Dr. Jaime Lee Kirtz speaks at this panel: Wondering how to make sense of this historic American presidential election? You’re not alone. Join us for a panel featuring historians, political scientists, and media experts as they weigh in on the significance of the 2020 election for the United States, Canada, and the world. Panelists will […]
Understanding & Combating Online Manipulation: Setting an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda Public concern is coalescing around the problem of online influence—especially, the ability of data collectors to use information about individuals to influence their decision-making and shape their behaviors. Once confined to the realm of commercial advertising, post 2016, these worries have extended to the political […]
Due to the unprecedented circumstances generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 12th Canadian Science Policy Conference, CSPC 2020, will be held completely online! The conference will be held virtually through the […]
Black and Indigenous Bodies: Resistance and Surveillance If you are interested in joining the reading group, contact Dr. Karrmen Crey at kcrey@sfu.ca with a very brief (one or two sentence) explanation of […]
Ganaele will be presenting on Research Persona methods
Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition Originally planned for March 2020, but canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, UCI Critical Theory is proud to now present this […]
The Centre for International Governance Innovations's Global Platform Governance Network and the McGill Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy are pleased to invite you to a special virtual round table discussion on […]
Black and Indigenous Bodies: Resistance and Surveillance Led by Karrmen Crey and Adjua Akinwumi. If you are interested in joining the reading group, contact Dr. Karrmen Crey at kcrey@sfu.ca with a very brief (one or […]
Wendy is being interviewed for the Meeting Street Podcast, Two episodes have been published thus far and the podcast presents a wonderful opportunity for Wendy to talk about the work […]
Panel 106 - Literary Intelligence, Artificial Learning: Language, Media, and Machines AI is changing the way we inhabit the world, but we cannot understand how without exploring the intersection of […]
Panel 294 - Data Privacy Now: A Public Conversation about Private Information During the COVID-19 global pandemic, institutions have turned to technology-driven solutions to alleviate public health risk. From the classroom […]
Maite Taboada is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at SFU. Her research combines discourse analysis and computational linguistics, with an emphasis on discourse relations and sentiment analysis. Current work […]