{"id":999,"date":"2019-09-27T15:42:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=999"},"modified":"2024-06-07T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:43:48","slug":"social-media-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2019\/09\/27\/social-media-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nLauren Copeland, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Citizenship, Associate Director, Community Research Institute, Baldwin-Wallace University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology and Politics<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday September 27, 2019
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nDampeer Room
\nKelvin Smith Library<\/strong><\/span>*<\/strong><\/span>
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Politics is conducted by groups of people, uniting with each other in conflict with or to cooperate with others. Individuals become and act as groups through processes of communication. From the agoras of classical Greece to the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst to Pravda, CNN and Fox News, communication methods have shaped or enabled political behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now there is “Social Media.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

In principle or concept, social media might be comparable to the conversations that people have with each other, in families or other relationships. One key question then would be how increased scale could change the effects of unstructured communication. For instance, are panics and mob reactions more likely, or less? Another would be whether the informal groups created through social media shape attitudes and willingness to become involved in politics: does use of snapchat increase or decrease civic engagement among college students? Are users of political social media more likely to vote?<\/p>\n

But, as we have learned recently, social media also may be manipulated with rather more intent. Parties have social media strategies; messages are targeted through data mining; “bots” send messages that are hardly person-to-person and so not exactly “social”; perhaps more positively, some governments have even hoped to use social media for “citizen deliberation.”\u00a0The uses and abuses of social media therefore are one of the leading edges of current political science. Join us as Professor Copeland discusses questions and findings.<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAll best regards,
\nJoe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Lauren Copeland<\/strong>\u00a0is a self-described \u201cpolitics and data science nerd,\u201d with research activities that lie at the intersection of political communication, political behavior and public opinion, and a current focus on the relationship between digital media use and political participation. She earned both a doctorate and Master of Arts in political science from University of California, Santa Barbara and a Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where We Meet<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Friday Public Affairs Lunch convenes each Friday when classes are in session, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Our programs are open to all and no registration is required. We usually meet in the Dampeer Room of Kelvin Smith Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Kelvin Smith Library requires all entrants to show identification when entering the building, unless they have a university i.d. that they can magnetically scan. We are sorry if that seems like a hassle, but it has been Library policy for a while in response to security concerns. Please do not complain to the library staff at the entrance, who are just doing their jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parking Possibilities<\/span><\/h3>\n

The most convenient parking is the lot underneath Severance Hall. We regret that it is not free. From that lot there is an elevator up to street level (labeled as for the Thwing Center); it is less than 50 yards from that exit to the library entrance. You can get from the Severance garage to the library without going outside. Near the entry gates – just to the right if you were driving out – there is a door into a corridor. Walk down the corridor and there will be another door. Beyond that door you’ll find the entrance to an elevator which goes up to an entrance right inside the doors to Kelvin Smith Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 4: Hidden Costs of Waiting for Treatment: The Case of Orthopedic Surgery in Norway.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Mark Votruba<\/strong>, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Economics and Research Associate, Statistics Norway.\u00a0***Alternate Room: Room LL06, Lower Level, Kelvin Smith Library***<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 11: Small Steps and Giant Leaps: How Apollo 11 Shaped Understandings of Earth and Beyond.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Steven A. Hauck II<\/strong>, Professor and Chair, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.\u00a0***Alternate Room: Room LL06, Lower Level, Kelvin Smith Library***<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 18:\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/i>\u00a0in 2019.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0B. Jessie Hill<\/strong>, Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law. <\/p>\n

October 25: Brexit Trick or Treat.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Luke Reader<\/strong>, Full-Time Lecturer in English.<\/p>\n

October 25: Brexit Trick or Treat.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Luke Reader<\/strong>, Full-Time Lecturer in English.<\/p>\n

November 1: Local News: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Joseph Frolik<\/strong>, Executive Editor, Ideastream.<\/p>\n

November 8: TBA.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Peter Shulman<\/strong>, Associate Professor of History.<\/p>\n

November 15: Will We Ever Have Paris? The U.S. and the International Politics of Climate Change.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Matthew Hodgetts<\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science.<\/p>\n

November 22: The (New?) Israeli Government.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Peter J. Haas<\/strong>, Abba Hillel Silver Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies.<\/p>\n

November 29: Thanksgiving break<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 6: Papers Please: Challenging Citizenship in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Cassandra Burke Robertson<\/strong>, John Deaver Drinko \u2013 Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and Director, Center for Professional Ethics. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

September 23, 2019<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Upcoming Events<\/span><\/h2>\n

Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump<\/span><\/p>\n

A discussion with Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, J.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University School of Law, Thursday October 10, 2019, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59), CWRU School of Law, 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Free and open to the public.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Click here to register for this event<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In her new book, Professor Wadhia examines government’s discretion to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and how the Trump administration has exercised this discretion. Her research combines personal interviews, immigration law analysis, policy analysis and case studies to identify the administration’s policies, whom they affect, how the policies change the perceptions and behavior of the individuals and families against whom they are directed, and perceptions of the future of immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia has published more than thirty law review articles, book chapters, and essays on immigration law, in journals that include\u00a0Emory Law Journal<\/em>,\u00a0Texas Law Review<\/em>,\u00a0Yale Journal on Regulation<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Georgetown Immigration Law Journal<\/em>. Her first book,\u00a0Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases<\/em>\u00a0(NYU Press), was issued in paperback in 2017 and received an honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award.<\/p>\n

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Free Speech on the Internet: Blocking, Banning, and Removing Content<\/span><\/p>\n

A discussion with Andrew Geronimo, J.D., supervising attorney at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he manages the IP Venture Clinic, Wednesday, October 16th, 2019, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, Downtown at The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave., 2nd Floor, Cleveland, OH 44114.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Click here to register for this event<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can politicians block their constituents on social media platforms, and are those platforms using algorithms to suppress viewpoints they disfavor? Why are legislators on both sides of the aisle calling for changes to legislation that currently insulates online platforms for their users\u2019 speech? Should governments or corporations shut down online communities that foment extremism or spread disinformation?<\/p>\n

In many ways, the internet has fulfilled its promise of a free-flow of information that has fundamentally changed the way we interact with the world and each other. But the technology that has streamlined and improved communication has come with societal costs: it has opened new avenues for harassment, undermined our democratic processes, and exacerbated the spread of extremism. Are these necessary components of a free internet, or should we consider changes to the regulatory landscape?<\/p>\n

This talk will examine the legal concepts and competing interests involved when making content decisions in an internet age where our social and political conversations increasingly originate and are amplified online.<\/p>\n

Professor Geronimo joined CWRU Law in 2017 as the Stanton Foundation First Amendment Fellow and taught in the First Amendment Lab & the First Amendment Clinic, where his advocacy focused on free speech, free press, and government transparency issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Center for Policy Studies
\nPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Media and Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lauren Copeland, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Citizenship, Associate Director, Community Research Institute, Baldwin-Wallace University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology and Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday September 27, 2019
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nDampeer Room
\nKelvin Smith Library<\/strong>*<\/strong>
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Politics is conducted by groups of people, uniting with each other in conflict with or to cooperate with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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