Alongside everyone else, we’ve been following the January 6th hearings.
“Although radicalization is the predominant frame used to explain why people participated in the January 6th attack on the capitol, our research shows that messaging claiming the election was stolen was mainstream in conservative circles, all the way up to the President of the United States. On social media, conservative users were primed by Republican elites to look for evidence of a stolen election, resulting in the production of vast bodies of ‘alternative’ knowledge amplified through strategic search engine optimization and easily available to those inclined to ‘do their own research.’” Francesca Tripodi and Alice Marwick authored a statement from CITAP to the January 6th commission.
Tressie McMillan Cottom noted how the panel drew on true crime narrative structures in telling its story and asked questions about the kinds of lifestyles that enable those who participated to have both the time and money.
Daniel Kreiss shared a piece from the Washington Post talking about how the hearings played out throughout pro-Trump social media.
Instead of framing primary wins thru the influence of Trump, how about framing them thru the influence of the anti-democratic movement in the GOP?
Shannon McGregor discussed the role of journalists in covering the January 6th hearings and other threats to democracy.
Publications and appearances
On Wednesday, Alice Marwick joined a panel on domestic terrorism at the White House. Along with five other researchers, she met with Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Homeland Security Advisor, to discuss the nature and operation of the domestic terrorism threat facing our country.
Affiliate Kirsten Eddy coauthored the Reuters Institute’s 2022 Digital News Report, which came out on Wednesday!
Coming soon
June 24: Deadline for Tech Policy Press’s call for abstracts! Essays on race, ethnicity, technology & elections are due at 5pm EST.
August 1: Submissions for the Labor Tech Book and Graduate Student Paper Awards are due.
Rest of Web
The Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab at Cornell University put out a call for scientific collaboration for those interested in research with online communities.
Just Tech announced the inaugural class of the Just Tech Fellowship! Congratulations to Kim Gallon, Chris Gilliard, Christine Miranda, Clarence Okoh, Meme Styles, and Rua Williams! 👏