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op-ed
NY Daily NewsFor the New York Daily News, Data & Society Media Manipulation Researcher Lead Joan Donovan and Research Analyst Brian Friedberg critique Facebook's stance on hate speech on their platform. "Through coordination and ex... Read on NY Daily NewsJuly 2018 -
blog post
Media Manipulation BlogHow can we trace the spread of disinformation by tracking metadata? Data & Society Research Affiliate Amelia Acker explains. "One way of more fully understanding the data craftwork of disinformation on social media platfor... Read on Media Manipulation BlogJuly 2018 -
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MediumIn 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, but convincing them to doub... Read on MediumJune 2018 -
report
Data & SocietyNew Data & Society ethnographic study illuminates conservative methods of fact-checking media; warns that search engines may facilitate disinformation Read moreMay 2018 -
Resource
Data & SocietyThis primer explores different types of data voids and how they can be exploited by those with ideological, economic, or political agendas. Read moreMay 2018 -
blog post
PointsIn this Points essay, Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Francesca Tripodi explains how communities might define media literacy differently from one another. "In that moment, I realized that this community of Evangelica... Read on PointsFebruary 2018 -
blog post
PointsThis is a transcript of Data & Society founder and president danah boyd's recent lightening talk at The People's Disruption: Platform Co-Ops for Global Challenges. "But as many of you know, power corrupts. And the same g... Read on PointsNovember 2017 -
MicD&S Media Manipulation Research Lead Joan Donovan talks about the role of large tech companies in curbing extremist activity online. Joan Donovan, a media manipulation research lead at the research institute Data & S... Read on MicAugust 2017
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blog post
PointsTarleton Gillespie critiques the opacity of Facebook’s content moderation policies, arguing that their process has become too complex and high-stakes to be left hidden from the public. Read on PointsMay 2017 -
video
DatabitesWhitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner share excerpts and discuss their book, The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online (Polity Press, April 2017). This book explores the weird and... Read moreMay 2017