth R. Fleischmann (The University of Texas at Austin) // September 24th, 2019 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 Technology is neither good nor bad; […]
Good Systems: Designing Values-Driven AI Technologies Is Our Grand Challenge
Dr. Kenneth R. Fleischmann Professor in the School of Information University of Texas at Austin September 24, 2019 (Tuesday) ¦ 3:30PM-4:30PM ¦ CMA 5.136 (LBJ Room) Technology is neither good […]
Ethics, Technology, and You: Pragmatic Scenarios and Frameworks for Guidance
Rebecca (Becky) Taylor (The Ethics Project at UT Austin) // September 26th, 2019 // 1:00pm-2:00pm //RLP 1.302C Are we lost as a society when it comes to the technologies we […]
Why Good People Do Bad Things: The Science of Behavioral Ethics
Dr. Robert Prentice (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 10th, 2019 // 2:00pm-3:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 When good people do bad things, it […]
Rebuilding Democracy in Texas: Screening and Discussion
October 22nd, 2019 // 6:00pm-8:30pm // Texas Union Theatre The machinery of American democracy is broken: Districts are rigged to keep power entrenched. Increasing numbers of citizens are denied access […]
MeToo and Journalism Ethics Panel
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 […]
Schadenfreude
Dr. Julia Driver (The University of Texas at Austin) // November 12th, 2019 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // RLP 1.302E One typical definition of "schadenfreude" is “a feeling of enjoyment that comes […]
Debating Civil Rights: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Battle for the American Soul
Dr. Nicholas Buccola (Linfield College) // November 21st, 2019 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 In February 1965, James Baldwin – the poet of the civil […]
The Next Wave of Disinformation
Dr. Samuel Woolley (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 27th, 2020 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 Online disinformation stormed our political process in […]