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CNID&S researchers Bonnie Tijerina and Emily Keller present the work of the Supporting Ethics in Data Research project at the Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2015 meeting: Big Data Ethics Support Systems and Ne... Read on CNIDecember 2015 -
Academic Article
Social Science Computer ReviewAbstract: Trauma-based interventions are common in mental health practice, and yet there is a gap in services because social media has created new ways of managing trauma. Practitioners identify treatments for traumatic experie... Read on Social Science Computer ReviewDecember 2015 -
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Data & SocietySha Hwang (@shashashasha) on building for the government in a time of precarity. Hwang discusses the ongoing work inside Nava as a way to open a conversation around the design of the government's digital services for the pub... Read moreDecember 2015 -
Longform
The New York TimesCan’t stop watching that new show on Netflix? Or perhaps the advent and marketing of T-Mobile’s “BingeOn” option has made you reflect on your Friday night rituals. D&S fellow Natasha Singer reports on the phenomenon known a... Read on The New York TimesDecember 2015 -
Longform
The AtlanticD&S artist in residence Ingrid Burrington shares impressions from a tour of Facebook's massive Altoona data center, and wonders about the extent to which Facebook might be creating an infrastructure to rival the internet it... Read on The AtlanticDecember 2015 -
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Data & SocietyPolitical actors around the world are beginning to use social bots—automated software programs designed to interact with and imitate human users–to manipulate public opinion. Social bots have been used across numerous online pl... Read moreDecember 2015 -
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MediumIt is well known that gang violence is a serious public health problem, particularly in Chicago, Illinois, where it has claimed over 400 murders and 2,674 shooting victims so far this year. What is less well known is that gang... Read on MediumDecember 2015 -
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hastacD&S researcher Monica Bulger participated in a Trust Challenge webinar dedicated to the digital rights of children. Read on hastacNovember 2015 -
blog post
WilneidaIn one of her "Digitized Brainstorms", D&S fellow Wilneida Negrón provokes readers to consider a new approach to education- one that considers the effects and outcomes that technology has on not only the world around us but... Read on WilneidaNovember 2015 -
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PointsSaiph Savage's “Activist Bots: Helpful But Missing Human Love?” is an output of a weeklong workshop at Data & Society that was led by “Provocateur-in-Residence” Sam Woolley and brought together a group of experts to get a b... Read on PointsNovember 2015