Reactionary Futurism: The Rise of Technofascism in Silicon Valley

Join us in person on October 30 for this event cohosted by FIMS Rogers Chair 2025/26 lecture series where Assistant Professor Becca Lewis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present her paper on “Reactionary Futurism”.

Details at a Glance

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (reception to follow)

Location: Conron Hall, University College

*This event requires registration. Please register here.

Speaker Bio: Becca Lewis is the Old Dominion Career Development Assistant Professor in Comparative Media Studies at MIT. She was previously a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford University Department of Communication, where she obtained her PhD in 2024. Her work examines the ideas and politics that shape Silicon Valley and the internet. She previously worked as a researcher at the Data & Society Research Institute, where she published flagship reports on far-right online broadcasting, media manipulation, and disinformation. Her work has been published in academic journals including New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, and American Behavioral Scientist, and in news outlets such as The Guardian and Business Insider. In 2022, she served as an expert witness in the defamation lawsuit brought against Alex Jones by the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim.