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Data & SocietyThis primer articulates emerging concerns and tensions coming to the fore as social media platforms overtake traditional media forms, becoming the main way that news and information of cultural, economic, social and political significance is being produced and disseminated. Read moreMay 2016 -
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Data & SocietyIn this background primer, D&S Research Analyst Laura Reed and D&S Founder danah boyd situate the current debate around the role of technology in the public sphere within a historical context. Read moreMay 2016 -
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SlateD&S Researcher Tim Hwang and Samuel Woolley consider the larger trend toward automated politics and the likely future sophistication of automated politics and potential impacts on the public sphere in the era of social medi... Read on SlateMarch 2016 -
Academic Article
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 -
Longform
SSIRAll around the world, media outlets are learning that some funders are uncomfortable with supporting journalism merely as a “public good.” They want to see proof of impact. In this article, D&S advisor Ethan Zuckerman an... Read on SSIRNovember 2015 -
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Data & SocietyIn this blog post, D&S fellow Mimi Onuoha discusses the motivations of those who contribute to crowdsourced journalism as a part of the forthcoming report "Guide to Crowdsourcing". Read on Data & SocietyOctober 2015 -
Academic Article
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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Data & SocietyThe public interest concept has traditionally been a central, multi-faceted, and highly contested guiding principle in the governance of media platforms that have played a significant role in the dissemination of news and infor... Read moreJuly 2015 -
Academic Article
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 -
Academic Article
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