Personal and professional information is being collected, aggregated, and violated in many countries around the world. One profession in particular—journalism—is tasked with keeping information in a sanctified space. Yet, myriad factors prevent journalists from taking available steps to better protect themselves, their communications, and their sources despite increasing levels of surveillance, digital attacks, and political enmity.
Working within the U.S. context and using concepts from new institutionalism, Jennifer discusses the myriad challenges facing journalists and reveal why journalists and newsrooms are resistant to new technologies that enhance their abilities to carry out their watchdog role in a democratic society. In doing so, Jennifer will articulate how such adherence to the status quo parallels an intransigence and subsequent fragility facing democratic institutions more broadly and poses a threat to liberal democracy.
| Quand? | 15.05.2023 16:15 - 17:00 |
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| Où? | PER 21 C120 Bd de Pérolles 90 1700 Fribourg |
| Intervenants | Jennifer Henrichsen is Assistant Professor at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. She received her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania; she holds MA degrees from the University of Geneva and the University of Pennsylvania. She is also an Affiliated Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Her research examines how adversaries exploit weaknesses in the spread of information across organizations and institutions to contaminate the information ecosystem and to erode trust in knowledge systems. Specifically, she assesses how these and other challenges are creating an epistemic crisis for journalism. |
| Contact | Department of Communication and Media Research Nadège Rives nadege.rives@unifr.ch Boulevard de Pérolles 90 1700 Fribourg +41263008418 90 |