Communications & Culture

Jay Rosen, a long-time professor of journalism at New York University and one of the great thinkers on the changing nature of journalism in the digital age, speaks with Aspen Digital's Executive Director, Vivian Schiller, on the challenges and opportunities around disinformation within the news industry.

Alan Miller, CEO and founder of the News Literacy Project, examines the role of news literacy and education as an effective countermeasure to the spread of mis- and disinformation with Aspen Digital Executive Director Vivian Schiller.

Perspective from the Pandemic, the June 2021 report of the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Institutional Innovation, addresses how companies might work towards actionable outcomes for organizational adaptation, in addition to resilience.

Amy Webb, founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, speaks with Aspen Digital Executive Director Vivian Schiller on future disinformation threats, what to anticipate, and effective measures society can take today.

Brandi Collins-Dexter, a senior fellow at Color Of Change, discusses the book she is writing about the history and trajectory of Black political, economic and social power as it relates to the loss of offline Black-owned and controlled spaces.

Dr. Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist and professor of government at Dartmouth College, speaks with Commission on Information Disorder Project Director Ryan Merkley about the effectiveness of misinformation countermeasures on the retention of misperceptions, the US elections, platforms and the YouTube algorithm, and more.

Bruce Mehlman, founder of the bipartisan government relations firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, speaks on the role technology plays in a polarized political landscape with Garrett Graff, the director for cyber initiatives for Aspen Digital.

Aspen Digital is taking a leap to reimagine how technology can shape our well-being and sense of place. The Virtually Human Working Group, composed of 24 thought-leaders across industry, research, civil society, and academia, seeks to better understand the cumulative effects of continuous and ubiquitous technology interaction on our human connections.

The Aspen Institute Arts Program and Aspen Film announce the line-up of acclaimed documentaries for the 2021 Eisner/Lauder New Views Doc