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blog post
PointsBecca Lewis writes about media manipulation outside of the far-right and explains why the term "alt-left" is an example of false equivalence. Read on PointsJuly 2017 -
podcast
video
DatabitesAlice Marwick presents the major findings from her recently published report, Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Her talk describes how disinformation campaigns occur following major news events and explains how the ... Read moreJune 2017 -
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 -
report
Data & Society"Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online" delves into how various internet subcultures leverage both the techniques of participatory culture and the affordances of social media to spread their various beliefs. Read moreMay 2017 -
op-ed
ForvmJack Flynn and Data & Society Research Analyst Kinjal Dave examine the role of the Koch brothers at Villanova. "In order to preserve academic freedom and integrity on campus, the university must introduce substantive measu... Read on ForvmMay 2017 -
Academic Article
First MondayPhilip Napoli and D&S researcher Robyn Caplan write on why companies like Google and Facebook insist that they are merely tech companies with no media impact, and why they are wrong for First Monday. Abstract is below: A c... Read on First MondayMay 2017 -
Longform
American Press InstituteD&S researcher Mary Madden was interviewed by the American Press Institute about Madden's recent Knight Foundation-supported report, "How Youth Navigate the News Landscape." However, one of my favorite quotes was from a pa... Read on American Press InstituteApril 2017 -
podcast
video
Data & SocietySorbonne University, New York University’s Department of Media, Culture and Communication, and Data & Society Research Institute present “Post-Truth and New Realities: Algorithms, Alternative Facts, and Digital Ethics," a t... Read moreApril 2017 -
blog post
Pointsdanah boyd reflects on "fake news", problematic solutionism, and America's culture and information wars. Read on PointsMarch 2017