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SUMMARY:SSRC Workshop - Beyond Disinformation: Authenticity and Trust in the Online World
DESCRIPTION:Invite only. \nThe viral spread of false\, misleading\, and inaccurate information threatens democracy globally. Originally lauded as inherently democratic\, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are now condemned as negligent outlets answerable for “post-truth” politics. An often unspoken assumption is that providing correct information will solve broader problems. Tellingly\, however\, the 2016 US presidential election was described both as “the authenticity election” and as normalizing “fake news”: the more certain politicians lie\, the more authentic they appear. Central to the study of mis- and disinformation are thus questions of how and under what circumstances—social\, cultural\, historical\, and technical—information is deemed “truthful\,” “factual\,” or “authentic\,” when the concepts are related but not interchangeable. What is the role of authenticity in understanding why mis- and disinformation become accepted or meaningful for people? How does authenticity relate to other key concepts\, such as truth\, fact\, and accuracy? What other key words or concepts are necessary\, and yet perhaps undertheorized\, in the study of information disorder and democracy? \nThis workshop invites responses that interrogate the centrality of authenticity to the viral spread of mis- and disinformation\, as well as the relationship of authenticity to other key concepts such as “truth\,” “fact\,” “trust\,” and/or “veracity.” We encourage responses that take on one or more of these key words or phrases (or others) and investigate their role in propagating or countering mis- and disinformation. \nThis research development workshop is convened by the Social Science Research Council’s Media & Democracy program and the Digital Democracies Group (DDG) at Simon Fraser University\, established through Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media. The goal of the workshop is to catalyze and develop rigorous research and public-facing scholarship. The workshop will provide participants an opportunity to give and receive in-depth feedback from their peers on in-progress research projects and to connect with others who work on similar topics. \nWe particularly encourage applications from emerging and underrepresented scholars; early-career scholars are encouraged to apply. We welcome applications from all relevant social science and humanities fields\, including political science\, history\, anthropology\, sociology\, STS and media studies\, communication\, and journalism\, as well as computer science\, data science\, informatics\, and related fields. Applications with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work—that seek to answer questions that can’t be solved from the perspective of one discipline alone—are especially welcome. \nApplications are due on September 9\, 2020. \nParticipants will be expected to participate in a two-day virtual workshop (for approximately four hours or less each day) tentatively scheduled for October 22–23\, 2020. Each participant will prepare an essay of approximately 1000 words related to the workshop themes\, which will be circulated to peers in advance of the meeting. During the meeting\, participants will offer substantive feedback to their peers with the goal of developing a longer essay or project for public circulation. \nWorkshop Themes\nWe welcome proposals for research that will foster interdisciplinary dialogue on the role of authenticity\, trust\, and authentication in the spread and control of false information online. Research proposals should consider: \n\nHow you might define authenticity\nHow you propose to study authenticity\nWhy and how authenticity matters to understanding mis- and disinformation\nThe relationship of authenticity to other key concepts such as “truth\,” “fact\,” “trust\,” and/or “veracity” (or others you might suggest)\n\nThis research workshop is intended to generate a robust discussion among participants\, foster possible collaborative research projects\, and inform scholarly discussions about authenticity\, trust\, and verification as possible counters to mis- and disinformation. With an intentionally cross-disciplinary approach\, we imagine that a data scientist and cultural theorist might debate the meaning of “authentication” from technical and social perspectives. A historian might examine shifting definitions of truthful political rhetoric over time in conversation with journalists and political scientists. A psychologist and an anthropologist might compare and contrast their disciplines’ understandings of trust. \nWhat questions about authenticity might your study not address? What are the limitations of your approach? Applicants are encouraged to discuss the limits of their disciplinary approach in understanding authenticity—what questions of authenticity can your discipline not answer alone? How might quantitative and qualitative methods be jointly deployed to enhance our understanding of who the concept of authenticity is used in support of and who it is weaponized against? How is it deployed to counter misinformation? How does authenticity work in tandem with or counter to trust\, fact\, authority\, and authorship?
URL:https://digitaldemocracies.org/calendar/ssrc-workshop-beyond-disinformation-authenticity-and-trust-in-the-online-world/
LOCATION:By zoom
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SUMMARY:SSRC Workshop - Keynote Event
DESCRIPTION:Disinformation\, Authenticity\, and Democratic Participation\n\n\n\n\nOVERVIEW \n\n\nThe viral spread of false\, misleading\, and inaccurate information on topics from Covid-19 to racial justice threaten our social fabric and democracy worldwide. \nWith November’s elections looming\, and as fraught questions about “truth\,” “fact\,” and “accuracy” are debated\, BHS and the Social Science Research Council turn to the role authenticity plays as it relates to trust in politicians and institutions. Does an aura of authenticity enable misinformation? Are lies more palatable when generated by an ‘authentic’ source? Join three experts as they dig into identity\, belonging\, political participation and more: Sarah Banet-Weiser\, London School of Economics professor and author of Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture; sociologist Francesca Tripodi of the University of North Carolina\, whose expert testimony before the Senate Judiciary last year focused on censorship\, technology and public discourse; and Andre Brock\, associate professor of media studies at Georgia Tech and author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures. The program is moderated by Heidi Tworek\, Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia\, author of the book News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications\, 1900-1945\, and advisor to governments around the world on how to address hate speech and disinformation. \nRegister here.
URL:https://digitaldemocracies.org/calendar/ssrc-workshop-keynote-event/
LOCATION:By zoom
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