When:
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Chambers Hall, Lower Level, 600 Foster St, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Emily Rosman
(847) 491-2527
Group: Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
Speaker:
Yingdan Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Title:
The Evolution of Authoritarian Propaganda in the Digital Age
Abstract:
TBA
Speaker Bio:
Yingdan Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, and co-director of the Computational Multimodal Communication Lab. Her research focuses on digital technology, political communication, and information manipulation. She uses computational and qualitative methods to understand the evolution and engagement of digital propaganda in authoritarian regimes and how individuals encounter and communicate multimodal (mis)information in AI-mediated environments. Her work has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals across communication, political science, and human-computer interaction. Before joining Northwestern, Yingdan received her Ph.D. in Communication and a Ph.D. minor in Political Science from Stanford University.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/92346340083
Passcode: NICO24
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, data science and network science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.