Hi, everyone! Just wanted to share the below info regarding a forthcoming Zoom talk (and subsequent speaking series) via the Center on Digital Culture & Society at the University of Pennsylvania on March 1, 2021. Professor Jessa Lingel will be in conversation with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, and together, they will examine the web we have, the web we could have and the spaces of autonomy and creativity that thrive in between. In the hopes that you are able to join, Muira -- *Muira McCammon* *Ph.D. candidate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania M.L., University of Pennsylvania Law School (2020)M.A. in Translation Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2016) A bit about my research here <https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/students/muira-mccammon>Twitter: @muira_mccammon* *From:* Center on Digital Culture and Society <cdcs@asc.upenn.edu> *Sent:* Friday, February 5, 2021 1:54 PM *Subject:* CDCS Virtual Talk | Craig Newmark & Jessa Lingel in Conversation | MAR.1@1200 Registration required! [image: Registration required!] *CDCS SPEAKER SERIES* *SPRING 2021 * *VIRTUAL TALK* * CRAIG NEWMARK & JESSA LINGEL* IN CONVERSATION THE WEB WE WANT: REFLECTIONS ON 25 YEARS OF DIGITAL CULTURE MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CLICK HERE TO REGISTER <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/yyjoug> [image: Image of speaker] <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/erkoug> CRAIG NEWMARK [image: Image of speaker] <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/ujloug> JESSA LINGEL *The Center on Digital Culture and Society <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/acmoug> presents a virtual talk with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, and Jessa Lingel, Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Bridging industry and scholarship, this dialogue will reflect on the web we have, the web we could have and the spaces of autonomy and creativity that thrive in between. * *About the Talk: *The internet has let us down. From promises of democratic inclusion to radical reinvention of everyday life, early hype about the internet has given way to skeptical cynicism, thanks to misinformation, hate speech, industry elitism, hacks and privacy harms. Suspicions about the internet are well-founded, but are they the whole story? This talk describes how we got the web we have and what it would take to build something different. Associate Professor Jessa Lingel draws on her research on digital culture to discuss themes of online publics, ethical design and digital practices in conversation with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Bringing together internet studies scholarship with industry expertise, this dialogue will reflect on the changing values of digital tech, with a focus on the websites, platforms and communities that have carved out spaces of autonomy, creativity and hope. *About the Speakers: **Craig Newmark <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/q4moug>* is a Web pioneer, philanthropist, and leading advocate. Most commonly known for founding the online classified ads service craigslist, Newmark works to support and connect people and drive broad civic engagement. In 1995, Newmark started curating a list of San Francisco arts and technology events, which he personally emailed to friends and colleagues. People were soon calling it "Craig's List," and when Newmark turned it into a company, he monetized it minimally, opting for a business model that prioritized "doing well by doing good." Today, more than 5 billion ads have been posted on the site, the vast majority for free. Newmark has not been involved in the day-to-day management of the company since 2000. In 2016, he founded Craig Newmark Philanthropies to advance people and grassroots organizations that are “getting stuff done” in areas that include trustworthy journalism & the information ecosystem, voter protection, women in technology, and veterans & military families. Newmark serves on the board of directors of a number of organizations, including Blue Star Families, the Center for Public Integrity, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, Girls Who Code, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of American, Poynter Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, VetsinTech, and Women in Public Service Project. He also serves on the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Journalism Review and on the advisory board of nearly twenty other nonprofit organizations, including DonorsChoose.org, EFF, New America Foundation, Voto Latino, Wikimedia Foundation, and Women Who Tech. Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Newmark holds degrees in computer science from Case Western Reserve University. *Jessa Lingel <https://t.e2ma.net/click/2dep0c/2pb3ug/6wnoug>*is an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and core faculty in the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD in communication and information from Rutgers University. She has an MLIS from Pratt Institute and an MA in gender studies from New York University. Her research interests include digital inequalities and technological distributions of power. 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