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SUMMARY:DDI Summer Speaker Series - Dr. Esther Weltevrede
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Esther Weltevrede\, 7th August from 12:30- 1:30pm PST \n\n\n\n\nEsther Weltevrede is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture in the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. Her research explores the various research affordances of digital media\, with a specific interest in conceptual and methodological innovations in the study of mobile apps and the market for social media engagements. She co-authored Algorithmic Authenticity (Meson Press\, 2023). Her work has been published in highly-ranked peer-reviewed journals\, including Theory\, Culture & Society\, Journal of Cultural Economy\, Social Media + Society\, New Media & Society\, Computational Culture\, and Big Data & Society. She is a founding member of the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) and the App Studies Initiative (ASI)\, and a member of the Beyond Verification (BV) research group and Public Data Lab (PDL). She received a research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for her project on Apps and Data Infrastructures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Please email: ddi_comms@sfu.ca for the zoom link.
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SUMMARY:DDI Summer Speaker Series - Dr. Eric Borra
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Eric Borra\, 8th August from 12:30- 1:30pm PST \nDr. Erik Borra is Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam\, where he specializes in the intersecting fields of Artificial Intelligence\, Platform Studies\, and Journalism. He previously served as the Technical Director at the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI)\, one of Europe’s leading schools for internet studies\, where he was also a founding member. At the institute\, he helped design and implement tools to gather\, analyze and visualize web data\, such as the Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset (DMI-TCAT)\, Contropedia\, Political Search Trends\, and the Lippmannian Device. \n  \nThe lecture explores the potential uses\, ramifications\, and ethical concerns surrounding the use of large language models (LLMs) in digital research via the lens of media studies. It periodizes the understanding of LLMs into foundation models\, instruction-tuned models\, and agents\, and discusses the research outlooks for each. The lecture emphasizes the importance of understanding LLMs as media and discusses how their capabilities and affordances have a direct impact on research methodologies and outcomes\, as well as the gradual shift in agency from human researchers to models. To mitigate the challenges associated with using LLMs in research\, such as accessibility\, platform volatility\, replicability\, and explainability\, the lecture proposes strategies for leveraging LLMs while preserving research integrity and agency. These tactics include making LLMs locally accessible\, leveraging research interfaces like Prompt Compass\, integrating LLMs into current methodologies and toolsets\, and recognizing the materiality of LLMs when employing them in digital research. The lecture thus provides insights into the evolving landscape of LLMs and their impact on digital research\, offering a critical perspective on the opportunities and challenges associated with using these powerful tools.
URL:https://digitaldemocracies.org/calendar/ddi-summer-speaker-series-dr-eric-borra/
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