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Weizenbaum-Institut

How do recommendation algorithms shape science content on social media? Weizenbaum scholars Clarissa Walter & Sascha Friesike have investigated this question in a two-year ethnography at a German Public Broadcast Service.

Read their paper via JCom: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JC

JCOM - Journal of Science Communication · Behind the Screens: How Algorithmic Imaginaries Shape Science Content on Social MediaBased on an ethnography of the development and production of science YouTube videos – a collaboration between a German public broadcaster and social science scholars – we identify three intermediary steps through which recommendation algorithms shape science content on social media. We argue that algorithms induce
#research#mediastudies#socialscience
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RESPOND_EU

🤝 SPOTLIGHT ON OUR PARTNER!

⚖️ GTI is a #Hungary -based think tank dedicated to researching corruption, collusion, and public procurement inefficiencies.

🔍 In #RESPOND, GTI contributes its expertise in big data, econometrics and qualitative methods to analyze public spending and help build a new repository for stakeholders.

🔗 INFO : eu-respond.eu/partner/

respondPartners - respondThe RESPOND consortium consists of 14 partners and 3 affiliated entities from 12 countries across Europe. Its structure is built on principles of excellence, transnationality, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. Consortium members have been carefully selected to ensure complementary coverage of the necessary areas, minimizing overlap and leveraging their expertise, as well as their previous or ongoing […]
#HorizonEurope#Democracy#DigitalSociety
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Monika Barget

Not a real #FASoS town hall meeting --- but still a topic related to real-world challenges in Dutch #highereducation: Students of our BA #DigitalSociety at Maastricht University presented an academic role-play on cryptocurrency donations as a means to back up university finances this morning and also created an invitation poster that participants could use to take notes.

Fictitious poster inviting members of Maastricht University to discuss the future of cryptocurrency donations
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Dr Pen

The map shows very clearly the scale of the industry of universities. Yes Walmart is massive but the amount of states/area covered by universities as lead employer is vast. When we think about edtech, and now AI apps sold as standard process for 'digital transformation', we can visualise the billions of dollars generated by this sales pitch. It just prints mountains of money.

A map by Quirky showing the largest employer across states of America. Walmart leads by far (21), but universities are a very significant number too (8).
#edtech#digitalsociety#academicchatter
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Dr Pen

The ever increasing pace at which we decide to

a) go dark in the tech stratosphere
b) have an alter-ego in it
c) join the cyber revolution in one or other of those capacities

All will be eaten by nanobot-liberalism. What you do will define you.

#digitalsociety
#Datasociety
#CyberRevolution
#ai
#academia
#academicchatter

gizmodo.com/encyclopedia-brita

Gizmodo · Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI CompanyThe 200 year-old company may soon go public on the back of AI-powered education products.
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Stefano Marinelli

In recent days, I’ve observed and talked to some people.

Some responses made me reflect: "I tried Mastodon, but I didn’t know whom to follow. No system gave me targeted suggestions, and I felt lost and abandoned it."

"Purchases? Mostly online. Sometimes I don’t know what to buy, and targeted advertising suggestions help me."

"I get my information online, especially from social media. I receive all the news that interests me, while official sites are full of things I have no interest in."

One of the problems in today’s society is that people, bombarded by the sheer amount of information available, feel lost. Algorithms help them choose, decide, and orient themselves, but the issue is that if these algorithms are not calibrated positively but solely in an interested manner, the result is to produce individuals incapable of making informed decisions, conditioned exclusively by what is suggested, stated, and amplified.

It’s as if, after years of guided information, many people believe they are always right (the "famous" bubble), feel entitled to everything (advertisements), and perceive the world as hostile (conspiracy theories, etc.).

Artificial intelligence has now become another example of this system: I know people who can no longer do anything without it. They try to impose me (incorrect) IT sysadmin solutions me because "the AI said so."

At this rate, I fear the most atrophied part of our body will be our brains.

#Mastodon#SocialMedia#InformationOverload
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Dr Pen

Very interesting collection of papers, some on AI, creativity, copyright, pedagogy and more. Particularly interesting is Creative Artificial Agents, Neuroenhancement, and Epistemic Rights, *Tubera & Dacela. Asks very pertinent questions.*
Worth checking this and other articles.

#ai #genai #knowledgeweb #digitalsociety #datasociety #academicchatter

Conf page: 16thdlsuartscongress.com/17th-

Paper: 16thdlsuartscongress.com/wp-co

Homepage of the DLSU Arts conference proceedings, listing multiple articles.
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Dr Pen

Our conference paper from last year has been included in AMPS 2023 proceedings and published. Its also up for inclusion in a further book 🙂

#academicchatter #urbanism #cities #digitalsociety

Lister, P., & Norris, T. (2024). Finding Our Place - People and Things in Urban Citizen Belonging. In Proceedings of Teaching Beyond the Curriculum, Focus on Pedagogy 2023, Series 36 (1), pp. 277-287. ISSN 2398-9467. amps-research.com/wp-content/u

Details of paper Finding Our Place - People and Things in Urban Citizen Belonging, AMPS proceedings 2023
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Daniele de Rigo

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On #ethics in #DigitalSociety and #TechnologyMediatedCommunication
▸a subtle feedback loop exists between culture and technology - as tersely noted by @jxself

mastodon.social/@jxself/112651

▸Updated draft (#W3C Group Draft Note: w3.org/standards/history/ethic ) on "Ethical web principles" [4]:

"The web should be a platform that helps people and provides a positive social benefit.
As we continue to evolve the web platform, we must therefore consider the consequences of our work"

@hadleybeeman @torgo

MastodonJason Self (@jxself@mastodon.social)Thinking about how technology shapes our culture and vice versa. It's fascinating how tech not only reflects but also influences societal trends and values. #TechCulture #DigitalSociety
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Dr Pen

The remarkable march of Big Tech on our rights as citizens, and customers of their products. In this case, surrender all content to our 'moderation' - including the (very likely) use of all content for AI training data.

"The user agreement also leaves open the possibility to train AI using user-generated content, saying they can use the content they retrieve to *“improve our Services and Software“."*

#ai #enshittification #digitalsociety #academicchatter

nichegamer.com/photoshop-terms

Niche Gamer · Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’Photoshop's newest terms of service has users agree to allow Adobe access to their active projects for the purposes of "content moderation" and other various reasons. This has caused concern among…
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Emmie Hine

We've gotten some fantastic paper submissions already in Springer Nature Group Digital Society's Topical Collection on #ExtendedReality, and if you want yours to be among them, now you have a little more time! "The Situated Metaverse: Cross-Cultural Philosophical and Practical Implications of Extended Reality" will now be open for submissions until 31 July.

#CFP #DigitalSociety #metaverse #VirtualReality #VR #XR

link.springer.com/collections/

SpringerLinkThe Situated Metaverse: Cross-Cultural Philosophical and Practical Implications of Extended RealityExtended reality (XR) is growing in importance worldwide. From augmented reality (AR) games to virtual reality (VR) surgery to the “metaverse,” the technology ...
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Dr Pen

Yesterday I made a HN account so I can comment on posts but I'm not telling you who I am because pseudonymity/anonymity is important and we don't always need or want full identity disclosure in order to take part in conversation online. Being anonymous is not synonymous with being an unpleasant w*nker to other people. It is a right of privacy on the Internet.

#privacy#socialmedia#digitalsociety
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