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How did campaigning and false information in campaigns change in the 2024 elections? What role did platform content moderation play in 2024? Is generative AI going to change campaigns in 2028 and beyond? On Season 6, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, a roundtable with Alice Marwick, Kate Starbird, and Joshua Tucker.

Hear journalist and activist Maria Ressa's keynote address to the 2025 Camden Conference followed by political scientist Joshua Tucker's discussion of social media and the polarization of politics.

Got a question?Did you know there's a hidden middleman in many real estate transactions, sometimes taking a bigger cut of your appraisal fee than the appraiser doing the work? In this episode, Wendy Gilch and seasoned appraiser Joshua Tucker reveal the lesser-known world of Appraisal Management Companies (AMCs). While most buyers don't realize they exist, these third-party companies were initially set up to keep lenders and appraisers at arm's length. But over time, some have evolved into a profit-driven layer, adding unknown costs for homebuyers. Joshua shares how AMCs often pocket a hefty, undisclosed portion of appraisal fees, leaving buyers in the dark about what they're actually paying for.Together, Wendy and Joshua dive into the ethical and financial challenges this creates for both consumers and appraisers, from murky fee structures to pressure on appraisers to meet minimum standards. The conversation highlights the need for transparency and better regulation, with tips to help consumers protect themselves—and a nod to Taylor Swift to lighten the mood!Learn more about ARCCState laws and regulations may vary.Have a story you would like to share with other sellers or buyers?Hit us up here.

Joshua Tucker is a Professor of Politics at New York University, where he is also an affiliated Professor of Data Science, Russian, and Slavic Studies. He serves as the Director of NYU's Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and co-director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics. His research focuses on comparative politics, mass politics, and the impact of social media on political behavior. On The Menu: 1. Generative AI reduces content production costs, influencing election campaigns and foreign interference. 2. Importance of cross-disciplinary partnerships in digital democracy research. 3. Difficulties in changing entrenched political attitudes and affective polarization. 4. Changes in Twitter data access for academic research under new ownership. 5. A shift from social graphs to engagement-maximizing algorithms in content delivery. 6. Implications and concerns of banning TikTok in the US from a democratic perspective. 7. Zelensky's efforts to garner international support through diplomacy and technology. Click here for a free trial: https://bit.ly/495qC9U Follow us on social media to hear from us more - Facebook- https://bit.ly/3ZYLiew Instagram- https://bit.ly/3Usdrtf Linkedin- https://bit.ly/43pdmdU Twitter- https://bit.ly/43qPvKX Pinterest- https://bit.ly/3KOOa9u Happy creating! #JoshuaTucker #NewyorkUniversity #Outgrow #Tech #MarketerOfTheMonth #Marketing #MarketingTactics #Outgrow #Democarcy #Podcastoftheday #MarketingPodcast

How much blame should we put on social media for polarizing our society? Perhaps not as much as we tend to do. Joshua A Tucker joins Vasant Dhar in episode 82 of Brave New World to discuss his studies on the effects of social media -- and the algorithms that run them.    Useful resources: 1. Joshua Tucker at NYU, Twitter and Google Scholar. 2. Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity -- Kevin Aslett, Zeve Sanderson, William Godel, Nathaniel Persily, Jonathan Nagler & Joshua A Tucker. 3. Less than you think: Prevalence and predictors of fake news dissemination on Facebook -- Andrew Guess, Jonathan Nagler and Joshua A Tucker. 4. Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing -- Chris Bail. 5. Chris Bail on How to Fight Polarization -- Episode 34 of Brave New World. 6. The Social Media Industrial Complex -- Episode 3 of Brave New World (w Sinan Aral). 7. How Social Media Threatens Society -- Episode 8 of Brave New World (w Jonathan Haidt). 8. Quantifying the Impact of Misinformation and Vaccine-Skeptical Content on Facebook -- Jennifer Nancy Lee Allen, Duncan J Watts, and David Rand. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!

The Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group, David Rhodes shares his plans for Sky News – and on his years as a senior TV news exec in New York.Elon Musk has predicted that AI will surpass human intelligence within a year. OpenAI and Meta have also said that they're on the brink of releasing new AI models that will be capable of reason and planning. What will be the impact of these advanced AI models on the news media? We're joined by Madhumita Murgia, the AI Editor at the Financial Times, and author of a new book Code Dependent, to discuss.Donald Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, continues to make headlines with its public listing. Billy Boozer, its former Chief Product Officer, reveals what it was like setting up the company with Trump. We're also joined by Prof Joshua Tucker and Prof Yini Zhang who has investigated how Trump has used Truth Social and X to drive news media attention.Presenters: Ros Atkins and Katie RazzallProducer: Simon RichardsonGuests: David Rhodes, Executive Chairman, Sky News group; Madhumita Murgia, Artificial Intelligence Editor, Financial Times; Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics, New York University; Yini Zhang, Asst Professor of Communications, University at Buffalo; Billy Boozer, former Chief Product Officer, Truth Social.

