Media and January 6th
"Media and January 6th" features short, provocative, and accessible contributions from a range of diverse scholars, edited by Khadijah Costley White, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Tromble.
"The images cast across screens across the country on January 6, 2021, laid bare the fragility of American democracy as the steps and halls of the US Capitol were inundated by a violent band of insurrectionists. Fed by blatant lies, political anger, and racial animus, they sought to halt a procedure enshrined in the US Constitution and to overturn a freely and fairly run election. Meanwhile, efforts to obstruct, avoid, and misrepresent the subsequent investigation of the January 6th attack have continued apace.
With a relative dearth of work that centers historical and contemporary racial, ethnic, and power dynamics in the context of media, our interdisciplinary field was caught flat-footed, unprepared to respond to those who actively seek to undermine American democracy. This edited volume is a first step toward remedying that situation. Media and January 6th brings together a diverse group of leading scholars to help us more clearly understand the relationship between media and the attempted coup. The volume examines why and how January 6th came to be and the centrality of media to the event. It is organized around three key questions: How should we understand January 6, 2021? What should research look like after January 6, 2021? And how can we prevent another event like this?"
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We are seeking 2 Postdoctoral Research Associates to join us at CITAP.
.CITAP is hiring!
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated Executive Director to provide innovative and visionary leadership for CITAP.
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This summer, CITAP is celebrating big moves across our team.
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.Call for Papers: Symposium on Misinformation & Marginalization
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Strategically Hijacking Victimhood: A Political Communication Strategy in the Discourse of Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump
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.Ms. Categorized: Gender, notability, and inequality on Wikipedia
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Media and January 6th brings together a diverse group of leading scholars to help us more clearly understand the relationship between media and the attempted coup.
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showcase the capabilities of PIEGraph to provide unique insight into the kinds of content users encounter on X.
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Media and January 6th
Join us for “Media and January 6th,” an event where we will bring together a diverse group of leading scholars to help us more clearly understand the relationship between media and the attempted coup.
.Forrest Stuart
Please join us for Forrest Stuart’s talk, “Institutional Decision-Making in the Digital Age: The Case of Social Media Data in Criminal Courts.”
.TJ Billard: Voices for Transgender Equality
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Addressing the intersection of technology, American religion, and politics with particular attention to race and power.
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How does misinformation circulate in marginalized communities, and what misinformation narratives are shared about marginalized groups?
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To understand the power and pitfalls of data science, we must attend to the data itself, not merely the algorithms that manipulate it.
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