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Dannah Dennis, program officer for the Data Fluencies program, examines how college students use hyperlocal anonymous platforms through her research on Yik Yak’s Bucknell University community.
ABSTRACT This field review provides a critical history and overview of the two most popular for-profit meditation apps, Calm and Headspace, which have seen a dramatic uptick in downloads in […]
Julián Posada is a sociologist and information scientist whose work lies at the intersection of labor, technology, and inequality. He focuses on labor rights and community justice in technology development. […]
Dannah Dennis is an anthropologist who studies formations of personal, political, and gendered subjectivities, with a particular focus on social media. Much of her research has been centered in Nepal […]
Edward Ongweso Jr. is the finance editor at Logic(s) magazine and the cohost of This Machine Kills, a podcast on the political economy of technological innovation. His work has appeared […]
Romi Ron Morrison is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and educator. Their work investigates the personal, political, ideological, and spatial boundaries of race, gender, and social infrastructure within digital technologies. Using […]
In this interview with Lorena Regattieri, Program Director Catalina Vallejo and Program Assistant Eliana Blam ask the researcher and activist about her work on environmental activism and the political economy of digital infrastructures in Brazil.
Lori Regattieri is a strategic foresight leader with proven record experience of successful projects in social policy, philanthropy, and sustainable tech. They are a movement builder, organizer, and digital strategist […]
As the Founder and Chief Good Troublemaker at Backbone Digital Leaders, Matthews has worked with history-making political candidates and organizations like Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight and Michelle Obama’s When We […]
Through her experience as an educator and Amazon delivery driver, Adrienne Williams has witnessed first-hand the technological harm inflicted on both students and workers. These experiences catalyzed her to begin […]
Fernanda R. Rosa, PhD, is an assistant professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech, based on Tutelo and Monacan lands. Her current work is focused on internet governance […]