According to a series of new studies published in Nature and Science, the way Facebook influences its users isn't as straight forward as it seems. Does that mean Facebook is off the hook for polarizing America? Joshua Tucker, NYU professor and lead researcher on the 2020 Facebook Election Research Project, joins Offline to talk about what his team found, what lessons we learned about Facebook's role in our world, and what its like to collaborate on a project with Mark Zuckerberg's company. Plus: Max and Jon talk New York City's Twitch-fueled riot, AI learning to write (good) jokes, and the Zuck v. Musk cage match.  For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.

Almost three years later, the 2020 presidential election is hardly in the rearview mirror. Big questions remain about how algorithms spread polarizing content on the social media platforms that so many Americans turn to for news and information. For answers, academics across the country have been collaborating with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. The result? Four studies that look at online polarization and ideological segregation among users on both platforms over three months during the 2020 election campaign. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with New York University’s Joshua Tucker, one of the academics who worked on these reports. He walked her through what he considers the top three findings.

Almost three years later, the 2020 presidential election is hardly in the rearview mirror. Big questions remain about how algorithms spread polarizing content on the social media platforms that so many Americans turn to for news and information. For answers, academics across the country have been collaborating with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. The result? Four studies that look at online polarization and ideological segregation among users on both platforms over three months during the 2020 election campaign. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with New York University’s Joshua Tucker, one of the academics who worked on these reports. He walked her through what he considers the top three findings.

Stanford's Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments. They're joined this week by NYU's Joshua Tucker and Stanford's Jennifer Pan to discuss new studies released from an academic research partnership with Meta on the 2020 U.S. election.The X FilesElon Musk reinstated an account that posted child sexual abuse material just a few days earlier. The account, known for spreading conspiracy theories, then criticized Musk for spreading false information and censoring the Obama birther conspiracy. - Joseph Menn, Drew Harwell/ The Washington Post Musk then reinstated Ye on X, but don't worry, the platform formerly known as Twitter received reassurance that the artist formerly known as Kanye West won't share any more antisemitic or harmful content. - Rebecca Elliott/ The Wall Street JournalWe're sure Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino will have no problem hiring an exceptional head of Brand Safety with this kind of model trust and safety best practices on display. - @katecongerIn his latest move in a campaign for free speech absolutism, Elon Musk's lawyer is threatening to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit advocacy group, for saying mean things about Twitter in research reports. - Sheera Frenkel, Ryan Mac/ The New York Times, ​​Center for Countering Digital HateCCDH lawyer Roberta Kaplan must have had a great time writing back to Musk lawyer Alex Spiro: “We write in response to the ridiculous letter you sent our clients on behalf of X… CCDH will not be bullied by your clients.” - Center for Countering Digital Hate, @jsrailtonNo LabelsMeta is not labeling state media propaganda accounts on Threads, unlike Facebook and Instagram, but says it will do so “soon.” - Newley Purnell/ The Wall Street Journal Shutting This DownDozens of digital and human rights advocacy groups, led by Access Now, called on European Commissioner Thierry Breton to clarify his comments that the Digital Services Act could be used to shut down social media companies during protests. - Clothilde Goujard/ Politico, Access NowA Commission official responded to the letter within 24 hours, writing that “Europe stands by the freedom of expression and a neutral and open internet.” - @Mr_ZakkaGetting Meta on MetaNYU's Joshua Tucker and Stanford's Jennifer Pan discuss four studies released in Nature and Science from a research partnership with Meta on the 2020 U.S. election. Tucker is a lead investigator on the project and Pan is lead author on two of the articles published in Science.A group of leading academics were granted access to work with Meta researchers to study data from consenting Facebook and Instagram users during the 2020 presidential election. Their findings are complicated and disputed, but indicate that changes to limit algorithmic recommendations did not make a significant difference in partisanship or political knowledge. A key finding shows that conservatives were more likely to engage with election misinformation, and Tucker points out that it is impossible to understand the overall effect social media has on election information and political beliefs.The ResearchNature: Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizingScience: Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on FacebookScience: Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinionsScience: How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?Select HeadlinesBloomberg: Facebook False News in US Election Reached More Conservatives, Study SaysMeta: Groundbreaking Studies Could Help Answer the Thorniest Questions About Social Media and DemocracyNature: Tweaking Facebook feeds is no easy fix for polarization, studies findNBC News: Facebook opened its doors to researchers. What they found paints a complicated picture of social media and echo chambers.Platformer: How Facebook does (and doesn't) shape our political viewsThe Atlantic: So Maybe Facebook Didn't Ruin PoliticsThe New York Times: Facebook's Algorithm Is ‘Influential' but Doesn't Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers SayThe Wall Street Journal: Does Facebook Polarize Users? Meta Disagrees With Partners Over Research ConclusionsThe Washington Post: Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds(Evelyn's) Sports CornerAussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi! The Matildas are through to the round of 16 with a drubbing of Canada this morning. The Calf that Holds the Hopes of the Nation appears to be recovering. - Dan Colasimone/ ABC News (Australia)Join the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos.Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance.Like what you heard? Don't forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

