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Event Date: November 5th, 2026
4:00pm-5:30pm
Matrix on Point: Propaganda Machines
AI is an increasingly powerful force in the current U.S. landscape of knowledge, mis- or disinformation, media, and politics. This panel will bring together scholars who examine questions related to AI, influence, and information in journalism, media, and California’s universities to discuss the implications of these developments for information and knowledge politics today. Featuring Maty Bohacek, Martha Kenney, Martha Lincoln, and Edward Wasserman, with moderation by Cori Hayden.
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Published February 5, 2021
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Recorded on February 3, 2021, this video features a Matrix Distinguished Lecture by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
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Published February 5, 2021
Measuring Belief in Fake News Online
Recorded on January 29, 2021, this video features Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics at New York University. Tucker discussed his recent research, which focused on understanding how well can ordinary people do in identifying the veracity of news in real time.
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Interview
Published January 30, 2021
Matrix Podcast: Interview with Mariane Ferme
In this episode, Michael Watts talks with Mariane C. Ferme, Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and the author of "Out of War: Violence, Trauma, and the Political Imagination in Sierra Leone" and "The Underneath of Things: Violence, History, and the Everyday in Sierra Leone."
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Published December 22, 2020
Disaster and Displacement – Inequalities in Climate Migration
Recorded on December 11, 2020, a Matrix On Point panel discussion brought together a group of esteemed scholars to discuss the impacts of climate migration and potential solutions.
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Published December 6, 2020
The Economic Consequences of COVID-19
This “Matrix on Point” panel discussion — recorded on December 3, 2020 — brought together a panel of scholars to discuss the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published December 5, 2020
The New Authoritarians
Recorded on November 30, 2020, this Matrix On Point panel considered not only the illiberal tactics these right-wing autocrats have used to consolidate power and further their objectives, but also what it will take to undo the damage they have inflicted upon democratic institutions.
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