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Jillian C. York: Manipulating Social Media: Changing Political and Geographic Reality

March 9, 2015
Video - Lectures

Jillian C. York, Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation demonstrates how social media companies often present a different version of geopolitical reality than the one that exists offline, including examples taken from Facebook and Google.

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Jillian C. York on Content Take-down and Social Media Use in Africa and the Middle-East

March 2, 2015
Video - Interviews

Jillian C. York, Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses international political differences with regard to content take-down, internet regulations and the changes in social media use in Middle-Eastern and African countries.

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Gregg Gordon, President of SSRN discusses the changing scholarly landscape

February 27, 2015
Video - Lectures

In his talk co-hosted by CMDS and the CEU Library, Gregg Gordon talks about the current status of social science research publications, problems and opportunities publishing faces, and the leading role of SSRN in this field.

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Helen Margetts: From Turbulent Politics to Chaotic Pluralism: How Social Media Shape Collective Action

February 17, 2015
Video - Lectures

Dr. Helen Margetts, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute talks about her upcoming book, Turbulent Politics, and on how social media shapes collective action.

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Helen Margetts on How Social Media Shapes Collective Action

February 11, 2015
Video - Interviews

In this interview, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Dr. Helen Margetts talks about her upcoming book, Turbulent Politics, UK experiments on how social media shapes collective action and how people react to e-petitions.

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