June 25, 2021 | How can policy strike the right balance between the protection of free speech and mitigating the impact of online hate? Professor Taylor Owen provides insight into this nuanced issue, proposing ways to hold online platforms accountable for harmful content in a manner which prioritizes democratic freedoms. Also, take a look at Professor Owen's to learn more.
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Published on: 28 Jun 2021
May 14,聽2021 | Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen recently chaired a virtual panel with competition ministers from five different countries. Among the topics discussed: the hotly debated new聽Australian News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code.
聽in the Columbia Journalism Review to learn more about the discussions.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2021
April 6, 2021|聽The mis- and dis-information that fills many corners of the American media ecosystem is having an affect on Canadians'聽perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Professor Taylor Owen and other McGill聽academics. The McGill Newsroom has the full story.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2021
April 28,聽2021 | This article in the Columbia Journalism Review explores聽a recent seminar鈥攃o-hosted by the Max Bell School's Taylor Owen鈥攖hat brought together competition ministers from across the globe to discuss the ramifications of the聽News Media Bargaining Code and the changing dynamics between platforms and publishers.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2021
The Max Bell School's Media Ecosystem Observatory is out with a new research paper on vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
Some of the key findings:
Sixty-five percent聽of Canadians intend to take a vaccine, with some slight erosion since a high in July. Approximately 15 percent聽of Canadians are unwilling, and an additional 20 percent聽are unsure.听
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Published on: 26 Apr 2021
Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A led by 香蕉视频 shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.
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Published on: 6 Apr 2021
March 19, 2021 | Taylor Owen's latest piece for the National Post delves into聽algorithmic bias and the disproportionate harms Big Tech inflicts on people of colour. One piece of the solution? "Amplify聽the diverse voices of those with most knowledge of technology鈥檚 injustices."
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Published on: 9 Mar 2021
March 5, 2021 |聽Google and Facebook聽have dominated聽digital advertising in search and social networking, creating a business model that is not based on the distribution of reliable information. Following the Australian government's recent mandate on tech regulation, Max Bell School Professor聽Taylor Owen聽discusses the plight of independent media and the reputable journalistic institutions that are at stake.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2021
February 26, 2021 |聽It is increasingly clear that the many benefits of digital platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google come with significant economic, social and political costs. Reflecting on recent attempts to address the harms caused big tech, Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen聽argues that聽the governance struggle between Big Tech and the nation state is actually about the future of liberal democracy itself.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2021
Supported by the Max Bell School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has released a new report detailing six recommendations to enable citizens, governments and platforms to deal with online hate speech in Canada.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2021
January 14, 2021 | In his opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen discusses聽the effects of the recent social-media ban imposed on Donald Trump. Take a look at the article to understand how Trump's de-platforming scratches the surface of the deeper issues plaguing the current online ecosystem.听
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Published on: 2 Feb 2021
January 5, 2020 | While the COVID-19 vaccine offers us an eventual way past the pandemic, many Canadians are unsure about taking or unwilling to take a vaccine. In this Globe and Mail article, Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen and other researchers at the聽Media Ecosystem Observatory聽unpack the cause聽and solutions to vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2021
December 2020 | This new report by the Media Ecosystem Observatory聽looks into vaccine hesitancy in Canada in the lead-up to the development of a vaccine. Key findings included that 65% of Canadians intend to take a vaccine, and that the聽best opportunity to reach those who are unsure is to address important concerns around the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2021
Global pandemic聽mitigation efforts continue to be disrupted by the spread of misinformation. In this CBC interview, Taylor Owen (Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy) shared his thoughts on the implications of misinformation in the age of COVID-19.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
October 20, 2020 | "Besides triggering the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, COVID-19 is also accelerating technological trends that were already well underway." Professor Taylor Owen,聽Director of聽the Centre聽for Media, Technology and Democracy penned this op-ed with Oscar Jonsson,聽Academic Director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University.
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Published on: 21 Oct 2020
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