Angèle Christin and Joseph Torres analyze racial divisions in media-making and its interplay with data-centric technologies. Read more

The Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy Read on Social Media + Society

Researcher Robyn Caplan explains why COVID-19 has created a problem of content mediation, rather than moderation, on social media platforms. Read on Brookings Institute

"Data Voids" demonstrates how manipulators expose people to problematic content by exploiting search-engine results. Read more

A short video explainer on YouTube's algorithm, created in partnership with PBS's KQED Above the Noise series. Read on KQED

A transcript of danah boyd's talk at the Digital Public Library of America conference. Read on Points

On February 23, 2019, danah boyd gave a talk at the Knight Media Forum; this text is the written version of her talk. Read on Points

Technologist and digital media scholar An Xiao Mina provides a global exploration of internet memes as agents of pop culture, politics, protest, and propaganda on- and offline. Based on her new book, Memes to Movements: How the... Read more

Robyn Caplan participates in a panel on automated content moderation. Read on Council on Foreign Relations

New report by Robyn Caplan illustrates the organizational contexts of three types of content moderation strategies by drawing from interviews with 10 major digital platforms. Read more