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Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.

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Supporting Ethical Data Research: An Exploratory Study of Emerging Issues in Big Data and Technical Research

Sep 19, 2016, danah boyd, Emily F. Keller, Bonnie Tijerina

In the era of big data, how do researchers ethically collect, analyze, and store data? danah boyd, Emily F. Keller, and Bonnie Tijerina explore this question and examine issues...

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What Customer Data Collection Could Mean for Workers

Aug 31, 2016, Solon Barocas, Karen Levy

D&S affiliate Solon Barocas and D&S fellow Karen Levy examine a concept called refractive surveillance, which is when surveillance of one group impacts another. Debates about consumer privacy have...

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When Media Companies Insist They’re Not Media Companies and Why It Matters for Communications Policy

Aug 15, 2016, Philip M. Napoli, Robyn Caplan

D&S researcher Robyn Caplan co-wrote a paper analyzing how many large well-known companies, such as Buzzfeed and Facebook, argue against being categorized as media companies. However, Caplan and co-writer...

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