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Academic Article
InterfaceD&S advisor Janet Vertesi essays her presentation from Theorizing the Web 2014: The past five years have seen the rise and expansion of a new infrastructural layer to the Internet. Inspired by the unprecedented success of ... Read on InterfaceAugust 2015 -
Academic Article
GeoJournalD&S Affiliate Kate Crawford writes about the use of social media platforms and mobile phone data to mine and produce accounts of how people are responding in the aftermath of crisis events. She considers the limitations of ... Read on GeoJournalAugust 2015 -
video
Data & SocietyAccess is an international organization that extends and defends the digital rights of users at risk around the world. In this Databite, Peter Micek and Deji Olukotun examine the increasing trend of Internet shutdowns worldwide... Read moreJune 2015 -
op-ed
Fast CompanyAfter his Facebook account was hacked, D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston saw the other side of allowing social media giants to access other websites, apps, and services. After sharing his take-aways from the experience you mig... Read on Fast CompanyApril 2015 -
Longform
The AtlanticData & 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 AtlanticNovember 2014 -
Academic Article
Sage JournalsAbstract: While much attention is given to young people’s online privacy practices on sites like Facebook, current theories of privacy fail to account for the ways in which social media alter practices of information-sharing an... Read on Sage JournalsJuly 2014 -
op-ed
TIMEIn this op-ed, Data & Society advisor Janet Vertesi argues that opting out of personal data collection is not a simple or straightforward way to have privacy from marketers and technology companies. To demonstrate the high ... Read on TIMEMay 2014