MEAG Health Discourse Research Initiative

July 12, 2022 | 9:00am – 5:30pm

MIT Samberg Conference Center, 7th floor, 50 memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142

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Agenda

9:00am — Coffee and continental breakfast

9:30 — Introduction: Fernando Bermejo

9:45 — Research Presentation I: Understanding the Use of e-Prints on Reddit and 4chan (Jeremy Blackburn & Satrio Yudhoatmojo, Binghamton University)

10:15 — Research Presentation II: Images and Misinformation: Fauxtography, Covid and Beyond (Gianluca Stringhini, Boston University)

10:45 — Research Presentation III: Coordinated Link Sharing Behavior in Nigeria and India (Fabio Giglietto, Universita di Urbino Carlo Bo)

11:15 — Break

11:30 — Research Presentation IV: Case Studies in Medical Disinformation (Joan Donovan & Jennifer Nilsen – Shorenstein Center, Harvard University)

12:30pm — Lunch

2:00pm — Exploring The Field Of Mis/Disinformation Studies, Part I: What have we learned?

3:00 — Break

3:15 — Exploring The Field Of Mis/Disinformation Studies, Part II: What is missing? What's next?

5:00pm — Wrap up and summary

5:30pm — Adjourn

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Please note that this symposium is by invitation only