CITAP Panel: Election 2024

Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/25/2024
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Location
Freedom Forum Conference Center on the Third Floor of Carroll Hall

In this session, researchers from the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) present on media and democracy in advance of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Over the past decade, there has been growing concern over the effects of disinformation and social media-driven polarization on democracies around the world. This talk reviews what we know about media, surveillance, disinformation, and polarization, and the relationship of these things with healthy democratic functioning. Researchers discuss the numerous attempts to regulate social media to prevent censorship or election and health-related misinformation, as well as the complicated relationship between political struggles, democratic processes, and technological oversight.

Panelists:

  • Daniel Kreiss, Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; Founding Principal Investigator, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
  • Shannon McGregor, Associate Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; Principal Investigator, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
  • Meredith Clark, Associate Professor of Race and Political Communication, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; Principal Investigator, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

Moderator:

  • Francesca Tripodi, Associate Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science; Principal Investigator, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

This event is open to the public and does not require registration. Students can earn Campus Life Experience (CLE) credit.

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