“never use the word ‘data’!”
Ah, the 1980s. When we were being trained to remove “data” from our lexicon in interpretive sociology. I’m wondering if this would be a good article..
Netflix, imagined affordances, and the illusion of control
Netflix is not simply a mediator of the experience on its platform, but a mediator of the experience of the self. Read our forthcoming article on Netflix, imagined affordances, and the illusion of control
what’s the trolley problem got to do with it? Ethics as Method
In the special issue of Social Media + Society, authors re-envision frameworks for ethics in the 21st century, focusing on ethics as method and methods as ethic.
Of methods and mindset, or toward a theory of impact
I’m working on building my vocabulary for why and how it matters that we reflect on our mindset, our methods, and most importantly, our reason for doing social research in the first place. This exercise/essay is part of a larger set of writing projects.
OKCupid data release fiasco: It’s time to rethink ethics education
The mid-2016 case of the OKCupid data release provides an opportunity for educators to revisit pedagogical approaches and to confront data ethics problems head on. It’s a call to rethink and revise outdated and generalized top down requirements, forms with checklists, and standardized (and therefore seemingly irrelevant) training and to shift to more proactive models for research integrity.
agency and algorithmic identity: thinking aloud…
Whether or not there is intention or motive in the response of Google Search as I type in the URL search bar, there is agential force. If we want to understand algorithmic identity, these interactional instances are usefully reconstructed as utterances.