Social & Cultural Studies

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Morgan Ames

Assistant Professor of Practice
Alumni (MIMS 2006)

Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science

Jenna Burrell

Adjunct Professor

how systematically excluded communities adapt technology, algorithmic fairness and transparency, human control over algorithms, ethnography

Coye Cheshire

Professor

Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange

Recent Publications

When BCIs have APIs: Design Fictions of Everyday Brain-Computer Interface Adoption

Jun 13, 2018

Thinking Relationally About Digital Inequality in Rural America

Jun 4, 2018

Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory

May 11, 2018

Eliciting Values Reflections by Engaging Privacy Futures Using Design Workbooks

Nov 30, 2017

Information and Society

Mar 2, 2017

'Connected Learning’ and the Equity Agenda: A Microsociology of Minecraft Play

Feb 1, 2017

These Aren't the Autonomous Drones You're Looking for: Investigating Privacy Concerns Through Concept Videos

Dec 5, 2016

Philosophy of Computational Social Science

Oct 1, 2016

When a Product Is Still Fictional: Anticipating and Speculating Futures through Concept Videos

Jun 6, 2016

We analyze the concept videos of Google Glass and Microsoft Hololens, viewing them as design fictions that project a vision about the future of computing. Analyzing these videos along with media articles during the time period after the products were announced but before they were available to the public, we begin to see how people use the videos to imagine different types of futures - including imagining different implications that these technologies might have on privacy.

robots.txt: An Ethnographic Investigation of Automated Software Agents in User-Generated Content Platforms

Dec 15, 2015

Social & Cultural Studies news

I School Ph.D. Students Honored with NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Apr 18, 2022

Two I School Ph.D. students, Liza Gak and Seyi Olojo, have been offered the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award. Ph.D. student Tonya Nguyen received an honorable mention.

Andrew Reddie Weighs In on Belarusian Cyber Attacks in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine Situation.

Jan 25, 2022

Coye Cheshire Discusses Social Norms Around 24/7 Digital Availability with the BBC

Feb 8, 2022

Is There a Tech Cold War with China? Shazeda Ahmed Says No, Elaborates

Nov 13, 2021

Morgan Ames on the “Tech-Lash” Phenomenon

Aug 20, 2021

New Elective Examines Antiracism in Technology

Aug 17, 2021

The School of Information is offering a new class this semester, Antiracism in Technology, open to all I School students.

Coye Cheshire on How the Gamification of the Stock Market Can Hurt Inexperienced Traders

Feb 1, 2021

‘Our Muslim Voices’ Scholars Receive Facebook Research Award

Jul 20, 2020

Prof. Salehi was awarded $100K from Facebook Research to study how Muslim Americans adopt counter-narratives online, empowering and giving voice to an often denigrated population.

COVID Shines a Light on Virtual Education

Jul 7, 2020

The sudden need for distance education relates to ongoing research by Prof. Jenna Burrell, Anne Jonas, Prof. Morgan G. Ames, who explore inequality and digitization in educational spaces.

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More Than A Number: How Users Interpret Neighborhood ‘Scores’

Jun 22, 2020

Associate Professor Jenna Burrell and Ph.D. student Elizabeth Resor Receive Google Faculty Award.