National Agenda

Delaware native and former Obama campaign communications director Dan Pfeiffer emphasized activism over civility when he spoke at the University of Delaware on September 4, 2019. The co-host of the popular podcast Pod Save America and author of a New York Times best seller discussed the importance of authenticity, activism, and his take on the upcoming election. Pfeiffer was the featured guest for the first event of the National Agenda 2019 speaker series, hosted by the Center for Political Communication.

AUGUST 23, 2019―The University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication, in partnership with Delaware Public Media (www.delawarepublic.org), examines where we’ve been, where we are going, and the current state of democracy in the United States. On this episode, On this episode, Delaware Public Media news director Tom Byrne is joined by the UD Center for Political Communication Associate Director and National Agenda series director Dr. Lindsay Hoffman.

They discuss the debate over guns in the wake of recent mass shootings, what was learned from the first two Democratic presidential debates, and a preview of this fall's Direction Democracy guest speakers at UD.

Listen to this podcast on Delaware Public Media's The Green: https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/direction-democracy-podcast-debate-over-guns-and-democratic-presidential-debates.

MAY 24, 2019―The University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication, in partnership with Delaware Public Media (www.delawarepublic.org), examines where we’ve been, where we are going, and the current state of democracy in the United States. On this episode, Delaware Public Media news director Tom Byrne is joined by the UD Center for Political Communication Associate Director and National Agenda series director Dr. Lindsay Hoffman and the CPC's Research Director Dr. Paul Brewer.

They discuss what the Center for Political Communication expects to cover in it is Direction Democracy National Agenda series, what constitutes a Constitutional crisis, Joe Biden and the large number of Democrats running for President, and the role special interests play in our democracy.

Listen to this podcast on Delaware Public Media's The Green: https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/direction-democracy-podcast-what-constitutes-constitutional-crisis.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the third session was “Difficulties of Responding to Hate Speech on Digital Platforms.” Panelists were Emma Llanso, Free Expression Project director at Center for Democracy and Technology; Brittan Heller, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard; and Jessie Daniels, Hunter College and The Graduate Center at CUNY.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the first session was "Are more laws necessary for responding to hate speech?" The guest speakers were Nadine Strossen, the Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, and john a. powell, director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and a professor of law and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at https://www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the second session was “Difficulties of Responding to Hate Speech on College and University Campuses.” Panelists were Timothy Shiell, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin – Stout; Rodney Smolla, Dean of Widener Law School; Samantha Harris, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and Vice President of Policy Research; and Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the fourth session was “Are more laws necessary for responding to hate speech?” The guest speaker was Sara Wachter-Boettcher, author of Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the fifth session was “Non-legal responses to hate speech on college & university campuses.” The panelists were Alex Amend, an independent researcher of the far-right and former research director at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project; Deb Mashek, Heterodox Academy Executive Director; and Glyn Hughes, University of Richmond, Director of Common Ground.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the sixth session was “Non-legal responses to hate speech on digital platforms.” The panelists were Brandi Collins-Dexter, Media, Democracy & Economic Justice Campaign Director at Color of Change; Carmen Scurato, Senior Policy Counsel, Free Press; Emma Llanso, Free Expression Project director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.

The final installment of the National Agenda 2018 speaker series featured award-winning Washington Post journalists Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan on November 14. Their talk focused on the idea that "Facts Matter" as people navigate what some have deemed a "post-truth" world. They spoke at the University of Delaware's Mitchell Hall for an event hosted by the Center for Political Communication.