In the absence of regulation, we are ultimately at the mercy of social media platforms and their algorithms. This week, host Elisa welcomes Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics at NYU, to discuss his extensive research on American elections, including voter influence through social media and how broad public opinions are formed on and off these platforms. How do you go about accessing this kind of data from platforms like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok? Does Youtube's algorithm push people towards extreme content? And how can we better regulate TikTok in particular, a Chinese controlled platform that's gained huge popularity in the U.S.? Joshua Tucker is Professor of Politics at New York University, Director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics(CSMaP): https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/joshua-tucker.html References: NSLT Ep. 213, "Putin's State of Mind with Robert Dannenberg (Part 1). March 10, 2022: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/national-security-law-today/id1276946676?i=1000553603393 Persily, Nathaniel, and Joshua A. Tucker, editors. Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform. Cambridge University Press, 2020: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-media-and-democracy/E79E2BBF03C18C3A56A5CC393698F117 Prior, Markus. Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections. Cambridge University Press, 2010: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Post-Broadcast-Democracy/Markus-Prior/9780521675338?id=8044355996728 Guriev, S. M., and Daniel Treisman. Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century. Princeton University Press, 2022: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691211411/spin-dictators Eady, G., Paskhalis, T., Zilinsky, J. et al. Exposure to the Russian Internet Research Agency foreign influence campaign on Twitter in the 2016 US election and its relationship to attitudes and voting behavior. Nat Commun 14, 62 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35576-9 For a full list of Joshua Tucker's recent research, articles and book references: https://wp.nyu.edu/fas-joshuatucker/research/

In the years following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, much effort has been put into understanding foreign influence campaigns, and into disrupting efforts by Russia and other countries, such as China and Iran, to interfere in U.S. elections. Political and other computational social scientists continue to whittle at questions as to how much influence such campaigns have on domestic politics. One such question is how much did the Russian Internet Research Agency's (IRA) tweets, specifically, affect voting preferences and political polarization in the United States? A new paper in the journal Nature Communications provides an answer to that specific question. Titled Exposure to the Russian Internet Research Agency foreign influence campaign on Twitter in the 2016 US election and its relationship to attitudes and voting behavior, the paper matches Twitter data with survey data to study the impact of the IRA's tweets. To learn more about the paper, Justin Hendrix spoke with one of its authors, Joshua Tucker, a professor of politics at NYU, where he also serves as the director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and the co-director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP). Hendrix and Tucker talked about the study, as well as what can and cannot be understood about the impact of the broader campaign of the IRA, or certainly the broader Russian effort to interfere in the U.S. election, from its results.

Tech Refactored is on a short summer vacation. We can't wait to bring you Season Three of our show beginning in August 2022, but as we near 100 total episodes our team needs a beat to rest and recharge. While we're away, please enjoy some summer staff favorites. The following episode was originally posted in April 2022.On this episode Gus is joined by Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University. Joshua joined our center earlier in the month for a guest discussion on his recent book with our faculty fellows. That conversation is explored more broadly today as we focus on his work on the effects of social media on democracy, and his recently published book, co-edited with Stanford's Nathaniel Persily, Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field. Join us as we travel through Russia, Facebook, and state of our democracy.

In this episode of Intel on AI host Amir Khosrowshahi talks with Joshua Tucker about using artificial intelligence to study the influence social media has on politics. Joshua is professor of politics at New York University with affiliated appointments in the department of Russian and Slavic Studies and the Center for Data Science. He is also the director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and co-director of the Center for Social Media and Politics. He was a co-author and editor of an award-winning policy blog at The Washington Post and has published several books, including his latest, where he is co-editor, titled Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform from Cambridge University Press. In the podcast episode, Joshua discusses his background in researching mass political behavior, including Colored Revolutions in Eastern Europe. He talks about how his field of study changed after working with his then PhD student Pablo Barberá (now a professor at the University of Southern California), who proposed a method whereby researchers could estimate people's partisanship based on the social networks in which they had enmeshed themselves. Joshua describes the limitations researchers often have when trying to study data on various platforms, the challenges of big data, utilizing NYU's Greene HPC Cluster, and the impact that the leak of the Facebook Papers had on the field. He also describes findings regarding people who are more prone to share material from fraudulent media organizations masquerading as news outlets and how researchers like Rebekah Tromble (Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University) are working with government entities like the European Union on balancing public research with data privacy. The episode closes with Amir and Joshua discussing disinformation campaigns in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Academic research discussed in the podcast episode: Birds of the Same Feather Tweet Together: Bayesian Ideal Point Estimation Using Twitter Data. Tweeting From Left to Right: Is Online Political Communication More Than an Echo Chamber?

Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics at NYU and Co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics, discusses social media's impact on the invasion of Ukraine. We talk about 'information theaters' of operation and how they differ across the West, Ukraine, Russia, and China. Prof. Tucker also shares his thoughts on Volodymyr Zelensky's teleconferencing, the Biden administration's pre-bunking strategy towards disinformation, multinational corporations' actions towards sanctions, and Vladimir Putin's isolation. And more! Here are links to prior episodes on Ukraine:Volodymyr Zelensky's Social Media Strategy in the 2019 Ukraine ElectionsRussian Disinformation and Social Media in Ukraine

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All new Rundown with Grace Wanebo! Ruby Naylor sat down with Joshua Tucker, director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Heres what he had to say about the state of Russia's media and what NYU is doing during this crisis. Finley Muratova is a student-journalist and a Russian Ukrainian senior at NYU. Their father, Dmitri Muratov, won the Nobel peace prize for his work as editor-in-chief of Russia's Novaya Gazeta. This week, Finley wrote an open letter to NYU's president, Andy Hamilton, asking for his support in aiding students affected by the war in Ukraine. Grace Wanebo has the story. Last Friday, experts from Columbia University and NYU sat down together and talked about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kristen Wen has the story. NYU has brought back Swipe it Forward. It's a food donation program that allows any student to ask for a free meal at campus dining halls. Here's the story with Selina Xue.

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson War is expensive and though Canada is not in the fight, we are still feeling its long reaching effects! The Bank of Canada finally increased its benchmark interest rate today to 0.5%! The first in a series of small hikes Ian Lee joins Scott for that discussion. If you are looking to help the effort in Ukraine, The Red Cross is there, and around the world, connecting and supporting efforts. Russia continues to push into Ukraine while simultaneously looking for peace talks. Are events coming to a head, and what role could NATO and the EU play in what is happening? Professor Aurel Braun has more on that. Also on the docket: Ontario is trying to assure some basic income for gig workers in the digital age, Workforce Planning Hamilton has launched a new online jobs board for Hamilton, said to be the city's largest, Biden's state of the union address and more. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast. Guests: Khadija Hamidu, Executive Director, Workforce Planning Hamilton. Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News. Mike Craig, NHL Senior Manager, Facilities Operations & Hockey Operations.  Kathy Mueller, Senior Advisor, Communications, Operations with the Canadian Red Cross Carmi Levy Technology Analyst & Journalist.  Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics, Director Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP), Affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, Affiliated Professor of Data Science. Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator. Host - Scott Thompson Content Producer –William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber Technical/Podcast Co-Producer - Ben Straughan News Anchors – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to Rogue Darkness! In this episode we'll be delving into the horrific case of a Benton City double homicide, carried out by two teens in 2007, reportedly taking place after playing with a Ouija board…Articles referenced:https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/mother-and-daughter-killed-in-west-richland-double-homicide/article_95f6f1c8-0272-5e0b-a417-1c49b3050d4e.htmlhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/family-struggles-after-brutal-slayings-of-mom-daughter/https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/northwest/benton-city-teen-pleads-guilty-in-mother-s-killing/article_b9404c1c-fca9-555b-84e8-c8767d63ff7a.htmlhttps://www.rd.com/list/chilling-crimes-involving-ouija-boards/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24088001/ellen-lorene-schalchlinhttp://mydeathspace.com/article/2007/12/29/Elizabeth_Schalchlin_(13)_died_while_on_the_phone_when_her_throat_was_slashed_by_Joshua_Tucker_(16)_who_then_killed_Elizabeth_s_mother,_Lori_Schalchlin_(41)https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mother-daughter-found-dead-at-richland-home-two-teens-arrested/Background music used in this episode: “Engulfed by the Night” by Darren Curtis(Royalty Free) Listen to “Engulfed by Night” and many more amazing songs by Darren Curtis here: https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/freemusicpage1Promo at the end was for Scottish Murders! Check them out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scottish-murders/id1576071512Get 10% off your first month of professional online counseling from Better Help! betterhelp.com/listener My  intro music was a collaboration piece done by me and aandyvalentine on Fiverr. Definitely reach out to him if you're ever looking for some awesome music for your show! Are you a podcaster looking to monetize your show?! Look no further than PodGo! Become a member today! https://podgo.co/Check out Once Upon a Spell for all your witchy supplies at https://onceuponaspell.com/?ref=c9zkq29k51 and be sure to use code REP10 to get 10% off your entire purchase! Check out Lovi Artes for some amazing candles for all of your ritualistic needs! https://loviartes.com/Contact: roguedarknesspod@gmail.comFollow me on my socials! IG: https://instagram.com/rogue_darkness?igshid=e2qxf6xt3dqqTwitter: @roSupport the show

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On this episode Gus is joined by Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University. Joshua joined our center earlier in the month for a guest discussion on his recent book with our faculty fellows. That conversation is explored more broadly today as we focus on his work on the effects of social media on democracy, and his recently published book, co-edited with Stanford’s Nathaniel Persily, Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field. Join us as we travel through Russia, Facebook, and state of our democracy.

