Hakeem Jefferson: From Margin to Center
Studying race and inequality requires an approach that takes seriously the experiences, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of those who live on the margins of our society. Social science research often falls short, theoretically and empirically, because of a tendency to ignore the margins in favor of those who have, for far too long, occupied the center.
Digital Cultures & Governance: Perspectives from the Global South
The Global South or the Majority World remains underrepresented and absent in discussions around Artificial Intelligence and data governance that are largely focused in high-income countries in North America and Europe. Yet the impact of AI and the rise of digital infrastructures is likely to disproportionally impact these very communities. This panel will bring diverse perspectives, outline critical concerns, center questions of power, and ultimately rethink the role of the Global South in shaping frameworks for governance for democratic inclusion.
ChatGPT in Context
What is ChatGPT? Where did it come from? What does it mean for science, scholarship, and public life? Join our interdisciplinary panel for a discussion of this new technology and its real and imagined impacts on the campus community.
Elizabeth Dubois: When hate and harassment are just a part of the job
Thursday, January 19 at 3:30pm – Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall For many political journalists and health communicators, exposing themselves to hate, harassment, and credibility attacks online is an unavoidable part of the job. Drawing from interviews, surveys, and content analyses of tweets, this lecture shows how facing negativity everyday can make it harder…
Tamara K. Nopper: Crime Data and Policing Data as Open Data
Thursday, November 10 at 3:00pm – Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nancy Leong: Capitalizing on Identity in Public Life
Thursday, October 6 at 3:00pm – Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Victor Ray on Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters & Why You Should Care
Friday, September 23 at 11:00am – Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Francesca Tripodi Presents The Propagandists’ Playbook with a Q&A Featuring Victor Ray
Dr. Francesca Tripodi presents The Propagandists’ Playbook with a Q&A featuring Victor Ray. Thursday, September 22 at 3:00pm
Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall, UNC-CH
What Comes After Disinformation Studies?
An ICA Pre-Conference.
Catherine Knight Steele on Digital Black Feminism
Catherine Knight Steele is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland – College Park and the author of Digital Black Feminism.
Jonathan Ong on the Politics and Ethics of Representing ‘The Trolls’
Jonathan Corpus Ong is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
André Brock on Race and Technoculture
André Brock is an Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media & Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology.