Businessmen generating Profits from Social Media Data

Symposium Liberty and Ownership of Social Data

Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram have transformed global communication. For researchers, understanding these dynamics is crucial. We face important questions about online misinformation, digital democracy, polarization, and hate speech.To explore these critical issues, we invite you to our symposium, “Liberty and Ownership of Social Data,” on September 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the IAAC Lecture Theatre (Humboldtstraße 8, 07743 Jena). The symposium is free of charge and will also be available online
Businessmen generating Profits from Social Media Data
Illustration: AI-generated
Overview
Event details
Export this event in ICS format
Start
End
Type of event
Tagung/Konferenz
Venue
IAAC
Humboldt-Straße 8, IAAC-Hörsaal / Lecture Theatre
07743 Jena
Google Maps site planExternal link
Video chat
Zoom – Video chat
Further information can be found in the event description Data protection informationpdf, 101 kb
Speakers
Julian Kauk
Prof. Dr. Edda Humprecht
Dr. Clara Iglesias Keller
Dr. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen
Additional Short Format Talks
Contact
Julian Kauk
Languages of the event
German
English
Event website
Learn moreExternal linkde
Wheelchair access
Yes
Public
Yes, Please Register at https://forms.gle/qBrxusgySwj2vkau8
Registration required
Yes
Zur Original-Veranstaltung
Brochure for the Symposium
Brochure for the Symposium
Graphic: Clara Schultz

Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram have transformed global communication, allowing us to connect in real-time, 24/7. These changes significantly impact our daily lives and shape societies and democracies worldwide.

For researchers, understanding these dynamics is crucial. We face important questions about online misinformation, digital democracy, polarization, and hate speech. Recent efforts to monetize social data, such as Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and Reddit's increased API pricing, have made access to social data increasingly difficult for researchers. This trend raises urgent questions about the freedom and ownership of social data.

To explore these critical issues, we invite you to our symposium, “Liberty and Ownership of Social Data,” on September 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the IAAC Lecture Theatre (Humboldtstraße 8, 07743 Jena). The symposium is free of charge and will also be available online (after registration, see below). It will conclude with a podium discussion (in German) at 4 p.m. on the topic “Battleground social media – Wem gehören unsere Daten und wer entscheidet darüber?”) to which interested members of the public are very welcome.

Please find the full program here: https://www.allgpsy.uni-jena.de/libertyExternal link. To participate in the symposium, kindly fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qBrxusgySwj2vkau8External link. Feel free to this information to anyone who might be interested!