Colloquium: September 23 at 2:00pm-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only
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September 23, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Topic: Does the structure of social media make it difficult for democracy to deal with tribal identities?
Chair and Organizer: Phil Sullivan
SUGGESTED READINGS – version 2
1) The Roots and Impact of Outrage-Mongering in U.S. Political Opinion Media
https://scholars.org/print/pdf/node/5055
2) Facebook Spreads Fake News Faster Than Any Other Social Website According to New Research
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-address-the-epidemic-of-lies-in-politics/
4) The Trouble With Tribalism: Identity politics divide America, but the idea of warring tribes is too simple
https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/10/trouble-tribalism/573307/
5) Trudeau’s Party Passes Bill to Regulate Social media, Streaming
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-22/trudeau-s-party-passes-bill-to-regulate-social-media-streaming
6) The U.S. is Getting a Crash-course in Scientific Uncertainty
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/health/coronavirus-covid-usa.html
The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/CUb0pfThMC.
The deadline to register is the morning of the talk at 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only on the morning of the event.