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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 systems, shaping where law enforcement are stationed and what news you are shown on social media. The design of these systems is inscribed with organizational […]

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 as it seems to be? What ethical challenges will our efforts to stomp out fake news create? More and more attention is being directed at […]

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, and that our news media hold the key to fixing our problems. How can our scholarship guide news media in such a role? Does what […]

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