Technology in Politics: What We Don't Know and Should

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Center Co-Directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy are joined by USC Professor Morteza Dehghani, former Facebook executive Katie Harbath, strategist Cheryl Hori, and attorney John Patzakis to discuss the rapid changes in technology and their effects on politics including fundraising, campaigning, voting, free speech, and polarization.

Featuring:

Robert Shrum - Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

Mike Murphy - Co-Director, Center for the Political Future; NBC Political Analyst

Morteza Dehghani - Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife

Katie Harbath - Founder and CEO of Anchor Change; Former Public Policy Director for Global Elections at Facebook

Cheryl Hori - Founder and Chief Strategist, Pacific Campaign House

John Patzakis - Executive Chair and Chief Legal Officer, X1

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.3	Hey, everybody. Hello and welcome. I'm Mike Murphy. I'm co-director of the Center for the Political
0:34.5	Future at USC. Joining me is our esteemed director, Bob Schrum,
0:39.4	and a very esteemed panel to tackle this incredibly important and powerful topic,
0:44.7	a topic I've been looking forward to for months to have this panel and discuss it.
0:49.2	So let's get to it, and I'm going to introduce them.
0:52.2	Joining us is Morteza Degani, and I apologize if I might have mispronounced your last name,
0:58.0	Morteza.
0:58.8	He is an associate professor of psychology and computer science and that critical intersection
1:04.5	here at USC Dornside.
1:06.3	He is an expert in semantic analysis, especially in political language and social media, which is where
1:12.5	all the power of the conversation is now. His research spans the boundary between psychology
1:17.5	and artificial intelligence. Very excited to talk about that. Cheryl Horry is the founder and chief
1:23.8	strategist of Pacific Campaign House, a full-service digital agency serving nonprofits
1:30.3	and political organizations. She was deputy digital director in 2016 for the leading pro-Hillary
1:37.9	Super PAC Priorities USA Action. John Patzakis is the executive chairman and founder of a software company called
1:46.8	X-1 Discovery. He has an extensive background and expertise in e-discovery and corporate compliance
1:53.2	combining strong knowledge of both the law and the supporting technologies in those key areas.
1:59.2	And most important of all, he is a USC alumni.
2:02.1	And finally, my old friend from the old Republican wars of many decades ago,
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