November, 2021
17Nov9:00 AM5:00 PM2021 Digital Publics Symposium – Information Disorders

Event Details
From the continuing COVID-19 pandemic through the aftermath of the US election to the influence of problematic state and commercial actors, 2021 has been marked by substantial concerns about the
Event Details
From the continuing COVID-19 pandemic through the aftermath of the US election to the influence of problematic state and commercial actors, 2021 has been marked by substantial concerns about the impact of mis- and disinformation on individuals, groups, and society as a whole.
The 2021 symposium of the Digital Publics programme presents the latest work by researchers in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre that tackles these information disorders: applying innovative mixed-methods research approaches to trace the dynamics of mis- and disinformation in online and social media; exploring the role of initiatives that seek to combat the spread of problematic information; examining the public discourse around ‘fake news’; and assessing regulatory approaches to mitigating the threat from mis- and disinformation.
Please join us for a one-day symposium that showcases our latest research and plots the course for the coming year!
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Keynote Speaker
Kate Starbird, University of Washington
Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation and its Threat to Democracy.
Kate Starbird is an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Kate’s research is situated within human-computer interaction and the emerging field of crisis informatics—the study of the how social media and other information-communication technologies are used during crisis events.
Time
(Wednesday) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Online and In-person Event
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