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign, an initiative that wants you to plant native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and tell them Lonnie Murray sent you! *Virginia has set another one-day total for new COVID-19 cases today with 2,544 new cases bringing the total since March to 213,331. The seven-day average for new cases is now at 2,010. The seven-day average for positive tests has declined slightly to seven percent statewide. The total number of new cases per 100,000 population statewide is now 288.4. That number was 230.4 a week ago and 205.3 two weeks ago. In the Blue Ridge Health District there are another 36 cases today, with 12 from Albemarle, eight from Charlottesville, seven from Louisa, four from Nelson, three from Fluvanna, and two from Greene. An additional COVID-19 fatality has been recorded in Nelson, bringing the total for the Blue Ridge Health District to 81. Statewide the death toll is 3,912. Sometime today the nation will cross the quarter-million mark for COVID deaths. Different parts of Virginia continue to have different experiences with the pandemic this month. While not reliable as a sole indicator of community spread, percent positivity can give a glimpse into what’s happening. Central - 5.2% Eastern - 6%Far Southwest - 15.2%Near Southwest - 10.8% Northern - 8.2%Northwest - 5.5%The Charlottesville School Board last night cautiously directed staff to continue planning to begin hybrid in-person education in January, though some members stated they would continue to watch the COVID numbers. (presentation from meeting)“I also want to say that the Board at our January 4, or at our next meeting after the December 19 meeting looks at the data and says the data is going in the wrong direction, which I fully anticipate it doing, that we have to pull back,” said Chair Jennifer McKeever. Under the current plan, pre-K through 6th grade would begin phasing back to class on January 11 and 7th through 12th would return on February 1. Sherry Kraft is another member of the School Board.“I’m comfortable with the idea of affirming or voting to continue working on these preparations with the understanding that we are not locking ourselves that we’re not locking ourselves into what the model says right now,” Kraft said. Two-thirds of Charlottesville households with students want their students to return in-person according to materials presented to the School Board. Overall, 83 percent of households with students returned the survey. White families had a 92 percent return rate and households identified as People of Color had a 76 percent return rate. Teachers were also asked to give their preference on returning and were given four options and could only choose one. Of 275 elementary teachers surveyed, 97 said they wanted to be in-person, 77 said online, 26 said both in-person and online, and 75 said they would go wherever they were needed. McKeever said she was concerned there might not be enough teachers to move forward.“I want elementary schools to start and to the extent that we have enough teachers, I don’t want us to get into a situation where [human resources] has to tell a teacher that ‘I need you back in the class’ or I need you to resign’,” McKeever said. Superintendent Rosa Atkins said the school system will do what it can to stay intact. “COVID will not last forever,” Atkins said. “We are going to get through this. It’s a difficult time for everyone and there are a lot of adjustments we’re all having to make. But we want to make this as clear and transparent as possible. We don’t want to lose any of our teachers. We want them to stay. We want to work with our staff. Keep them on board.”The School Board will make a final decision at their meeting on December 16. They directed staff to find a way to reduce asynchronous learning in 7th graders and up. The Board also agreed to hire a firm that can provide temporary bus drivers to provide extra trips to get students to school. COVID restrictions limit capacity to 20 students and assistant director for pupil transit Sherry Eubanks said the additional drivers are required to make sure everyone can get to school. “We currently are using every driver we have to drive the students that we are transporting right now, so without extra help, even getting the 383 students to school is going to be a struggle,” Eubanks said. The Board approved a process through which a contract will be worked out for the temporary drivers. *A volunteer group of computer programmers and technical experts will hold an information session tomorrow to find out more about what projects it can work on to benefit the greater Charlottesville community. Jonathan Kropko is the volunteer lead with Code for Charlottesville.“Code for Charlottesville is a local chapter of Code for America which is a national network of groups that begin volunteers with tech or data or code or design or research skills to work on a project for a community partner,” Kropko said. So far, Code for Charlottesville has worked on projects for the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Charlottesville Fire Department and the Charlottesville Office of Human Rights. To find new partners and volunteers, they are holding a work session tomorrow at 4 p.m for people who want to be part of the leadership team. Kropko said the goal of the session is to listen to what the community wants. “There’s a huge movement in the tech industry, the phrase they use is social good and I want to put that in quotes,” Kropko said. “Because a lot of time when they talk about the tech for the social good, it’s not really doing anything good for society. A lot of time these projects fizzle out without doing anything useful.”Kropko said the goal of the information session is to try to come up with useful projects. He said that starts by recruiting volunteers. “You have to do a good job with organizing so that people know what they are working on and what the goals are,” Kropko said. “And you have to do a really good job communicating with your partner in the community. The Code for Charlottesville MeetUp begins tomorrow at 4 p.m. for people interested in civic tech. Register here. *The Virginia Festival of the Book has announced it will hold next year’s literary celebration in a virtual capacity. The 27th annual festival will take place virtually from March 13 to March 26. “All virtual events are free and purchasing participating authors’ books is encouraged but not required,” reads the announcement on the Virginia Humanities website.Since April, the Virginia Festival of the Book has been holding online events called Shelf Life and they say they have had more than 22,000 viewers. *Today in meetings, the Charlottesville City Council will hold a budget work session at 1 p.m. and are expected to make some decisions on the capital improvement program. Last week they were asked to either make cuts or give consent to a plan to fully utilize all of the city’s borrowing capacity. The draft affordable housing plan calls for $10 million in spending every year for ten years. There’s a multimillion dollar project to create a new streetscape for West Main. There’s a long-running request from the schools to reconfigure the middle schools. And on Monday, they were told they’d need to spend up to $4 million to build a roundabout to calm down traffic on 5th Street.  I’ll be producing a story on that to let you know what happens. *Tonight at 7 pm, Live Arts will hold another Coffeehouse. These are a series of musical acts from local artists. There are musical performances by Rob Craighurst, Courtney Jacobs, Tanya Kae, Joshua Tucker and more. This is available for free on their YouTube channel, but they are asking people consider paying what they can. Learn more on the Live Arts website. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

I spend the hour today, on this Wednesday of Election Month, with Joshua Tucker, talking about his new documentary about multiple uprisings in Chile, Veins of Resistance, among other subjects.

