Are New Media Technologies Good for Education and Democracy?
Dr. Gregory F. Pappas (Texas A&M University ) // October 26th, 2017 // 12:30pm-2:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 We live in a digital-electronic age and the […]
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The Dark Side of Social Media: A Panel Discussion
Dr. Angeline Close Scheinbaum (The University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Gary Wilcox (The University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin), Jonathan Henson […]
Ethics and the Appeal to Scientific Consensus in the Climate Change Debates
Dr. Jean Goodwin (North Carolina State University) // November 14th, 2017 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 What are the ethical choices being made when arguers […]
The Preference for Idealized Imagery in the Media and Detrimental Self-Perceptions Among Women – When does it Begin?
Dr. Kate Pounders (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 30th, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 A large body of work has documented […]
Engaging Newsrooms in the Digital Age
Dr. Talia Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 22nd, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC 5.102) Some think our democracy is in trouble, […]
The Real Ethics of Fake News
Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 27th, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:15pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 Is fighting fake news as simple […]
Hacking Big Data: Discovering Vulnerabilities in a Sociotechnical Society
Dr. danah boyd (Microsoft Research, Data & Society) // March 6th, 2018 // 5:00pm-6:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 1.202 Data-driven and algorithmic systems increasingly underpin many decision-making […]
Making Politics Go Viral (Like Puppies): CME SXSW Panel
March 10th, 2018 // 5:00pm-6:00pm // JW Marriott Austin Donald Trump and other politicians are using social media to bypass the media and get their message straight to the public. […]
How to Survive the Robot Apocalypse
Dr. David J. Gunkel (Northern Illinois University) // April 3rd, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 Whether we recognize it or not, we are in […]
The Ethics of Virtual Reality
Dr. Donald Heider (Loyola University Chicago) // April 10th, 2018 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 Virtual Reality gives participants the chance to enter immersive and […]
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