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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
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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
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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.
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