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Longform
ProPublicaD&S affiliate Surya Mattu, with Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr., and Seongtaek Lim, continue the Black Box series. Depending on what data they are trained on, machines can “learn” to be biased. That’s what happened in the f... Read on ProPublicaOctober 2016 -
Longform
ProPublicaJulia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr., and D&S affiliate Surya Mattu explore what Facebook knows about its users. We built a tool that works with the Chrome Web browser that lets you see what Facebook says it knows about you — yo... Read on ProPublicaSeptember 2016 -
report
Data & Society"The Wisdom of the Captured" analyzes how widely captured data of technologies, which enable these technologies to make intelligent decisions, may negatively impact users. Read moreSeptember 2016 -
Academic Article
International Journal of CommunicationD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat and Luke Stark published a case study of Uber drivers and highlight the information and power asymmetries produced by the Uber application. Abstract is below. Uber manages a large, disaggregat... Read on International Journal of CommunicationJuly 2016 -
Academic Article
Taylor & Francis OnlineD&S advisor Tarleton Gillespie writes "Algorithmically recognizable: Santorum’s Google problem, and Google’s Santorum problem". Abstract is below: Because information algorithms make judgments that can have powerful conseq... Read on Taylor & Francis OnlineJuly 2016 -
op-ed
The New York TimesD&S Researcher Robyn Caplan considers whether Facebook is saving journalism or ruining it: The question of whether Facebook is saving or ruining journalism is not relevant here because, like it or not, Facebook is a media ... Read on The New York TimesMay 2016 -
Resource
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 -
Resource
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 -
blog post
CultureDigitally.orgD&S Advisor Tarleton Gillespie responds to Gizmodo's recent piece alleging bias in Facebook's Trending Topics list. He argues that information algorithms like the ones used to identify “trends” on Facebook do not work alone... Read on CultureDigitally.orgMay 2016 -
op-ed
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