News

A write up of our first Epistemic Norms for the New Public Sphere workshop has been published over at Imperfect Cognitions.

Project member Jonathan Heawood has published a new book on press freedom in the digital age. You can read more about it, or order a copy, on the publisher’s site.

Project member Fabienne Peter has been interviewed by Lisa Bortolotti over at Imperfect Cognitions . Click through to read their discussion about about political norms, online media, and public philosophy.

Project member Natalie Alana Ashton has published a piece for Open for Debate on the UK government’s Online Harms White Paper and the Norms… project’s response.

Principal Investigator Rowan Cruft has published a new book on Human Rights with Oxford University Press. You can read more about it, or order a copy, on OUP’s site.

6-7th December 2019 | University of Stirling, Stirling Court Hotel

This event is hosted by the AHRC-funded project Norms for the New Public Sphere, which brings together academic philosophers with media scholars, activists and professionals in order to investigate the opportunities and challenges that new social media pose for the public sphere. This second workshop will focus on  the self-governance norms that can enable a democratic public sphere to flourish.

Programme

Friday 6th December (Callandar/Dollar Room)

13.30 – 14.50 Simone Chambers (University of California, Irvine: Political Science)
“Is Fake News Destroying the Public Sphere?”

14.50 – 15.10 Coffee break

15.10 – 16.30 Gavin Phillipson (Bristol, Law)
“Regulating the New Public Sphere”

Saturday 7th December (Lomond Room)

9.50 – 11.10 Natalie Fenton (Goldsmith’s, Media Studies)
“Reclaiming Media, Power and Politics for Progressive Ends”

11.10 – 11.20 Coffee break

11.20 – 13.00 Tom Simpson (Oxford, Philosophy and Public Policy)
“The Political Implications of Interpersonal Trusting Relationships”

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.20 Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt, Philosophy)
“Is Democracy the Problem?”

15.20 – 15.30 coffee break

15.30 – 16.00  Roundtable reflections on democracy in the new public sphere

Places are limited, so please register in advance if you wish to attend. To register, or for further information (including accessibility information), please contact Natalie Alana Ashton: nataliealanaashton@gmail.com.

Prof. Rowan Cruft will be speaking at the Debating Media Accountability workshop at the University of Leiden later this month. His talk will be on ” Media Responsibility and the Fundamental Value of Communication”.

19 September 2019 | University of Warwick, Occulus Building Room 1.09

This event is hosted by the AHRC-funded project Norms for the New Public Sphere, which brings together academic philosophers with media scholars, activists and professionals in order to investigate the opportunities and challenges that new social media pose for the public sphere. This first workshop will focus on  the epistemic norms that can enable a public sphere to flourish.

Programme

9:30 am Coffee / Tea

10 – 11:15: Alessandra Tanesini, Cardiff
Bellicose Debates: Arrogant and Liberatory Anger On and Off-line

11:15 – 12:30: Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern
Echo Chambers, Fake News, and Social Epistemology

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:45: Quassim Cassam, Warwick
Post-Truth, Lies, and Strategic Bullshit

2:45 – 3:00: Coffee / Tea

3 – 4:15: Alex Worsnip, UNC Chapel Hill
Deference and Democratic Citizenship

4:15 – 5:30: Michael Hannon, Nottingham
Political Disagreement or Partisan Badmouthing?

Places are limited, so please register in advance if you wish to attend. To register, or for further information (including accessibility information), please contact Natalie Alana Ashton: nataliealanaashton@gmail.com.

Project member Fabienne Peter has published a piece for The Conversation on the ‘Trump Rule‘, and why not all tweets are equal.