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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 -
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DatabitesMari Bastashevski delves into the concepts of fear, anxiety, and paranoia and how these feelings shape our relationship with data-driven technologies. Bastashevski’s research and art practice share overlapping themes dealing wi... Read moreJune 2018 -
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Data & SocietyNew Data & Society ethnographic study illuminates conservative methods of fact-checking media; warns that search engines may facilitate disinformation Read moreMay 2018 -
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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 -
Academic Article
Feminist Media StudiesAlice Marwick and Robyn Caplan identify the networked elements of online harassment. Read on Feminist Media StudiesMarch 2018 -
op-ed
SlateData & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf co-authored an op-ed in Slate discussing how giving researchers more access to Facebook users' data could prevent unethical data mining. "This case raises numerous complicated ethica... Read on SlateMarch 2018 -
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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 -
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PointsTarleton Gillespie discusses Logan Paul, YouTube, and what we should expect from social media platforms. Read on PointsJanuary 2018 -
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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 -
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Pointsdanah boyd's remarks from her keynote at the 2017 Strata Data Conference in New York City explore media manipulation, data security, and system vulnerabilities. Read on PointsOctober 2017