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Data and Democracy
Information, we are told, is the lifeblood of democracy. If citizens have access to plenty of quality information about their conditions, their candidates, and themselves, they can make measured, deliberate decisions about their future. So why, at this moment of maximal information creation, access, and flow, does democracy teeter? This graduate seminar will examine this question and traverse phenomena such as search engines, government data, journalism, social media, and artificial intelligence. It will also ask fundamental questions about the nature and needs of a healthy democracy.