The fight against conspiracy theories and other fake news about the coronavirus crisis is receiving more help from the social media and other tech platforms, as a number of thought leaders have argued.[1] However, in my opinion, a more important factor has been more successful outreach by governmental, industry, and academic researchers. Too often, the research … Continue reading How the #Infodemic is being Tackled
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Poster-first Presentations: The Rise of Poster Sessions on Academic Research
Times have changed. In the early years of my career as an academic, the poster session used to be sort of a second class offer for presenting at an academic conference. That is no longer the case. Newer generations of academics are trained and attuned to creating posters and infographics to explain and communicate their … Continue reading Poster-first Presentations: The Rise of Poster Sessions on Academic Research
The Chatham House Rule Should be the Exception
Can We Make the Chatham House Rule the Exception? It is common to debate the definition and correct implementation of the Chatham House Rule. My issue is with its over-use. It should be used in exceptional cases, rather than being routinized as a norm for managing communication about meetings. To be clear, the Chatham House … Continue reading The Chatham House Rule Should be the Exception
Broadening Conceptions of Mobile and Its Social Dynamics
Wonderful to see a chapter by me, Frank Hangler, and Ginette Law, entitled ‘Broadening Conceptions of Mobile and Its Social Dynamics’ in Chan, J. M., and Lee, F. L. F. (2017), Advancing Comparative Media and Communication Research (London: Routledge), pp. 142-170. It arrived at my office today. The volume evolved out of an international conference … Continue reading Broadening Conceptions of Mobile and Its Social Dynamics
The 21st Century Science Challenge: Communication with the Public
On my last trip to China, I was meeting with a former social science colleague at Tsinghua University, Professor JIN Jianbin, who received a new research grant to study public perspectives on science, such as around research on genetically modified crops. Our conversation about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) quickly touched on a variety of other … Continue reading The 21st Century Science Challenge: Communication with the Public
Evidence of Benefits from Opening the White House Press Briefings via Skype Seats
I've argued on this blog that the idea of enabling the press to ask questions from outside the White House Press Office, in fact, outside the Washington DC Beltway, was a good idea. Some anecdotal evidence is being reported that the strategy is working. USA Today reported that over 13 White House press briefings, Sean … Continue reading Evidence of Benefits from Opening the White House Press Briefings via Skype Seats
A Metric for Academics: A Personal Suggestion
Every year in the US, and at various intervals in other countries, academics must pull together what they have done to provide administrators with the data required for their indicators of performance. Just as metrics provided baseball teams with a new tool for more systematically choosing players, based on their stats, as portrayed in the … Continue reading A Metric for Academics: A Personal Suggestion
Web Science 2014: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The 6th ACM Web Science Conference will be held 23-26 June 2014 on the beautiful campus of Indiana University, Bloomington. Web Science continues to focus on the study of information networks, social communities, organizations, applications, and policies that shape and are shaped by the Web. The WebSci14 program includes 29 paper presentations, 35 posters with … Continue reading Web Science 2014: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Web Science Conference 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University
I have agreed to co-chair the next Web Science Conference, Web Science 2014, which will be held in 2014 at Indiana University. The lead chairs are Fil Menczer and his group at Indiana University, and Jim Hendler at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and one of the originators of the Semantic Web. The dates are 23-26 June … Continue reading Web Science Conference 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University
Scholarship in the Networked World, Professor Christine Borgman, 6 June 2013, 5pm at Balliol College
Scholarship in the Networked World Oliver Smithies Lecture 6 June 2013, 5pm Lecture Room XXIII, Balliol College Christine L. Borgman Professor & Presidential Chair in Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles and Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow and Lecturer Balliol College, University of Oxford Scholars are expected to publish the results of their work in … Continue reading Scholarship in the Networked World, Professor Christine Borgman, 6 June 2013, 5pm at Balliol College