This February, Judith Möller was invited to give lectures on Filter Bubbles and Fringe Bubbles at both Kent State University and Michigan State University. In her lectures, she talked about the effects of algorithmic news curation on polarization and radicalization, and the idea of a spiral of noise leading to the emergence of fringe bubbles. …
At the beginning of February, several ICDS-members presented their latest research at “Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap”, the annual conference for communication science scholars in the Netherlands, Flanders and beyond, which was hosted by the Amsterdam School of Communication Research of the University of Amsterdam. Brahim Zarouali presented his research on the Algorithmic Media Content Awareness …
Last week, Jef Ausloos gave an invited tutorial at the ACM FAT* Conference in Barcelona. This conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. Jointly with Damian Clifford (ANU) and Laurens Naudts (KU Leuven), Jef presented his work on the concept of “fairness” in EU data protection law. …
This May, the 70th annual ICA Conference will be held in Gold Coast, Australia. With topics ranging from chatbots to deepfakes, our ICDS team will inform you about their latest research. What specific paper presentations to expect at ICA? See the complete list below: Constructing a deepfake to measure its effects on political attitudes. Metoui, …
On Thursday January 23rd, ICDS hosted a panel at CPDP 2020 in Brussels. The panel was titled “Algorithms and AI-driven technologies in the information society”, and included David Graus (Data Scientist), Ben Lyons (head of policy review at CDEI), Sille Søe (postdoc at University of Copenhagen) and Natali Helberger (professor at University of Amsterdam) as …