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SUMMARY:Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions
DESCRIPTION:The 2016 American elections intensified popular as well as scholarly interest in the relationship between media and democracy on topics like fake news\, information bubbles\, and algorithmic propaganda. \n“Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions” was the Media & Democracy program’s inaugural event. It convened researchers as part of a two-day conference to assess the current literature on social media and democracy\, and  set a research agenda for the field moving forward. \nConference chairs: \nNate Persily\, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law\, Stanford University\nDiana Mutz\, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication\, University of Pennsylvania \nConference hosts:\nMedia & Democracy Program\, Social Science Research Council\nStanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society\, Stanford University\nCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, Stanford University \nWith support from:\nThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\nThe Democracy Fund\nThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation \nAgenda:  \nThursday\, April 19 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast \n9:00 – 9:30 am: Opening Remarks \n9:30 – 11:00 am: Inflammatory Speech and Incivility Online \nSusan Benesch\, Harvard University\nBryan Gervais\, University of Texas\, San Antonio\nDiana Mutz\, University of Pennsylvania\nMonica Stephens\, University of Buffalo \n11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break \n11:30 – 1:00 pm: Distribution and Effects of Fake News \nRenee DiResta\, Data for Democracy\nKelly Garrett\, The Ohio State University\nDavid Rand\, Yale University\nJosh Tucker\, New York University \n1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:30 pm: Correcting Disinformation \nJonathan Albright\, Columbia University\nMatt Baum\, Harvard University\nAdam J. Berinsky\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nMatt Gentzkow\, Stanford University\nEmily Thorson\, Syracuse University \n3:30 pm: Adjourn \nFriday\, April 20 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast \n9:00 – 10:30 am: Homophily in the Social Media Sphere \nDamon Centola\, University of Pennsylvania\nShanto Iyengar\, Stanford University\nJaime Settle\, College of William and Mary \n10:30 – 10:45 a.m: Coffee Break \n10:45 – 12:15 pm: Globalization of the Marketplace of Ideas \nNina Jankowicz\, The Wilson Center\nLinda Kinstler\, Freelance Journalist\nJennifer Pan\, Stanford University \n12:15 – 1:30 pm: Concluding Discussion Over Lunch
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/social-media-and-democracy-assessing-the-state-of-the-field-and-identifying-unexplored-questions/
LOCATION:Frances C. Arillaga Alumni Center\, Stanford University
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