Fenwick McKelvey studies algorithmic media – the intensification of software within communication infrastructure – through cases such as advanced Internet traffic management software and political campaign management software. His approach contributes to communication studies by demonstrating the opportunities to integrate software studies into the field while raising questions about the imbrication of software and communication. […]
Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication invites you to the 12th annual Attallah Lecture, on Thursday, September 16th at 3:30pm PST. This year’s speaker is Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Chun’s research draws from the humanities and social sciences to address questions […]
"Prolegomena to Antifascist Data Science: theory, praxis, but mostly pizza." In this talk Giulio is going to try and sketch how it may be possible to do data science in a way that is rooted in antifascist thinking and practice. He will try to do that by reflecting upon two intense years of research and […]
In this President's Faculty Lecture, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (SFU's Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media) will discuss themes from her forthcoming book Discriminating Data about how big data and predictive machine learning currently encode discrimination and create agitated clusters of comforting rage (MIT Press). The lecture is free with registration, which you can sign up for here. This […]
Join Grace Kyungwon Hong (UCLA), Lisa Nakamura (UMich) and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (SFU) for a discussion on anti-Asian sentiment before Covid-19. As many media accounts have recounted, Stop AAPI Hate reported that anti-Asian violence soared during the first wave of the 2020 COVID19 pandemic. From mid-March 2020 to the end of February 2021, 3,795 […]
Democracy’s Digital Dilemma Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun's upcoming book, Discriminating Data, delves into how social media platforms are designed to make us hate one another across political, racial, and […]
Nobel Conference 57 - Big Data REvolution Wendy presents at the Nobel Conference on Beyond Verification. How do we reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation? What makes any piece […]
1-2.30pm EST / 10-11.30am PST Register here for the launch event for this highly anticipated event. News websites have financial incentives to spread disinformation, in order to increase their online […]
Zack McCune presents 'Conflict, Consensus, and Creativity: Wikipedia at 20'. Zack McCune is Director of Brand at the Wikimedia Foundation. He draws on a background in sociology and creative marketing. […]
Wendy will be taking part in a panel discussion based on visual artist Ben Grosser's show Software For Less, which you can see more about here. The event will aim […]
Wendy will be giving the keynote address at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies 'Critical Borders: Radical (Re)visions of […]
Iginio Gagliardone is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Associate Research Fellow in New Media and Human Rights in the Programme […]