It’s been a quiet week at CITAP, but we’ve got some excellent upcoming events and a few great recommendations to pass on from our friends. We’ll chalk it up to a week of winter hibernation just before the days get long enough to begin planning for spring.
Coming soon
February 24, 12pm ET: Deen Freelon, Andrés Hincapié, and Matt Jansen present lightning talks on “Tackling Underrepresentation with Data Science” as part of the Carolina Data Science Now project.
February 25: The call for papers is up for CITAP’s cosponsored ICA preconference What Comes After Disinformation Studies? The preconference will take place May 25, 2022 in Paris, France. Submissions due February 25.
March 10: The CITAP spring speaker series continues with Jessa Lingel, associate professor at the Penn Annenberg School and author of An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of craigslist. In-person and livestream attendees are welcome! RSVP requested.
Rest of Web
Interested in doing research outside of academia? Colorado State University is organizing a panel of researchers who work at Twitter, Freedom House, the Social Science Research Council, Morning Consult, and Empower Project. RSVP to join them on April 14 at 12pm MT/2pm ET.
Tressie McMillan Cottom continues to write and publish dream profiles, this time of Venus and Serena Williams for Harper’s Bazaar’s March cover.
A new QAnon research Substack:
And CITAP is still hiring, closing February 23: A communications and project coordinator to support CITAP’s research, community, and impact. It’s an excellent early career role for a generalist with excellent writing skills and an interest in the intersection of technology and democracy.
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