The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DIGHUM lecture series.
Speaker: James W. Cortada (Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota, USA)
Moderator: Susan Winter (University of Maryland, College of Information Studies, USA)
This presentation discusses the nature of false or misinformation in U.S. social media. Social media is today widely used by the American public as a major component of its use of the Internet as a whole. It is argued that these collections of facts are similar to those that have existed for over 200 years in this country. The problem of such information is serious, its characteristics are described, and how it is (or should be) dealt with concludes the presentation.
About the Series
A roughly bi-weekly seminar offers presentations and panels from worldwide thought leaders. It is typically held on Tuesday afternoons at 17:00 CET.
The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DIGHUM lecture series.
Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics and IT. At the same time, it points to related apparent threats such as privacy violations, ethical concerns with AI, automation, and loss of jobs, and the ongoing monopolization on the Web.
For this reason, a new initiative — DIGHUM lectures — started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism.
We will have one or more speakers on a specific topic followed by a discussion, or panel discussions, depending on topic and speakers. The exact dates will be announced at least two weeks before.
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