DISINFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY NCG/Bay Area Democracy Funders May, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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DIGITAL DISINFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY NCG/Bay Area Democracy Funders May, 2018 Madison Initiative M A D I S O N I N I T I A T I V E Uphold key values Strengthen Improve Combat digital and norms of Congress as campaigns &


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DIGITAL DISINFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY

NCG/Bay Area Democracy Funders May, 2018

Madison Initiative

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Uphold key values and norms of democracy Strengthen Congress as an institution Improve campaigns & elections Combat digital disinformation

M A D I S O N I N I T I A T I V E

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What can be done to reduce the amount of polarizing, inaccurate content online?

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Features of Social MediaHow

No gatekeepers Media fragmentation and overload Personalization and microtargeting Bots and artificial amplification

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SHORT-TERM INDICATORS

  • 1. Establishment of a learning community
  • 2. Clearer definition of the problem(s)
  • 3. Preliminary answers to key questions
  • 4. Access to platform data
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F A C E B O O K D A T A / R E S E A R C H PA R T N E R S H I P : E L E C T I O N S A N D D E M O C R A C Y

Partnership between

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A P P E N D I X

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F A C E B O O K R E S E A R C H PA R T N E R S H I P : M E T R I C S

  • 1. Project Administration and Transparency
  • 2. Project Breadth and Diversity
  • 3. Data Access and Privacy
  • 4. Insights and Importance of Findings
  • 5. Research Practicality, Platform Adoption

impact representativeness/diversity

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UPSTREAM MIDSTREAM DOWNSTREAM Journalism Platforms Audiences

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M A N Y U N A N S W E R E D Q U E S T I O N S

Explanatory Questions Experimental Questions Legal/ Philosophical Questions