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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.
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
11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:00 pm: Distribution and Effects of Fake News
1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 pm: Correcting Disinformation
8:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 am: Homophily in the Social Media Sphere
10:30 – 10:45 a.m: Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 pm: Globalization of the Marketplace of Ideas
12:15 – 1:30 pm: Concluding Discussion Over Lunch
Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law Stanford University
Diana Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication University of Pennsylvania
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
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Democracy Fund
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation