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Attention Control with Kevin Newman podcast released its this week,聽exploring digital media鈥檚 impact on the 2019 federal election.

Hosted by award-winning journalist Kevin Newman, the weekly election podcast will provide Canadians with exclusive investigative reporting, timely in-depth interviews with influential voices, and ongoing news coverage on how digital tools, platforms and data are influencing public opinion during the election campaign.

鈥淓verything about this project is cutting edge,鈥� says Newman. 鈥淲e鈥檙e bringing proven journalistic experience to what I consider the most important new issue in politics: the digital attempts to manipulate public opinion. Podcasting allows for deep investigation and conversations which will help inform and protect voters. We have already uncovered some surprising data and stories that we will be reporting on in the coming weeks.鈥�

Attention Control is a project of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 成人VR视频, funded by The David Family Foundation and The Rossy Foundation. The podcast is one of Canada鈥檚 first wholly foundation supported public interest journalism projects.

鈥淯nderstanding the digital media ecosystem and how information is shaping the minds of voters is absolutely critical to ensuring a free and fair election. We see our partnership with Attention Control as a central tool to communicating our research to a wide public and to sparking a national debate about the role of technology in our democratic processes,鈥� says Taylor Owen, Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Max Bell School of Public Policy and Academic Lead on Attention Control.

Over the course of the federal election, 鈥淎ttention Control with Kevin Newman鈥� will provide listeners with in-depth reporting on topics including how businesses and government agencies are leaving Canadians鈥� personal information vulnerable; the data Canada鈥檚 political parties have on voters and how they use it; how misinformation is purposely spread on social media to change voting intentions; and, the efforts of foreign governments and third party actors to influence voter intentions through the use of digital tools, platforms and big data.

Through its partnership with The Max Bell School of Public Policy at 成人VR视频, 鈥淎ttention Control鈥� will also provide listeners with unprecedented access to social media data and cutting-edge research during the election on how digital media is influencing voters鈥� perceptions of the campaign.

The podcast is produced by Antica Productions. "As Canada's largest independent producer of high-quality narrative audio, Antica's team is thrilled to partner with Kevin, Bell Media and 成人VR视频 for this uniquely important journalistic endeavor," says Stuart Coxe, Executive Producer.

The podcast will also benefit from the advice and participation of an advisory board representing leading journalists, researchers and technology experts. This group includes:

• Sasha Havlicek, founding CEO of ISD, a leading global counter-extremism 鈥榯hink and do鈥� tank
• Patti Sonntag, the director of the Institute for Investigative Journalism at Concordia University
• Ben Scott, director of Policy & Advocacy at Luminate, part of the global philanthropic organization, The Omidyar Group
• Heidi Legg, director of Special Projects at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, Policy at Harvard University鈥檚 Kennedy School.
• Candice Faktor, ceo of Faktory Ventures and the former global general manager of Wattpad
• Claire Wardle, director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
• Farhaan Ladhani, the founder and director of the Digital Public Square

鈥淎ttention Control with Kevin Newman鈥� is聽on the iHeart Radio Network, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.