AssistantProfessor@ILLC/MediaStudies (Univ.of Amsterdam)
#critical#data#algorithms#networks#platforms#socialmovements#meaning#complexity#random
NOT TOO CEREAL
Wanna know what really happened at @UvA_Amsterdam this week? Read this account from faculty members who were there. And yes we have receipts for all of this.
#justpublished This explores the impact of different watch strategies on YouTube's preference for conspiracy videos, following the idea that, in order to study personalization, one must really study personalization (with Roan Schellingerhout and Maarten Marx) #algorithms#youtube
ONLINE FIRST+OPEN ACCESS! Schellingerhout, @david_berra and Marx explore in this study the potential pernicious nature of YouTube's recommendation system and its preference for conspiracy-classified videos based on personalized watch strategies.
➡️https://t.co/3AFF0dwN9n
Excited to present 2 @trackingexposed papers at #AoIR2023 w/ @aizaimm, @Salv_Romano, & @david_berra: "The Impact of TikTok Policies on Information Flows during Times of War" & a TikTok observatory tool on "Cross-National Content Prioritization & Platform Mediated Proximities" :)
Join the demonstration TOMORROW to raise your voice against the treatment of teachers as disposable employees 📢 📍 REC, 17:00
Explainer: why we are organizing the demonstration (1/4) 🧵
1 year since our marking strike, our colleagues are still being replaced. Casual UvA is organizing a demonstration as a first expression of our continuing frustrations. This demonstration is for those who are unfamiliar with our struggle and who wish to learn. See you all there!
And, yet again, the most acute, deep, thought-provoking sociopolitical critique of our times comes from... #SouthPark#ChatGPT#BigTech https://t.co/7AKkPAtppx
https://t.co/my0wQRgVSi just advertised to me a 4 million euros house and nirvana t-shirt in the same page. We sure live in the surveillance society, but maybe they are not as smart as we think 🤔
Insightful and entertaining event put together by @GianmarcoCrist at Spui25 on the #platformization in the EU - and the Amsterdam way to study it (too many speakers to tag...)
📢Looking back at our #DigitalEconomy Symposium of Dec 2022 - exploring the frontiers of #research on #sharing, #platforms and #regulation
📺Watch all recorded talks: https://t.co/0dWquVCbBx
📄Read the conference report here: https://t.co/qGDRd6lGkm
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@favstats Well, not sure if they be willing to pay (wouldn't be that bad), but willing to make a fuzz for violating ToS of a platform that does not even provide APIs...that seems like a realistic possibility.