Seminar "Exploring misinformation" with the Open Institute for Digital Transformations

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.

Programme

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