3/16 Encoding Bias in Digital Culture — Grad Student Meeting
Watch:
- Cathy O’Neill, “The Truth About Algorithms,” RSA Short, Vimeo, 2018.
Read:
- Ruha Benjamin, “Introduction” and “Chapter 1” in Race After Technology
- Kari Paul, “Healthcare Algorithm Used Across America Has Dramatic Racial Biases.” The Guardian, 25 Oct. 2019.
- Tom Simonite, “When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks ‘Official.’ A Woman? ‘Smile.’” Wired, 19 Nov. 2020.
Optional: Even for Grad Students this week. But I do HIGHLY recommend the boyd and Crawford piece
- Danah boyd and Kate Crawford, “Critical Questions for Big Data” Information, Communication, & Society, vol. 15, no. 5, 2012, pp. 662-679.
- Eugenia Siapera and Paloma Viejo-Otero, “Governing Hate: Facebook and Digital Racism.” Television & New Media, vol. 22, no. 2, 2020, pp. 112-130.
Given the metadata exercise and the self-reflective nature of last week’s blog posts, you can skip commenting this week
3/18 Decoding Bias in Digital Culture – Everyone Meet Today
Read:
- Ruha Benjamin, “Chapter 2” and “Chapter 3” in Race After Technology
Optional (but highly recommended):
- Ruha Benjamin, “Chapter 5”
Metadata Remediation due by 11:59 pm – submit your final additions or edits by 10 am
Blog Post 8 due by 11:59 pm. You will reflect on the metadata remediation exercise. See the course blog for more details about the topic.
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