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Social Media + SocietyThe Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy Read on Social Media + SocietyJune 2020 -
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Big Data & SocietyHow do algorithms & data-driven tech induce similarity across an industry? Data & Society Researcher Robyn Caplan and Founder & President danah boyd trace Facebook's impact on news media organizations and journalist... Read on Big Data & SocietyFebruary 2018 -
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First MondayPhilip Napoli and D&S researcher Robyn Caplan write on why companies like Google and Facebook insist that they are merely tech companies with no media impact, and why they are wrong for First Monday. Abstract is below: A c... Read on First MondayMay 2017 -
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SSRNWhen Media Companies Insist They’re Not Media Companies and Why It Matters for Communications PolicyD&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 Philip M. Napoli a... Read on SSRNAugust 2016 -
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Sur le journalismeAbstract: What kinds of articles are read most often on news websites? In web newsrooms, journalists now have access to software programs that allow them to track the preferences of their readers in real time. Based on this ... Read on Sur le journalismeNovember 2015 -
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Social Media + SocietyAbstract: In this essay, we reconstruct a keyword for communication—affordance. Affordance, adopted from ecological psychology, is now widely used in technology studies, yet the term lacks a clear definition. This is especially... Read on Social Media + SocietySeptember 2015 -
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Taylor & Francis OnlineIn this Journal of Children and Media article, D&S researcher Monica Bulger seeks to address the dynamics of information evaluation among youth, investigating the attitudes of youth (aged 11–18) toward information credibili... Read on Taylor & Francis OnlineJuly 2015 -
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Sage Journals"Social media platforms don’t just guide, distort, and facilitate social activity, they also delete some of it. They don’t just link users together, they also suspend them. They don’t just circulate our images and posts, they a... Read on Sage JournalsMay 2015