Join the Community Data Science Collective<https://communitydata.science/> (CDSC) for our 11th Science of Community Dialogue<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC8ByIxY3TIyM-fpN-yYxov37Qf0IBIYe…>.
This Community Dialogue will take place on April 4th at 12:00 pm CT and will explore the critical role of community governance and organizational design in making communities resilient to systematic threats. Professor Paul Gowder<https://gowder.io/> (Northwestern University) will join Zarine Kharazian<https://zarine.net/> (University of Washington) to present recent research on topics including:
* Exploring threats like misinformation and propaganda in online communities.
* Limitations of approaches that neglect community governance.
* Tradeoffs in governance models, such as those of Facebook, Bluesky, and Wikipedia.
* Strategies to protect information commons.
* Participatory governance for platforms.
* Insights on democratizing platforms and society.
A full session descriptions<https://wiki.communitydata.science/The_Role_of_Community_Governance> is on our website. Register online<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC8ByIxY3TIyM-fpN-yYxov37Qf0IBIYe…>
What is a Dialogue?
The Science of Community Dialogue Series<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Dialogues> is a series of conversations between researchers, experts, community organizers, and other people who are interested in how communities work, collaborate, and succeed. You can watch this short introduction video<https://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1bb154…>with Aaron Shaw.
What is the CDSC?
The Community Data Science Collective<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page> (CDSC) is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the University of Washington Department of Communication, the Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies, the Carleton College Computer Science Department, the School of Information at UT Austin, and the Purdue University School of Communication.
Learn more
If you'd like to learn more or get future updates about the Science of Community Dialogues, please join the low volume announcement list<https://communitydata.science/mailman3/postorius/lists/cdsc-dialogues.commu…>.
Madison Deyo
Program Coordinator
Northwestern University
The Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design<https://www.hci.northwestern.edu/>
Community Data Science Collective<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page>
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Join the Community Data Science Collective<https://communitydata.science/> (CDSC) for our 11th Science of Community Dialogue<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC8ByIxY3TIyM-fpN-yYxov37Qf0IBIYe…>.
This Community Dialogue will take place on April 4th at 12:00 pm CT and will explore the critical role of community governance and organizational design in making communities resilient to systematic threats. Professor Paul Gowder<https://gowder.io/> (Northwestern University) will join Zarine Kharazian<https://zarine.net/> (University of Washington) to present recent research on topics including:
* Exploring threats like misinformation and propaganda in online communities.
* Limitations of approaches that neglect community governance.
* Tradeoffs in governance models, such as those of Facebook, Bluesky, and Wikipedia.
* Strategies to protect information commons.
* Participatory governance for platforms.
* Insights on democratizing platforms and society.
A full session descriptions<https://wiki.communitydata.science/The_Role_of_Community_Governance> is on our website. Register online<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC8ByIxY3TIyM-fpN-yYxov37Qf0IBIYe…>
What is a Dialogue?
The Science of Community Dialogue Series<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Dialogues> is a series of conversations between researchers, experts, community organizers, and other people who are interested in how communities work, collaborate, and succeed. You can watch this short introduction video<https://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1bb154…> with Aaron Shaw.
What is the CDSC?
The Community Data Science Collective<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page> (CDSC) is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the University of Washington Department of Communication, the Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies, the Carleton College Computer Science Department, the School of Information at UT Austin, and the Purdue University School of Communication.
Learn more
If you'd like to learn more or get future updates about the Science of Community Dialogues, please join the low volume announcement list<https://communitydata.science/mailman3/postorius/lists/cdsc-dialogues.commu…>.
Madison Deyo
Program Coordinator
Northwestern University
The Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design<https://www.hci.northwestern.edu/>
Community Data Science Collective<https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page>
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