Great conversation with the foremost global dis/mis- information warfare strategist and authority in the world, Joshua Tucker. He's a Professor of Politics, Russian and Slavic Studies, and we discuss social media (mis)information warfare by nations, echo chambers, who shared "fake news" during the 2016 election, how to think about fake news, the threat to democracy, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, hate speech content moderation, and social media deprivation studies.

Wednesday, March 4 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us back to the recent Camden Conference focusing on The Media Revolution: Changing The World . The second of three programs features Joshua Tucker from New York University speaking on Social Media, Democracy, Fake News And Fact Checking , followed by Kathleen Hall Jamieson from the University of Pennsylvania, who focuses on Cyberwar: Coping With The Challenges Posed By Trolls And Hackers .

Wednesday, March 4 at 2:00 pm

In mid-October, 2019 protests broke out in Santiago, and spread across the nation in what quickly became the largest display of civil unrest in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship.  On October 25th an estimated 1.2 million people took to the streets of Santiago demanding Sebastián Piñera’s resignation. Hundreds of human rights abuse cases have been reported by individuals, human rights organizations, and medical professionals. We speak with three guests: American filmmaker and journalist Joshua Tucker, Chilean social researcher Lorena Ortiz, and Chilean Sociologist and professor Conrado Soto Karelovic.

Social media firms say governments risk cleaving the global internet if they overdo rules for the platforms. And one member of Congress worries some of his colleagues are too technologically illiterate to even get the rules right. So how are governments and regulators responding to misinformation, disinformation and hateful content online? Interviews include: ·      Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ·      Věra Jourová, European commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality  ·      Paris Martineau, journalist ·      Heidi Tworek, University of British Columbia ·      Joshua Tucker, New York University ·      Nick Pickles, global senior strategist for public policy at Twitter

Tom and Matt host a special guest of the Information Wars symposium: Dr. Joshua Tucker, director of NYU's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, and co-editor of the Washington Post independent political science newsletter "The Monkey Cage". Books Mentioned: 1) PARTISAN HEARTS AND MINDS by Green, Palmquist, and Schickler https://www.amazon.com/Partisan-Hearts-Minds-Donald-Green/dp/0300101562 2) CENSORED by Margaret E. Roberts https://www.amazon.com/Censored-Distraction-Diversion-Inside-Firewall/dp/0691178860/ref=sr11?keywords=censored+molly+roberts&qid=1556683176&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr 3) THE CITY & THE CITY by China Mieville https://www.amazon.com/City-China-Mieville/dp/0345497511/ref=sr11?crid=1F1ZSTDFQ0FKA&keywords=china+melville&qid=1556683266&s=books&sprefix=china+mevill%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-1 https://z9jnka.dm.files.1drv.com/y4mJVnN_46KSo3jA79gvuV73RicGifCMORXK8bDRp0Dn-BpZsgxxXuMr4RPMH02X4WKrQWeQIV4ApqLpkUULS6I0yXLAmr8d_3Hv-uh98sd5K0auMqlcLgixI2nkVUH7eTyLoaGD1IHGXYcfCtmyIsf4elRyyv6tvmsrusdTwP1ouBDXBnms3Dk0XWML9MqDDPAu_9YMA0ZxETDmBIM4PAA6A?width=3699&height=2081&cropmode=none About the Guest Joshua A. Tucker is Professor of Politics, affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, and affiliated Professor of Data Science at New York University. He is the Director of NYU's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, a co-Director of the NYU Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) laboratory, and a co-author/editor of the award-winning politics and policy blog The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post. He serves on the advisory board of the American National Election Study, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and numerous academic journals, and was the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Political Science. His original research was on mass political behavior in post-communist countries, including voting and elections, partisanship, public opinion formation, and protest participation. In 2006, he was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award for the top scholar in the field of Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior within 10 years of the doctorate. More recently, he has been at the forefront of the newly emerging field of study of the relationship between social media and politics. His research in this area has included studies on the effects of network diversity on tolerance, partisan echo chambers, online hate speech, the effects of exposure to social media on political knowledge, online networks and protest, disinformation and fake news, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, and Russian bots and trolls. Tucker has been a visiting Professor at the Fundacion Juan March in Madrid, Spain, and Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. His research has appeared in over two-dozen scholarly journals, and his most recent book is the co-authored Communism's Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes (Princeton University Press, 2017), available here: https://www.amazon.com/Communisms-Shadow-Historical-Contemporary-Political/dp/0691175594/ref=sr12?qid=1556495057&refinements=p_27%3AJoshua+Tucker&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Joshua+Tucker. Follow him on Twitter: @jatucker . Episode recorded April 25th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin. CREDITS Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew) Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist) Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit) Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k) Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio . Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe!! Special Guest: Joshua Tucker.

