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Social Media and Democracy, with the Social Science Research Council
April 19 - 20th, 2018
Stanford University, Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
The 2016 American elections intensifed popular as well as scholarly interest in the relationship between media and democracy on topics like fake news, information bubbles, and algorithmic propaganda.
Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions will convene researchers as part of a two-day conference to assess the current literature on social media and democracy, and to set a research agenda for the field moving forward.
Open to the public with RSVP. Limited availability.
Agenda
Thursday, April 19
8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am: Opening Remarks
9:30 – 11:00 am: Inflammatory Speech and Incivility Online
- Susan Benesch, Harvard University
- Bryan Gervais, University of Texas, San Antonio
- Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
- Monica Stephens, University of Buffalo
11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:00 pm: Distribution and Effects of Fake News
- Renee DiResta, Data for Democracy
- Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
- David Rand, Yale University
- Josh Tucker, New York University
1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 pm: Correcting Disinformation
- Jonathan Albright, Columbia University
- Matt Baum, Harvard University
- Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Matt Gentzkow, Stanford University
- Emily Thorson, Syracuse University
Friday, April 20
8:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 am: Homophily in the Social Media Sphere
- Damon Centola, University of Pennsylvania
- Annie Franco, Stanford University
- Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University
- Jaime Settle, College of William and Mary
10:30 – 10:45 a.m: Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 pm: Globalization of the Marketplace of Ideas
- Nina Jankowicz, The Wilson Center
- Linda Kinstler, Freelance Journalist
- Jennifer Pan, Stanford University
12:15 – 1:30 pm: Concluding Discussion Over Lunch
Partners
Conference chairs:
Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law Stanford University
Diana Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication University of Pennsylvania
Conference hosts:
Media and Democracy, Social Science Research Council
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
With support from:
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Democracy Fund
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation