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Disinformation, Extreme Rhetoric and Online Toxicity in Politics
Thu, September 5, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Franklin 7Session Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
Disinformation and extreme rhetoric have grown in online discourse, creating toxic information spaces. This panel explores why such environments emerge and the actors behind them. It also examines the political consequences of such environments for elections and politics more broadly.
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Individual Presentations
Defenses against Sovereign Citizen Efforts to Delegitimize Legal Institutions - Chelsea Elizabeth Joliet, CUNY Graduate Center
Effect of Primary Election Rule on Politicians’ Rhetorical Extremism - Thi Theu Dinh, University of Rochester
Exploring the Linkages between False Narratives and Political Events - Amira Jadoon, Clemson University; Ayse D Lokmanoglu, Boston University; Tess Hemmila; Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Observing the Social Production of Race and Racial Justice Using Word Embeddings - M. Brielle Harbin, United States Naval Academy
Towards a Governance Theory of Online Toxicity - Yibin Fan, Univerisity of Washington