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Huxleyed into the Full Orwell: How Digital Copyright Abuse Has Abetted a Culture of Mass Surveillance and Social Control

Butler Library 523 535 West 114th, New York, NY, United States

Journalist and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow will talk about the millennia-old social compact of the book, and the arbitrary renegotiation of that contract in the age of ebooks, where prior restraint, restrictions on lending, donation and gifting, and invasive, surveillant technologies have become the norm. He will investigate how technology and license agreements have

Cory Doctorow with Jad Abumrad

Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Beyond “I agree”: A democratic technology, without Big Tech. RSVP at brwn.co/cd-register. The techlash marks the end of complacency over Big Tech: in a single instant, states have gone from being completely blase about the risks of a monopolized digital world run by high-handed CEOs who answer only to their shareholders, to being certain that

Knowing Together – Workshop

The Smith Learning Theater | Teachers College 525 West 120th Street Russell Hall 4th floor, New York City, NY, United States

Knowing Together is a workshop and exhibition about collaborative 3D photography and embodied experience hosted and supported by the 2018 Myers Fund at EdLab Teachers College in collaboration with visiting artist Rosalie Yu.  The project asks how community members sharing a memorable experience and learning a new technology can create something more expressive and personally meaningful with 3D technology

Photography in Collaboration: Migration and Religion

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Magnum Foundation is producing a project development laboratory with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation on September 28 and 29, 2018 that will bring together twelve photographers and their collaborators who are all working on projects related to migration. By gathering a diverse group of practitioners and experts, the lab will create a space for

2018 Brown Institute Showcase

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Maneesh Agrawala and Mark Hansen cordially invite you to the Brown Institute for Media Innovation 2018 Showcase! Join us for a reception and exhibition of our 2017-2018 projects. October 5, 2018 - 5:00pm at the Brown Institute at Stanford University Descriptions of the projects can be seen below. The event will take place on the

Media Innovation Seminar: Innovating in the Public Square with J. Nathan Matias

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

In this talk, Princeton's J. Nathan Matias will discuss how to protect media environments and draw parallels between history of our current moment and the history of environmental protection and food safety, pointing out the key role of citizen science.

Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Lorena Barba

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor, Pulitzer Hall), the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers, data scientists, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python, C++, and the Open Source Initiative. This

d.school Pop Up: reDesigning Local Media

In this three-session workshop, we will explore the intersection of media and design through both a publishing and technology product design lens. Teams will work in partnership with local media organizations to innovate across the digital divide.

Transparency Series Seminar: Polling with Amanda Cox

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a discussion with Amanda Cox from the Upshot at the New York Times who will discuss polling and its importance in the political races. As the 2018 midterm election nears, we pore over opinion polls looking for subtle (or not so subtle) clues about how things will fare on November 6. When

Transparency Series Workshop: Polling with FiveThirtyEight

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The first workshop in the Transparency Series takes you through techniques for looking at one or more polls over time. Join Janie Velencia and Dhrumil Mehta who lead Pollapalooza at FiveThirtyEight to get exposed to sources, tools, and strategies for working with polls — starting at the very beginning with simple random samples, and leading

Media Innovation Seminar: Whither VR? with Kate Parsons and Ben Vance

Video artist and educator Kate Parsons and VR Veteran Ben Vance explore art and design through emerging technology at FLOAT, a collaborative entity focusing on the intersection of art and interactivity. They will share tips on how their team creates evocative, nuanced art experiences using cutting-edge VR technology.

Blockchain in Journalism: Promise and Practice

The Brown Institute and the Tow Center have collaborated on an event for students, reporters, editors, scholars, and entrepreneurs about the current state of blockchain technology and how it can be applied to journalism. For practitioners in media, Blockchain is in vogue today as a potential solution to the industry’s every-day problems and tasks, such

Technology’s Role in Media, Data Journalism, and Fighting Fake News? A Session in the Fast Company Innovation Festival

The media industry has never been under more scrutiny than it is today. Technology, a primary culprit in the proliferation of fake news, can also be used to provide clarity for the public. And we’ve started to witness the democratization of large-scale data analysis and connected data methods that provide journalists the opportunity to employ

Opening Up Research for the Greater Good? Ethics, Privacy, and Data

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the current political climate, opening up access to research and research data can be both a moral imperative and a careless decision that puts the lives and livelihood of the most vulnerable at risk. In this panel discussion and roundtable, three scholars will discuss the social and ethical responsibilities of gathering, curating, and sharing

Media Innovation Seminar: Twitch 4 News? with Phoebe Connelly and Joey Marburger

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Phoebe Connelly, Deputy Video Editor, and Joey Marburger, Head of Product at The Washington Post, will discuss opportunities to use gaming platforms for the distribution of news, and take us inside the Post's new Twitch channel.

2018-2019 Speaker Series: Google’s Simon Rogers

Packard 101, Stanford University 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

RSVP In the run-up to the midterm elections, Google’s data editor, Simon Rogers, will join the Brown Institute at Stanford for a conversation about his book “Facts are Sacred” as well as his work with Electionland, which brings together teams of data journalists, fact-checkers and social media experts to monitor polls in real-time.

Media Innovation Seminar: On Algorithmic Bias with Jeff Larson

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Larson, formerly a Senior Reporter for ProPublica and now co-founder of TBA, a new journalistic site that will report on how algorithms work and influence media. In his talk Larson will discuss the formation of his new venture and explain what innovations are needed when it comes to understanding how algorithms work and influence the

Reproducible Data Journalism without Code

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Join Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News and Jonathan Stray, designer of Workbench to discuss reproducible data journalism without code. Reproducibility allows readers and journalists to see how you produced your data-driven story, and colleagues to learn from your work. But until now, reproducibility has required programming. Workbench is a new platform for data journalism