Dr. Joshua Tucker, director of NYU's Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, presents his most recent research at the 2019 Trust Me: Information Wars symposium, which was made possible by the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies in collaboration with the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP). Follow Dr. Tucker on Twitter: @jatucker Thanks for listening! Recorded Live at the Glickman Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin on April 25th, 2019. www.slavxradio.com Follow us on Twitter: @SlavXRadio Instagram: @slavxradio Facebook: /slavxradio Associate Producer: Tom Rehnquist Music: Charlie Harper www.charlieharpermusic.com Sound effects: Daniel Simion and Mike Koenig Executive Producer: Michelle Daniel Please note: The views expressed by Info Wars speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Slavic Connexion; the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; or the University of Texas at Austin. Special Guest: Joshua Tucker.

Founders of DesignLi, Keith Shields and Joshua Tucker, join us for a conversation on agility and flexibility as young professional entrepreneurs and leaders. Show Notes: What led them to change directions from education to app development Value of strong relationship in launching and leading a business “Fair” is relative – life is what you make of it and everyone adds own individual perspectives and values Importance of constantly improving yourself and learning through failure Challenges of young entrepreneurs and leaders Evolution and shifts in starting a business Stereotypes around age in the digital industry and working across generations Knowledge and having confidence in your own abilities Consistency, Communication, Continuous Learning, Clarity and Community Connect with Keith & Josh:  Website: designli.co Facebook: facebook.com/designli Twitter: @designlico Guest Bios:  Joshua Tucker is a Partner and COO of Designli. Joshua is in charge of delivery and client success, working tirelessly to ensure designers, developers, and project managers deliver amazing products that create happy clients. He has worked on and supervised over 100 projects since co-founding Designli. Prior starting an app development company, Joshua co-founded Applits.com, winner of Inc.com’s Coolest College Startup of 2014. Joshua enjoys photography and fitness when he’s not at work. Keith Shields’ passion lies in creating digital experiences. Luckily, he’s able to do that full-time with Designli – where he helps clients empower digital relationships through the design and implementation of custom mobile software. Outside of work, Keith enjoys fitness, heading up the Ohio State University Alumni Association here in beautiful Greenville, and seeking out the latest and greatest sour beer. INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission): © 2017 UCYP Theme written and arranged by Luke Pecoraro all rights reserved. © 2017 UCYP (Uphill Conversations Young Professionals) (UCYP is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production) The post 6: YP Perspective – Agility, Flexibility and Looking Ahead appeared first on Uphill Conversations.

Dr. Mary Weems, Imagination Intellect Theorist, Poet, Playwright, discusses her inspirations, and her new play Blink. Joshua Tucker discusses his new film We Can’t Eat Gold about the proposed Pebble gold mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska.   Special thanks to … More ... The post Dr. Mary Weems: Imagination Intellect Theorist, and Joshua Tucker: Filmmaker appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.

Piper's Journey KAL begins, Ten Stitch Twist This show is sponsored by Quince & Co, Peddler’s Way Quilt Co, and The Fiber Universe. I enjoy your feedback, comments on the blog, and questions. Feel free to write to me at Paulaef@aol.com or on Ravelry as PrairiePiper. Knitting Pipeline Retreat! Bronwyn the Brave is keeping a list of those registered for the retreat. The list is posted on our Knitting Pipeline Group on Ravelry. March 2-3, 2012 (Friday night and all day Saturday) Crossroads United Methodist Church, 1420 N Main St., Washington IL 61571 $50 for all or $40 for Sat only. Includes Fri nite meal, light breakfast on Sat, and Saturday lunch Make check payable to Paula Emons-Fuessle: Mail to: Knitting Pipeline Retreat, PO Box 549, Washington IL 61571 Pipeliner Notes: Dorothy’s letter last week struck a chord with many listeners.  Chris left a message about her sighting of a barn owl. Karebot has a great conversation starter. What would you do during a zombie apocalypse? A correction from last week’s show: (Thank you spinsjal!) Joshua Tucker is a massage therapist, NOT a physical therapist. Read Wendy’s note on our board with another side to the issue. Nature Notes: Last Friday we awoke to dense fog which was not an auspicious beginning to our Snowy Owl Expedition.   We made it to the Emiquon Wetland Preserve and saw quite a few American Bald Eagles. We also saw Snow Geese! There were thousands of them flying in ribbons as far as we could see down the waterway. Funky and Aizome did see Snowy Owls in Minnesota! I have not given up yet and there is always next year. Featured Nature writer: John Madson Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie. 1982 To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few. --Emily Dickinson Needle Notes: Yarn recommendations for socks (that will wear well). Traci (4 girls) Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, Woolen Rabbit Harmony, Opal. Prairiepoet: Blue Moon Fiber Lightweight Socks that Rock. For the record, I have tried duplicate stitch (Swiss Darning) and do not like it for the tight gauge of socks. I read a letter from JudyBee who is knitting Kevlar into her bullet proof socks! Even Charlene Schurch was impressed!  Ten Stitch Twist by Frankie Brown took a little over a month to knit using stash yarn.  Spirals are soothing and relaxing even when there are short rows involved. Project notes are here.  The Blethering Room: Article about Pam Allen Piper's Journey KAL begins!  This is my first published pattern and I'm thrilled.  Thanks for your encouragement and support! In the Pipeline Oops from last week! I have done more cowls than I thought. Kilkenny Cowl by Pam Allen is one of Emily’s favorites. Spectra by Stephen West. 2 Knit Lit Chicks KAL Watching…Downtown Abbey…we have a giveaway from Roman Hills! They have a stunning and very clever Downton Abbey Line with colorways named for the characters. Leave a comment below to be entered into a drawing for a skein of the Dowager Countess. What is a weekend? Thank you, Roman Hills! You have until Feb 21 to leave a comment on the show blog. www.knittingpipeline.com. Listening: The Paris Wife by Paula MacClain. I’m falling behind in podcast listening. Reading: Finished Zombies Don’t Cry: Book One in a Living Dead Love Story. By Rusty Fischer Last week I said it was funny. Right after that it was not so funny. It was sad. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear Book 2 in Maisie Dobbs series. Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese. Recommended by Alisonc. Bob Dylan was inspired by the Robert Burns tune featured at the end of this episode. It is sung by Shira Kammen from A Celebration of Robert Burns. www.magnatune.com Thanks for listening! Haste ye back! complete show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com

