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report | 09.18.18

Alternative Influence

Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube
Rebecca Lewis

Alternative Influence by Rebecca Lewis identifies an alternative media system on YouTube that adopts the techniques of brand influencers to build audiences and “sell” them political ideology.

event | 09.19.18

Databite No. 113: Sarah Kessler

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The Oxygen of Amplification

Whitney Phillips

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Short Reads   

06.21.18

Grappling with the Weirdness of Advertising

Caroline Jack

For Points, Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Caroline Jack reviews the history of advertising imaginaries. “The question of what protections ads themselves deserve, and to what degree people deserve...
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06.20.18

The Messy Fourth Estate

danah boyd

In this Medium post, Founder and President danah boyd reflects on the current state of journalism and offers next steps. “Contemporary propaganda isn’t about convincing someone to believe something,...
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06.19.18

AI in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Claudia Haupt

How will the introduction of AI into the field of medicine affect the doctor-patient relationship? Data & Society Fellow Claudia Haupt identifies some legal questions we should be asking....
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Data & Society's speaker series – Databites – is geared toward engaging our network and the broader public on unresolved questions and timely topics of interest to the D&S community.

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Databite No. 114: Mike Ananny and Tarleton Gillespie in conversation with Kate Klonick

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