We live in an era where the confines of understanding are not limited to a lack of information but rather a bombardment of countering narratives. It can be daunting to sift through the barrage of messaging, leaving room for the simple yet harmful decision to ignore it all. What you see online is not necessarily what is happening in the world, and the disinformation we are encountered with is costing us the ability to stay accurately informed. This series of teach-ins aims to provide tools to navigate the current landscape of media.
This is a space for anyone, from the person who feels confident about their viewpoints and their understanding of world issues, to those who do not even know where to begin and may be scared to ask. Through the lens of a variety of disciplines including journalism, sociology, political science, and psychology, each session will equip you with essential guidelines to make sense of what’s what and cultivate a culture of conscious media consumption. Sessions will conclude with a quick reference guide.
All sessions will be held online over Zoom.
| SPRING 2024 | ||
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February 27 | 12:00PM |
The Truth As The Path To Justice: Reporting Russian War Crimes |
Nataliya Gumenyuk Public Interest Journalism Lab |
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March 8 | 4:00PM |
Barbarophilia: Into a Foreign Tongue Our Sorrow and Love Pass |
George Syrimis Hellenic Studies Program, Yale University
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March 26 | 4:00PM |
Selling the Extreme: How Terrorists Use Marketing to Disseminate Their Propaganda |
Anna Kruglova Terrorism Studies, University of Salford Manchester |
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March 27 | 12:00PM |
Coercive Control at the Micro and Macro Levels |
Nicole Correri Department of Religion, Boston University |
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April 1 | 12:00PM |
Doxing and Denunciation: Unpacking the Court of Public Opinion |
Daniel Trottier Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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April 4 | 9:00AM |
Tracing Information Trickles: Making Space for Propaganda with Internet Shutdowns and Information Blackouts |
Nishant Shah School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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April 11 | 4:00PM |
Palestine and the Power of Language |
Elena Dudum Writer |
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April 22 | 4:00PM |
Ads Will Destroy Us — Unless We Destroy Them First |
Nandini Jammi Check My Ads |
| FALL 2023 | ||
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November 29 | 4:30PM |
Online Hate & Offline Harm: Implications of Social Media Usage in Humanitarian Settings |
Federica Du Pasquier International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
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December 5 | 4:00PM |
Online Speech, Offline Actions: Mechanisms Linking Digital Discourse and Its Offline Consequences |
Daniel Karell Department of Sociology, Yale University |
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December 7 | 4:00PM |
Visual Investigations: Reporting With and Verifying Online Open Source Information |
Haley Willis Visual Investigations, The New York Times |
