Row 5: Engage Audience (Design) - The presentation’s design aligns
well with and effectively contextualizes the information. The
presentation, including its selection and emphasis of information, is
designed for audience, situation, medium, and/or purpose.
● Use Arial Rounded for presentation slides (easier on the eyes)
● Limit amount of text on slides
● Cite sources on the slide
● Images can be cited on a reference page
● Don’t use fancy fonts
● If you include a graph or chart, make sure it’s big enough for
audience to see
● NO fancy slides necessary
● Make sure all fonts/styles are uniform throughout
Suggested Outline of your presentation
slides:
1. Title with your name
2. Background Info
3. Research Question
4. Connection to Stimulus
5. Claim 1 (or lens 1)
6. Claim 2 (or lens 2)
7. Claim 3 (or lens 3)
8. Recommended Solution/Conclusions/Resolution
9. Limitations/Implications/Opposition
10. Conclusion
11. References
Online Government
Censorship and Propaganda
Introduction
● Social Change from
Technology (McGonigal,
2010; Kessler, 2013)
● Government Censorship
and Propaganda
Tactics
● Dispute Over
Censorship/Propaganda
In what ways can government
censorship and propaganda be
combatted online?
Problem
● Restriction of Flow
of Information
● Promoting local
sites
● Control of Internet
Connection
● Influencing Internet
Traffic (Zittrain et
al., 2017)
● Only Seeking Own
Voice, Opinion,
Perspective (Kesler,
2013)
● Confirmation Bias
(Metzgar, 2013)
● Initial Conclusions
● Consolidation of Authoritarian Power
● Massive Inequalities and Low Standards of Living
(Bohlken, 2006)
Solution: Incentivization and
Security
● Https (Hypertext
Transfer Protocol
Secure)
● More Security and
Less Surveillance
(Zittrain et al., 2017)
Limitations/Implications
● Limitations:
○ Restricting Access
○ Redirecting Traffic
(Chen & Yang, 2017)
● Implications:
○ Transfer of
Information
○ Openness Towards
Differing Opinions
○ Undermining Corrupt
Power (Bohlken, 2006)
References
Bohlken, A.T. (2006, April 6). Democracy, Autocracy and the Individual Influence of Rulers. New York University. Retrieved from
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/Anjali_Midwest_04072007.pdf
Chen, Y. & Yang, D. (2017, November 10). The Impact of Media Censorship: Evidence from a Field Experiment in China.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/gsb/files/jmp_david-yang_0.pdf
Kessler, E. (2013). Social Media and the Movement of Ideas. European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe, 46(1), 26-35. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42751114
McGonigal, Jane (2010). Gaming Can Make a Better World. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world
Metzgar, C. (2013). Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises. Professional Safety, 58(9), 44–45. Retrieved from
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=90025859&site=ehost-live
Pjesivac, I., Spasovska, K., & Imre, I. (2016). The Truth Between the Lines: Conceptualization of Trust in News Media in Serbia, Macedonia, and Croatia. Mass Communication &
Society, 19(3), 323–351. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2015.1128548
Zittrain, J., Faris, R., Noman, H., Clark, J., Tilton, C., & Morrison-Westphal, R. (2017, June). The Shifting Landscape of Global Internet Censorship. Berkman Klein Center for
Internet & Society Research Publication. Retrieved April 2, 2019, from http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33084425
