<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">MIT Computational Cultures Initiative</div><div class="">Sponsored by the collaborative effort of MIT Anthropology Program, MIT History Faculty, and MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You are cordially invited to attend Series 1:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Social Media and Democracy: Where Do We Go From Here?</b></div><div class="">Today, Sept 12, 2018 | 430pm | 10-250</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Panel Discussion featuring:</div><div class="">MODERATOR:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jennifer Light, MIT</div><div class="">PANELISTS:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Joan Donovan, Data and Society</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Daniel Weitzner, MIT</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David Edelman, MIT</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Raleway, Arial, Lucida, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.992px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">This event features four leading scholars and thinkers specialized in researching and analyzing the infusion of social media platforms in our everyday social and political lives, including an audience Q&A session. Following a dinner break (pizza will be served) and time for socialization, the speakers will return for a smaller seminar session offered to graduate students for a more intimate and roundtable-style discussion at 7pm in 4-153.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Raleway, Arial, Lucida, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.992px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>