Media Manipulation, Amplification and Responsibility


12/09/2018

danah boyd, founder of Data & Society, gave the opening speech at ONA2018, the annual conference of the Online News Association.

danah boyd, founder of Data & Society, gave the opening speech at ONA2018, the annual conference of the Online News Association. She discussed media manipulation and journalism’s role in amplifying bad actors; solutions for addressing fake news; and the media’s responsibility for handling high-profile suicides or other crisis events.

A transcript and a crib are available.

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