On October 25, CEVIPOF and the Open Institute for Digital Transformations are pleased to propose a research seminar exploring disinformation from different disciplinary perspectives.
The seminar will feature speakers from a number of universities across Europe and the United States.
PROGRAM
9:00-9:30 - Breakfast + Introductory remarks by Kevin Arceneaux and Jean-Philippe Cointet
9:30-11:00 - Panel 1: The social context of misinformation
Lene Aaroe, Aarhus University: “Do The Facts Matter? The Impact of Statistical Evidence and Single Exemplars on Policy Opinions Among Citizens and Politicians in Digital Democracies”
Patrick Kraft, University Carlos III of Madrid: “Give and Take: Can Dialogue Change Climate Attitudes?”
Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College: “Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects”
Ethan Porter, George Washington University: “The Reputational Penalty: How Fact-Checking Can Penalize Those Who Spread Misinformation”
Moderated by Kevin Arceneaux
11:00-11:30 - Coffee break
11:30-13:00 - Panel 2: Understanding misinformation in a global perspective
Natalia Bueno, Emory University: “(De)Mobilizing Effects of Misinformation: Evidence from Brazil”
Simon Chauchard, University Carlos III of Madrid: “Countering Misinformation Early: A Media & Information Literacy Intervention for School Children in India”
D.J. Flynn, IE University: “Populism and belief in fake news: Experimental evidence from four countries”
Moderated by Yamil Velez
13:00-14:30 - Lunch
14:30-16:00 - Panel 3: Methodological approaches to misinformation
Adam Berinsky, MIT: “A conceptual framework for designing and evaluating misinformation interventions”
Mohsen Mosleh, Oxford Internet Institute: “Measuring exposure to misinformation from political elites on Twitter”
Yamil Velez, Columbia University: Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys
Moderated by Jean-Philippe Cointet
16:00-16:30 - Coffee break
16:30-18:00 - Roundtable: Interdisciplinary perspectives on misinformation
Kevin Arceneaux, CEVIPOF
Beatriz Botero Arcila, EDD
Hugo Mercier, CNRS ENS PSL
