Big, If True Webinar Series

The BIG, If True webinar series is an ongoing conversation driven by the Technology and Social Change Research Project at the Shorenstein Center, inspired by the monumental societal and technical shifts happening as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars focus on media manipulation, disinformation, and the future of democracy during a pandemic. They include researchers from the TaSC team and across Harvard Kennedy School, along side journalists and other topical experts.
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Upcoming Events
Big, If True Webinar: New Year, Fresh Threats
In this week’s episode of BIG, If True, our host Joan Donovan, PhD asks: what can mis- and disinformation scholars learn from the security studies field? What happens when security threats are inflated by governments? And how do security scholars…
Friday, January 29, 2021
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Past Events

Big, If True Webinar: The Fight to Ban Facial Recognition Technology: Protest in the Era of Mass Surveillance
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Big, If True Webinar: Fighting a Two-Front War: Censorship and Disinformation in Southeast Asia
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Big, If True Webinar: Beyond Cyberspace: Security in a Networked World
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Big, If True Webinar: Science is Politics by Other Means
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Big, If True Webinar: The Trouble with Science
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Big, If True Webinar: Technologies of the Far-Right
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BIG, If True: The Steak-umm Interview
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Big, If True Webinar: Two Truths and a Lie: Misinformation and Public Health
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Big, If True Webinar: Race, Xenophobia, and COVID-19
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Big, If True Webinar: What is “Zoom Bombing?” Media Manipulation and Sociotechnical Vulnerabilities
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