Author Archive

Visiting Scholar Yong Jin Park and coauthor Jeong Nam Kim argue that debunking the false logic of “the more data, the better AI personalization” is the first step toward understanding where how to approach data protection regulation.

Assembly Fellow Joe Bak-Coleman digs into the idea of Twitter as a “collective, cybernetic super-intelligence.”

In her new book Anthem of Misogyny, Visiting Scholar Ibtissam Bouachrine brings misogyny, including violent online content, to the center of debates about women in North Africa and the Middle East.

In a study with coauthors Imani Munyaka and Eszter Hargittai, Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles finds that older adults who are cynical about media “continue to read and share news they distrust.”

Visiting scholar Yong Jin Park and colleagues argue that inequalities relating to digital assistants are both material and socio-cultural.

RSM Assembly Fellow Joe Bak-Coleman and colleagues develop and test a theoretical framework for understanding “the wisdom of the crowd” in polarized groups.

“Treat social media companies as potential polluters of the social fabric, and directly measure and mitigate the effects their choices have on human populations,” argue Assembly Fellow Nathaniel Lubin and coauthor Thomas Krendl Gilbert.

Through digital ethnography, Visiting Scholar Jabari Evans explores outcomes of a hip-hop-based education program that aims to open music-related career pathways for Chicago youth.

Visiting scholar Jabari Evans and coauthor Nancy K. Baym explore and learn from the unique digital and cultural practices of Chicago’s hip-hop scene.

Visiting scholar Jabari Evans engages Dr. Andre Brock in a conversation on Black Cyberculture for the seventh episode of his podcast, “Uncommon Naledge.”