Tips for long lasting knits This episode is sponsored by Quince & Co and The Fiber Universe. The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have combined efforts to create a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from overseas suppliers who grow plants, raise animals, or manufacture a yarn in as earth- and labor-friendly a way as possible. Find them at www.quinceandco.comand while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. The Fiber Universe provides quality products, service and instruction for fiber enthusiasts. They stock yarn from Cascade, Plymouth, Skacel, Three Irish Girls, Kauni, Jojoland, Claudia Handpaints, and more. Fibers for spinning and felting are available from local farms. The Fiber Universe accepts orders over the phone and offers free shipping on orders over $50. Check out their website, www.thefiberuniverse.com or give them a call today at 309.673.5659. Our retreat! We still have room for you!   March 2-3, 2012 (Friday night and all day Saturday) $50 for all or $40 for Sat only. Includes Fri nite meal, light breakfast on Sat, and Saturday lunch. Details on show blog www.knittingpipeline.com. Nature Notes Stitch Markers from Kim Ogle. www.ogledesign.etsy.com Karin says that Bertie the Bat is back! I’m still on the watch for the snowy owl. Thanks to everyone who has sent me information. There was a clip on the NBC evening news onWed Feb 1.  Needle Notes I’ve been proactive about my sock knitting lately. Choose yarn that will wear well. What are your favorite hard wearing sock yarns? Knit to a tight gauge Close fit (negative ease) Smooth skin (bring on the lotion!) Pre-darning Tips from Clara Parkes in Vogue: Look at your socks. See what areas are wearing out. When you come to these areas in your knitting go down a needle size. Turn socks inside out. Thread a blunt needle with your sock yarn and run it through the purl bumps on the wrong side. I took this a step further by making horizontal rows with mohair-silk blend. Crafting with Carpal Tunnel Group First thread is sticky. Do this one thing for your wrist pain. Joshua Tucker specializes in the elimination of carpal tunnel pain and symptoms. The Blethering Room Piper’s Journey KAL We will start as soon as the pattern is released by Quince& Co. I hope this will be in the next week! In the Pipeline Designed a cowl in 2 yarn weights and going for a 3rd. I enjoy wearing it. On the Home Stretch on Ten Stitch Twist by Frankie Brown. Spectra by Stephen West with 2 Knit Lit Chicks Podcast. I bought bulky yarn to make Lee Bernstein’s OhSo Hat Downtown Abbey! Now has its own thread on our Knitting Pipeline Ravelry Group My Life So Far  Filmed on location in Scotland (Argyll), kilts, kilt hose, Scottish Country Dancing, pipe music, a knitted shawl, Fair Isle Vests, and Colin Firth! The Paris Wife by Paula McClain Zombies Don’t Cry: Book One in a Living Dead Love Story. By Rusty Fischer Yes, my first zombie teen fiction. The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. William C. Bryant I didn't have time to get music on the show this week. I am looking for snowy owls! Haste ye back!

Zach Messitte, Joshua Landis, and Suzette Grillot meet for a conversation on the best sources for international news online for information junkies in the United States. We also wish Suzette the best of luck as she joins us for the final time before she departs for a year as the faculty-in-residence at the University of Oklahoma’s campus in Arezzo, Italy. Three ethnomusicologists from Texas join the program for a conversation about how music defies borders in Latin America. Cathy Ragland is the author of Musica Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations, and a professor at the University of Texas-Pan American about 20 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border. She’s joined by UT-Austin professor Joshua Tucker, an expert in Peruvian chicha music, and Southern Methodist University music historian Jesus Ramos. His research focuses on Latin American colonialism and music in early modern religious culture.