"Communication technologies increasingly mediate data exchanges rather than human communication. We propose the term data valences to describe the differences in expectations that people have for data across different social se... Read on International Journal of Communication

Excerpt: "Police-worn body cameras are coming. Support for them comes from stakeholders who often take opposing views. Law enforcement wants them, many politicians are pushing for them, and communities that already have a stron... Read on The Atlantic

"But as history tells us, camera evidence does not an indictment make." D&S advisor, Janet Vertesi discusses the difficulty with visual evidence in criminal indictments and the power of visual suggestibility. Offering ev... Read on TIME

Is it possible to openly share important raw data sets while preserving the privacy of individuals whose personal information is captured in the data in anonymized form? Numerous recent reports have suggested that it is often p... Read more

"This article examines the implications of electronic monitoring systems for organizational information flows and worker control, in the context of the U.S. trucking industry. Truckers, a spatially dispersed group of workers wi... Read on Taylor & Francis Online

"The accelerated age buries technological origin stories beneath endless piles of timestamped data. When people lose sight of these origin stories, they do a disservice to our technologies and to ourselves." In this essay Data ... Read on The Atlantic

Excerpt: "What’s more, metaphors matter because they shape laws and policies about data collection and use. As technology advances, law evolves (slowly, and somewhat clumsily) to accommodate new technologies and social norms ar... Read on The Atlantic

Data & Society affiliate Kate Crawford comments on a court case in which a law firm is using data from a plaintiff's Fitbit in support of her personal injury claim and explores the implications of elective self-tracking tec... Read on The Atlantic

This primer outlines the central role that data plays in both medicine and health insurance, and how it enables advances and creates new challenges. Read more

This primer examines networked technologies and analyzes how they are used for widespread workplace surveillance in a variety of employment sectors. Read more