5th Annual John Meisel Lecture featuring Dr. Elizabeth Dubois

Date

Thursday November 2, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Grant Hall

2023: Social Media Influencers Are Getting Political, and We Aren't Ready

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The John Meisel Lecture Series in Contemporary Political Controversies Fifth Annual Lecture

Social Media Influencers Are Getting Political, and We Aren't Ready

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois


 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Lecture 4:00-5:30 PM | Grant Hall

Reception 5:30-6:30 PM | Grant Hall

Light refreshments served


Biography:

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (PhD, University of Oxford) is an Associate Professor and University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology at the University of Ottawa where she runs the Pol Comm Tech Lab and is a member of the Center for Law, Technology and Society. She is also a Faculty Associate and former Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard University and an Affiliate at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life at University of North Carolina. Her work examines political uses of digital media, including artificial intelligence, political social media influencers, and online harassment of public figures. She hosts the Wonks and War Rooms podcast where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Find her on Twitter @lizdubois and at www.polcommtech.ca or check out her latest edited book, Citizenship in a Connected Canada.


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