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SUMMARY:Speakers Series of South Haven: How Technology Both Increases Polarization and Builds Bridges in a Divided US Election Season
DESCRIPTION:How Technology Both Increases Polarization and Builds Bridges in a Divided US Election Season\n\n\n\nLisa Schirch\n\n\nThursday\, October 20\, 2022\n\nby Dr. Lisa Schirch\n\nStarmann Chair in Peace Studies\, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\, University of Notre Dame\n\nSouth Haven Campus of Lake Michigan College | 7 p.m.\n\nDr. Lisa Schirch will provide a survey of the best and worst impacts of technology on polarization and social cohesion. Highlighting case studies and examples in the US within the context of a tense US election\, she will explain how the designs of some technology platforms like Facebook and Twitter seem to encourage polarization\, and then explain some new tech platforms that can help build greater trust and care among Americans.\n\nLisa Schirch\, PhD is Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding and the Starmann Chair in Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. She also directs the Social Media\, Technology\, and Peacebuilding program for the Toda Peace Institute. A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa\, Schirch is the author of eleven books\, including Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Tech-tonic Shift.\n\nAdmission is $10. Students\, educators and clergy admitted free. The doors will open 30 minutes prior to the presentation. COVID protocols will be observed.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<header class="entry-header">\n<h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" href="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/2022/01/27/how-technology-both-increases-polarization-and-builds-bridges-in-a-divided-us-election-season/" rel="bookmark">How Technology Both Increases Polarization and Builds Bridges in a Divided US Election Season</a></h2>\n</header>\n\n<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2131" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_2131" style="width: 150px"><img alt="Lisa Schirch" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2131" data-attachment-id="2131" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-caption="&lt\;p&gt\;Lisa Schirch&lt\;/p&gt\;\n" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot\;aperture&quot\;:&quot\;2.8&quot\;\,&quot\;credit&quot\;:&quot\;Barbara Johnston\\/University of Notre Dame&quot\;\,&quot\;camera&quot\;:&quot\;NIKON D850&quot\;\,&quot\;caption&quot\;:&quot\;August 26\, 2021\; Lisa Schirch  (Photo by Barbara Johnston\\/University of Notre Dame)&quot\;\,&quot\;created_timestamp&quot\;:&quot\;1629990707&quot\;\,&quot\;copyright&quot\;:&quot\;University of Notre Dame&quot\;\,&quot\;focal_length&quot\;:&quot\;170&quot\;\,&quot\;iso&quot\;:&quot\;200&quot\;\,&quot\;shutter_speed&quot\;:&quot\;0.00625&quot\;\,&quot\;title&quot\;:&quot\;&quot\;\,&quot\;orientation&quot\;:&quot\;1&quot\;}" data-image-title="Lisa-Schirch" data-large-file="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2022/03/8-26-21-Lisa-Schirch.jpeg" data-medium-file="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2022/03/8-26-21-Lisa-Schirch-300x200.jpeg" data-orig-file="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2022/03/8-26-21-Lisa-Schirch.jpeg" data-orig-size="640\,427" data-permalink="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/2022/01/27/how-technology-both-increases-polarization-and-builds-bridges-in-a-divided-us-election-season/8-26-21-lisa-schirch/" height="150" src="https://southhavenspeakersseries.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2022/03/8-26-21-Lisa-Schirch-150x150.jpeg" width="150" />\n<figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-2131">Lisa Schirch</figcaption>\n</figure>\n\n<h2>Thursday\, October 20\, 2022</h2>\n\n<h3>by Dr. Lisa Schirch<br />\nStarmann Chair in Peace Studies\, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\, University of Notre Dame</h3>\n\n<p>South Haven Campus of Lake Michigan College | 7 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Dr. Lisa Schirch will provide a survey of the best and worst impacts of technology on polarization and social cohesion. Highlighting case studies and examples in the US within the context of a tense US election\, she will explain how the designs of some technology platforms like Facebook and Twitter seem to encourage polarization\, and then explain some new tech platforms that can help build greater trust and care among Americans.</p>\n\n<p>Lisa Schirch\, PhD is Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding and the Starmann Chair in Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame&rsquo\;s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. She also directs the Social Media\, Technology\, and Peacebuilding program for the Toda Peace Institute. A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa\, Schirch is the author of eleven books\, including Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Tech-tonic Shift.</p>\n\n<p>Admission is $10. Students\, educators and clergy admitted free. The doors will open 30 minutes prior to the presentation. COVID protocols will be observed.</p>\n
LOCATION:Lake Michigan College- South Haven Campus 125 Veterans Blvd. South Haven\, MI 49090
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URL:https://www.southhavenmi.com/events/details/speakers-series-of-south-haven-how-technology-both-increases-polarization-and-builds-bridges-in-a-divided-us-election-season-6478
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