{"id":3446,"date":"2023-04-04T05:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/?page_id=3446"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:44:05","slug":"social-media-how-should-we-engage-and-or-regulate-it-if-at-all","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/past-events\/social-media-how-should-we-engage-and-or-regulate-it-if-at-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media: How Should We Engage and\/or Regulate it, If at All?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Slide11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"DCI Forum on Social Media.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Slide11.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Slide11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Slide11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Slide11-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Spring of 2023, Davidson College\u2019s Deliberative Citizenship Initiative, Digital Studies, Political Science, and Psychology Departments, and Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted a\u00a0<strong>Deliberative Forum on<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u201cSocial Media: How Should We Engage and\/or Regulate it, If at All?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0This Deliberative Forum enabled participants to actively engage with this important issue, first by hearing from an online panel of experts with diverse perspectives on the topic, and then by actively deliberating with one another in facilitated small group discussions (either in person or virtually) on how best to engage with and regulate social media (if at all). We have just released the recording of the panel portion of the forum and you can view it now below. Also included below are some photos from the event, the event&#8217;s deliberation guide and the event flyer for your reference. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a photo of the in-person audience as they listened to the online panel, moderated by Professor Mark Sample&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230405_233424377-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is one of the several small group discussions that followed the panel discussion&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20230406_002059306-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is a video recording of the panel discussion&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Media Deliberative Forum\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5x4JEx61In4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the deliberation guide that was distributed to the participants beforehand and was used to guide the small group discussions.  <\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DCI-Social-Media-Deliberation-Guide.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-mobile-width=\"500\"  data-scrollbar=\"none\" data-download=\"on\" data-tracking=\"on\" data-newwindow=\"on\" data-pagetextbox=\"off\" data-scrolltotop=\"off\" data-startzoom=\"100\" data-startfpzoom=\"100\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">DCI-Social-Media-Deliberation-Guide<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Social-Media-Forum-Poster_4.5.23.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-mobile-width=\"500\"  data-scrollbar=\"none\" 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