Public Opinion, Social Media, Misinformation & Elections

Session Submission Type: Short Course Half Day

Session Description

This four hour short course brings together scholars and practitioners conducting research on public opinion, social media, misinformation and elections, to discuss the latest research and the challenges and opportunities working in Global South countries.

As much of the extant research on these important topics is from western democracies, this short also course aims to build networks for research development across Global South countries, and introduce participants to experts and mentors.

Topics Include:

1. Deliberative Polling
2. Polling and Forecasting Elections
3. Misinformation Research & Survey Experiments
4. Meta (Facebook) Ad Library
5. Social Media and Political Advertising


Speakers include:

1. Alice Siu, Stanford University, USA
2. Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder & Director, CVoter, India
3. Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj, University College London, UK
4. Meta (Facebook) Ad Library (representative to be named)
5. Holli A. Semetko, Emory University, USA

Sub Unit

• Pre-Conference Short Courses

Cosponsor

• Division 37: Public Opinion

Chair

• Holli A. Semetko Emory University

Presenters

• Yashwant Deshmukh CENTRE for VOTING OPINION & TRENDS in ELECTION RESEARCH (CVOTER)

• Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj University College London

• Anup Kumar Cleveland State University

• Alice Siu Stanford University

• Holli A. Semetko Emory University