Blogs and Bullets.
PeaceTech Lab partnered with the United States Institute of Peace to explore how to use new analytical tools to understand the power of online discourse in both promoting and preventing violent conflict. We co-hosted six major conferences, four in Washington D.C. from 2010 - 2014 and two at Stanford University in 2011 and 2013.
These meetings brought together a range of leading academic and industry experts to evaluate the Arabic, Russian, and Persian language blogospheres and conduct research into the role of new media in contentious politics. The events were held in partnership with George Washington University, Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Morningside Analytics.
2016 Events and Reports
Report: Blogs & Bullets IV: How Social Media Undermines Transitions to Democracy
2015 Events and Reports
Event: After the Dust Settles: Social Media in Political Transitions
2014 Events and Reports
Event: Twitter Evolutions: The Changing Role of Social Media in War and Protest
2013 Events and Reports
Report: Blogs & Bullets III: Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War
2012 Events and Reports
Event: Groundtruth: New Media, Technology and the Syria Crisis
Report: Blogs and Bullets II: New Media and Conflict after the Arab Spring
2011 Events and Reports
Event: Sifting Fact from Fiction: The Role of Social Media in Conflict
Event: Blogs & Bullets: Social Media and the Struggle for Political Change
2010 Events and Reports
Report: Mapping the Russian Blogosphere
Report: Advancing New Media Research
Event: Blogs and Bullets: Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict