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Critical Conversations: Social Media
April 20, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Carnesale Commons Hermosa,
251 Charles E Young Drive West
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
Join Frances Haugan (of Facebook Whistleblower fame) and Jeff Orlowski-Yang (Director of The Social Dilemma) to discuss today’s most pressing questions about social media platforms, design, data, analytics, and ethics.
Register to attend this event in person!
Feel free to pose questions for Frances and Jeff via this form in advance of the conversation.
Resources
Articles
- Syracuse University’s Article “3 Things We Learned about Social Media from Netflix’s The Social Dilemma” by Jay McGinley
- New York Time’s Article “Our Brains Are No Match for Our Technology”
- The Atlantic’s Article “The Dark Psychology of Social Networks”
- NPR’s Article “Here are 4 key points from the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony on Capitol Hill” by Bobby Allyn
Podcasts & Videos
- TED Talk: “How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day” by Tristan Harris
- Video: “The Truth About Algorithms” by Cathy O’Neill
- Video: Frances Haugan, “Opening Statement to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation”
- Podcast: “Surveillance Capitalism” by Shoshana Zuboff
This event is part of a day-long series of events organized by The First Year Experience-Common Experience Program at UCLA. We thank the organizers of these events for including Digital Humanities students and faculty members in these important conversations.