Public Opinion, Social Media, Misinformation & Elections
Holli Semetko
Half Day, 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Los Angeles Convention Center, 409A
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. Polling and Forecasting Elections
2. Social Media & Misinformation Research
3. Survey Experiments
4. Social Media & Political Advertising
5. Deliberative Polling
Speakers include:
Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder & Director, CVoter, India
Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj, University College London, UK
Anup Kumar, Cleveland State University, USA
Holli A. Semetko, Emory University, USA
Alice Siu, Stanford University, USA