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My latest article "Tracing Class and Capitalism in Critical AI Research," with co-authors Petter Ericson and Roel Dobbe, reveals that while race and gender are commonly discussed in Critical AI Studies, class and capitalism issues are less prevalent, confined to a niche subfield. This highlights the need for integrating political economy critiques into AI research to fully address its socio-economic, ecological, and political implications.
Read it here: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1464
Come work with us at DIGSUM! We are announcing a new post-doc position at Umeå University, starting September 2024. Join our "PastForward" project where we study the political uses of the past in digital discourses about futures. The focus is on social media analysis and digital/computational methods. Apply by May 7, 2024! See more details and how to apply here: https://www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/post-doc-past-forward
The Department of Sociology at Umeå University is looking for a postdoctoral fellow. The employee will be part of the NordForsk financed project "PastForward: The political uses of the past in digital discourses about Nordic futures".
We have an open position for a postdoc to come work with us at Umeå University to study how disinformation and misinformation are created and spread through digital platforms, and how they may affect public opinion and democratic processes.
A new book written by DIGSUM researchers Moa Eriksson Krutrök and Simon Lindgren, titled "Researching Digital Media and Society" was published last week. The book is the result of several years of research, workshops, and PhD courses at our centre, aimed at developing social science resear
I'm co-editing a special issue on (un)Stable Diffusions withJoanna Redden, Jonathan Roberge, and Luke Stark (names in alphabetical order) to be published in the open access Journal of Digital Social Research.
Please submit your abstracts here: https://forms.gle/hWQxvuRTWoFhVs3W6
Please submit an extended abstract (1000 words) by 1 August 2023.
Accepted full papers due 1 December 2023.
DIGSUM's Digital Sociology group is looking for a new PhD candidate. The position is fully funded and salaried for four years. The research will be in the area of public opinion dynamics, broadly defined. This includes the study of disinformation and misinformation, and also related phenomena such
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