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Beyond ‘The Algorithm’: Fields, Drama, and Extreme Content Among Vegan Influencers

Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305, La Jolla, CA, United States

Abstract: Existing research on polarization on social media platforms emphasizes the role of algorithmic "filter bubbles" and platform failure in amplifying extreme attitudes among online audiences. This article provides a different approach by focusing on online creators rather than audiences. Christin adapts field theory to examine the dynamics structuring exchanges between social media influencers, which […]

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Just Opt Out? Lessons Learned From a Decade of Evasion

Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305, La Jolla, CA, United States

Abstract: With the rise of techlash, an increasing number of users wish they could just say no to data tracking, surveillance capitalism, and the socially divisive effects of creepy technologies in our daily lives. But can we truly walk away from these systems? And what do we learn when we do? In this talk, Vertesi tells […]

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The Interplay of Technology, Ethics, and Policy

Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305, La Jolla, CA, United States

Abstract: Technology is often designed and deployed without critical reflection of the values that it embodies. Value trade-offs—between security and privacy, free speech and dignity, autonomy and human agency, and different conceptions of fairness—abound in many technologies that are now achieving great scale in commonly used tech platforms. The decisions made by the people inside […]