<div dir="ltr">Dear Emiliano,<br>We are truly grateful for all your efforts in keeping this excellent initiative moving forward!<br>Wishing everyone a lovely (albeit rainy) Friday,<div>Jana </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM Emiliano De Cristofaro <<a href="mailto:emilianodc@cs.ucr.edu">emilianodc@cs.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Alejandra,</div><div><br></div><div>I made some edits based on Jana's and others' suggestions. Thanks again.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no official connection between LOGOS and RAISE. I suppose we simply share some overlap in research interests among people and topics. I'm not aware of any other initiative at UCR that might be related. FWIW, it is not an institute or any officially recognized entity by any means(*). </div><div><br></div><div>So far, LOGOS has just been an informal initiative to connect individuals who are or might be interested in modeling and improving online discourse -- whatever that means :) In practice, it's been a kind of reading group/seminar series.</div><div><br></div><div>Now this is also my chance to call for others to propose different/new directions, as I believe the seminar series has run its course. I'd be even more eager to have someone else take on coordinating activities -- I'm not by any means in charge/directing anything, I've just tried to keep it from dying as I care too much :)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Emiliano</div><div><br></div><div>(*)The only thing we sought (and received) from UCR was some small funding through a CoR grant (~$3,000), which helped us purchase equipment for hybrid meetings and support the organization of an event. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM Alejandra Dubcovsky <<a href="mailto:alejandra.dubcovsky@ucr.edu" target="_blank">alejandra.dubcovsky@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I love Jana's suggestions. I would second them. Also, I would like to<br>
know what is the connection between LOGOS and Raise or other campus<br>
wide initiatives.... especially to include in the site.<br>
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Thank you for this work!<br>
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM Jana Grittersova via LOGOS<br>
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> Dear Emiliano,<br>
><br>
> Thank you very much for all your efforts in developing this webpage. I have a small suggestion: if the goal is to attract new participants or increase visibility, it may be helpful to include a brief closing line such as:<br>
> • “Faculty and students interested in participating are welcome to contact us at [email].”<br>
> • “Follow our upcoming events here.”<br>
><br>
> Additionally, do we want to clarify that information itself is not inherently harmful? Information can empower societal actors, strengthen democratic engagement, and support better policymaking. It becomes “weaponized” only within some environments or when used intentionally by malicious actors.<br>
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> As for a potential keynote speaker, I would suggest Matthew Gentzkow (Stanford, Economics): media, political polarization, and the economics of information.<br>
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> All the best,<br>
> Jana<br>
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> Jana Grittersova<br>
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> Associate Professor, Department of Political Science<br>
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> Cooperating Faculty, Department of Economics<br>
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> University of California-Riverside<br>
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> E-mail: <a href="mailto:jana.grittersova@ucr.edu" target="_blank">jana.grittersova@ucr.edu</a><br>
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> <a href="http://janagritters.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://janagritters.com/</a><br>
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> Author <a href="https://www.press.umich.edu/9469106/borrowing_credibility" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.press.umich.edu/9469106/borrowing_credibility</a><br>
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM Emiliano De Cristofaro via LOGOS <<a href="mailto:logos@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">logos@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> With the help of ChatGPT :), I've drafted a website for the LOGOS initiative. It's staged at <a href="https://spalab.cs.ucr.edu/logos/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spalab.cs.ucr.edu/logos/</a> (I will eventually migrate it away from my lab website and have it indexed).<br>
>><br>
>> Please let me know:<br>
>> 1) If you have any feedback/proposed edits (Please note that the founding manifesto part is just a placeholder for now)<br>
>> 2) If you would NOT like to have your name listed on the website.<br>
>><br>
>> Also, we are planning to have an open day event sometime in early Spring. I will follow up in due course -- meanwhile, please let me know if you have any recommendations for a high-profile person we could invite for a keynote for the event.<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro<br>
>> Computer Science and Engineering<br>
>> University of California, Riverside<br>
>> <a href="https://emilianodc.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://emilianodc.com</a><br>
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