Social Media and Promotional Culture Jeremy Shtern November 23, 2017 12:00p.m. (noon) Questions about the democratic impact of social media political advertising have recently burst their way onto policy agendas and into public … [Continue reading]
History of Computers in Politics
Please be advised this timeline remains a work in progress. Bibliography Agranoff, R. (1972). The New Style in Election Campaigns. Boston: Holbrook Press. Baker, T. E. (1983). Computers and Political Campaigns: A Look at Technology and … [Continue reading]
November 9 Event: Robyn Maynard
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present Robyn Maynard November 9, 2017 4:30p.m. Laying bare the violent realities behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces four … [Continue reading]
November 1 Event: Benjamin Loveluck
The Internet as Ideology and Practice: A Genealogical Perspective Benjamin Loveluck November 1, 2017 4:00p.m. Examining the conceptual and practical affinities between liberalism and the idea of “free flow of information” on the Internet, … [Continue reading]
The Internet Was Always a Common Carrier
This summer, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched an initiative to revisit the previous administration's "Fair and Open Internet Order," which established an approach to regulating the Internet commonly called network neutrality. … [Continue reading]