April 17, 2020聽| The digital age has completely disrupted global governance. Now that COVID-19 has disrupted nearly everything else, it is time to start planning for what comes next, say Max Bell School professor聽Taylor Owen and聽Rohinton P. Medhora.
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Published on: 22 Apr 2020
January 7, 2020聽| There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.
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Published on: 14 Jan 2020
September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians鈥� ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. 鈥淎 lot of people don鈥檛 use social media very actively,鈥� said Eric Merkley, a researcher on the project. 鈥淧eople on Twitter are not representative of the broader population.鈥�
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
August 10, 2019| Beware of things you see online that make you emotional, one media expert warns ahead of the fall election.聽 Taylor Owen, professor at 香蕉视频 and the co-creator of the Digital Democracy Project, says fake news often preys on feelings like anger and fear.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
August 7, 2019聽| Canadians aren鈥檛 as divided into partisan echo chambers as social media would suggest, but a heavy news diet doesn't guarantee you'll be informed, a new study has found.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
Attention Control with Kevin Newman podcast released its this week,聽exploring digital media鈥檚 impact on the 2019 federal election.
Hosted by award-winning journalist Kevin Newman, the weekly election podcast will provide Canadians with exclusive investigative reporting, timely in-depth interviews with influential voices, and ongoing news coverage on how digital tools, platforms and data are influencing public opinion during the election campaign.
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Published on: 5 Sep 2019
The Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge has awarded 18 Research Awards ranging from $3,000 to $75,000 to research teams from Canada and abroad. The Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge is a collaborative effort between Dr. Taylor Owen, Associate Professor in the Max Bell School of Public Policy, 香蕉视频 and Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and a Centre for Law, Technology and Society Faculty Member at the University of Ottawa.聽
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Published on: 15 Aug 2019
August 7, 2019 | A report published by the Digital Democracy Project suggests that overall misinformation levels in Canada are low. However, certain trends in media consumption put news consumers and voters more at risk to be misinformed about key political issues. To learn more about how information and disinformation flow through journalistic and social media channels in the run-up to the October federal election, read the .
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
August 8, 2019 | A survey launched by the Digital Democracy Project聽found that most Canadians across the political spectrum got a common set of facts from an array of mainstream media outlets. The report also highlighted voters' tendencies to select and consume news from sources聽that support their political beliefs, generating so-called echo chambers.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
Dr. Taylor Owen, holder of the Beaverbrook聽Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications received, with Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (University of Ottawa), a Canada History Fund聽grant to run the聽Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge. They have launched a聽call for proposals for projects examining the uses and impacts of digital media in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election.聽
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Published on: 10 Jul 2019
JUNE 24, 2019 |聽Taylor Owen, an expert in the political impact of digital technologies, warns that the social media infrastructure is to blame for the spread of fake news and political interference.聽"What's wrong with this infrastructure is that it is calibrated for engagement," he says. Taylor Owen's segment on a special news report for The National can be found here.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
June 25, 2019 |聽Online interference is happening in the run-up to Canada's fall federal election. CBC News looked at who's behind it and what you can do to stop it. The interview featured Taylor Owen, Max Bell School professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics,聽and Communications. Taylor Owen spoke about how the design of our digital infrastructure聽and social media platforms are manipulable when it comes to election campaigns and political speech.聽
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Published on: 25 Jun 2019
May 23, 2019 | Taylor Owen,聽Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, writes that the Christchurch Call might be a missed opportunity for governments to move toward global digital governance. He says " [the Christchurch Call] has no enforceable mandates, it focuses overwhelmingly on technical fixes to what are also political, social and economic problems and its framing around terrorism and hate speech is far too narrow, treating the symptom of the problem while ignoring the underlying disease."
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Published on: 19 Jun 2019
Remarks by Taylor Owen, Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication and Associate Professor in the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 香蕉视频
May 27, 2019, Ottawa
Co-Chairs Zimmer and Collins, Committee Members;
Thank you for having me, it is an honor to be here. I am particularly heartened because even three years ago a meeting like this would have seemed unnecessary by many in the public, the media, the technology sector, and by governments themselves.
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Published on: 28 May 2019
May 15, 2019 | Digital media expert and Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Taylor Owen explains聽Canada's Digital Charter, the federal government'a latest engagement to provide a framework for accountability and transparency from social media platforms. He believes the greater question to date is whether, and how national regulations will apply to tech giants and corporations based in the United States.聽
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Published on: 17 May 2019
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