digital methods for internet policy and politics
By Scott DeJong COVID-19 information is often described as an “infodemic” -- a tidal wave of news good and bad. Political cartoonist Graeme Mackay played with this metaphor in his political cartoon from 11 March 2020 (Figure 1)*. The cartoon … [Continue reading]
Speaker: Dr. Sun-ha Hong Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT Dr. Sun-ha Hong presents their new book, Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society. This event is part of the Fall Lunch Seminar Series on AI … [Continue reading]
Speaker: Dr. Christian Katzenbach A leading global scholar on platform and AI governance, Dr. Katzenbach introduces a framework for the contested, informal governances of AI. This event is part of the Fall Lunch Seminar Series on AI Governance … [Continue reading]
The team of the Algorithmic Media Observatory is excited to announce a series of four talks during the 2020 fall term. We invite everyone to join us in discussion with these fantastic speakers: Christian Katzenbach Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at … [Continue reading]
By Saskia Kowalchuk Lately, Canadian political memes on all sides have been focused on systemic racism. Since global protests supporting Black Lives Matter began, we observed a shift away from pandemic-related content to posts discussing systemic … [Continue reading]
