Name
Designing to Bridge Divides
Date & Time
Friday, December 7, 2018, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers
Jessica Shryack - Living Room Conversations
Julia Kamin - CivilServant
Brandon Warmke - Bowling Green State University
Emma Llansó - CDT's Free Expresion Project
Jessica Shryack Julia Kamin Brandon Warmke Emma Llansó
Description
As both the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm elections have shown, the United States is an increasingly politically polarized country. Our online spaces share this same polarization, creating a reflection of fractured blue and red, black and white, Spanish speakers and English speakers, Muslims and Christians. How can online spaces design to bridge these divides? Can the internet puncture filter bubbles and be a place to facilitate hard conversations?
Session Type
Breakout Session