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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Julia Ebner\nhosted by Tom Henzinger\nAbstract: The co
 rona pandemic has given rise to a staggering infodemic that spreads even f
 aster than the virus itself. Conspiracy theory-driven protests against cor
 ona measures have gained traction in the US\, Europe and Australia. Across
  the world\, vast mask-free crowds have been descending into the streets 
 to demonstrate against lockdowns\, masks\, and vaccines. As we watched fr
 om our homes\, extremist groups and conspiracy theory movements exploited 
 widespread fears and frustrations around the pandemic to advance their own
  goals and recruit from new audiences. For her second book Going Dark J
 ulia Ebner spent two years undercover in a dozen extremist movements -- fr
 om ISIS hacking groups to white nationalists and female misogynists. She w
 as also embedded within the networks of QAnon\, which has become a driving
  force behind the anti-corona protests. Julia Ebner will give insights in
 to her work and what can be done to prevent that we further distance ourse
 lves from scientifically-based solutions. Julia Ebner is the author of th
 e bestselling books Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists an
 d The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism. Her 
 books won the Bruno-Kreisky-Preis for the Political Book of the Year 2018
  and the Award for the Science Book of the Year 2020 (Wissenschaftsbuch de
 s Jahres 2020). She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute fo
 r Strategic Dialogue\, where she leads projects on online radicalisation\,
  disinformation and hate speech. Julia has acted as a consultant for the U
 N\, NATO\, and the World Bank and is currently doing a DPhil at Oxford Uni
 versity. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian\, Independent\, Prosp
 ect and Newsweek. 
LOCATION:Online\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:barbara.ruediger@ist.ac.at
SUMMARY:Julia Ebner: The new age of disinformation and radicalisation 
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/3129
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