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Social Media and Crowdsourcing in the Conflict in Ukraine

March 17, 2017
Video - Lectures

Digital platforms play an increasing role in crisis situations, particularly in military conflicts. In his talk, Gregory Asmolov examines the role of social media and crowdsourcing in modern conflicts.
Gregory Asmolov is a PhD candidate at the Media and Communication Department of the London School of Economics. His research investigates how information technologies constitute the role of digital users in crisis situations.

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Web Tracking with Chinese Characteristics

March 17, 2017
Video - Lectures

Tim Libert (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania) highlights how surveillance on the Chinese web is more a result of free-market capitalism than authoritarian imperative. The degree to which users are surveilled on 500 popular Chinese websites has been investigated using a computer based in mainland China. Despite what one may expect in an authoritarian context, significant evidence of direct government involvement in large-scale web tracking has not been found. However, extensive third-party tracking by private companies has been discovered.

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David Kaye on the Global Challenges to Freedom of Expression

March 17, 2017
Video - Lectures

In his public talk hosted by the Center for Media, Data and Society at the CEU School of Public Policy, UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye discussed global threats to freedom of expression. He was introduced by Sejal Parmar, Assistant Professor at the CEU Department of Legal Studies.

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The Troubled State of Press Freedom in Central Europe

June 4, 2015
Video - Lectures

CMDS and Freedom House organized a panel discussion on May 21, 2015 to consider some of the conclusions of the recent Freedom House report, Freedom of the Press 2015. The discussion, which was moderated by András Pethő, co-founder and editor of Direkt36, offered a range of perspectives from panelists Jennifer Dunham, Sylvana Habdank-Kołaczkowska, Kate Coyer and Péter Bajomi-Lázár on the global deterioration in press freedom, and regional challenges and threats to the independence of journalists and media outlets.

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Renée Loth: American Legacy Media

June 3, 2015
Video - Lectures

Renée Loth has long covered politics and public policy as a Boston Globe columnist and she was the newspaper’s top editor of the Editorial Page for nine years. Loth has been an active thought leader in American politics, media and public policy at the local and national levels. Currently, she is editor of ArchitectureBoston magazine, the quarterly “ideas” publication of the Boston Society of Architects.

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