Program

Workshop Program

all times are listed in Eastern Time (ET)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET


11:00 AM - 11:15 AM ET

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM ET







11:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET


12:15 PM - 12:30 PM ET

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM ET

12:45 PM - 01:15 PM ET


01:15 PM - 01:45 PM ET







01:45 PM - 2:15 PM ET


2:25 PM - 2:30 PM ET

2:30 PM - 2:35 PM ET

Workshop and organizing team introductions

Keynote address 1 "The Rise of the Internet and the Evolution of Extremism" by Dr. James Hawdon, Professor at Virginia Tech and Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention
Break

Lightning talk session 1

  1. Extremism & Whataboutism: A Case Study on Bangalore Riots. Saloni Dash, Gazal Shekhawat, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Joyojeet Pal [PDF]

  2. Combining survey data with behavioral data – a promising way to learn about the producers of online hostility?. Lea Stahel [PDF]

  3. Towards open-access tools and open data to facilitate online extremism research on Telegram. Mónika Simon, Anne Kroon, Kasper Welbers, Damian Trilling [PDF]

  4. Sinophobia on Twitter: Integrating Theory, Humans, and Machines, Ahana Biswas, Zarif Masud, Shebuti Rayana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed [PDF]

Break out session 1: Discussion on data validity&bias, cultural context, and online governance

Break out session 1 group reporting

Break

Keynote address 2 "Mean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate" by Dr. Megan Squire, Professor of Computer Science at Elon University (North Carolina, USA)

Lightning talk session 2

  1. Characterizing and Moderating Parasocial Interactions in YouTube Hate Videos. Shuo Niu [PDF]

  2. Sedition Hunters: Countering Extremism through Collective Action. Sukrit Venkatagiri, Vikram Mohanty, Tianjiao Yu, Kurt Luther [PDF]

  3. “This is Not a Hate Group”: Online Extremism, Cyber Racism, and Mobilizing Narratives of White Lives Matter on Facebook. Ashley Lee, Soojong Kim [abtract]


Break out session 2: Discussion on research ethics, victim support and recovery from online extremism

Break out session 2 group reporting

Closing remarks