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

Paul Duguid

Adjunct Professor

The concept of information; the history of information; the history of "technocracy"; critical information studies.

Andrew Reddie

Assistant Professor of Practice

Politics, Security, Emerging Technologies, Arms Control, Global Governance, Cybersecurity

Recent Publications

Evaluating Shared Access: Social Equality and the Circulation of the Mobile Phones in Rural Uganda

Jan 20, 2010

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media

Nov 30, 2009

Groundbreaking new book reports on a three-year ethnographic investigation of young people's use of digital technology. Twenty-three different case studies reveal the intricate dynamics of youth's social and recreational use of digital media.

Order, Coordination and Uncertainty

Oct 15, 2009

Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It

Sep 26, 2009

Trust and Reputation: Introduction

Sep 1, 2009

Assessing Trustworthiness in Providers of Online Goods and Services

Sep 1, 2009

An Examination of Language Use in Online Dating Profile

Jul 7, 2009

Social & Cultural Studies news

This Is the Worst Time for Donald Trump to Return to Twitter

Nov 20, 2022

Apparently, the people has spoken, and they want former President Donald Trump back on Twitter. However, Hany Farid believes that this would be the worst time for him to return to the social media platform.

Alex Hanna Considers Impact of Twitter Takeover

Nov 10, 2022

Alex Hanna discusses how social media impacts our democracy; how Twitter has affected past U.S. elections; and how Musk’s most recent changes to the platform could affect the flow of disinformation moving forward.

Coye Cheshire on BeReal and the Future of Social Media

Aug 10, 2022

photo of Richmond Wong, smiling, on the UC Berkeley campus near Sather Gate

Do Period-Tracking Apps and Other Software Pose a Threat to Privacy and Freedom?

Jun 27, 2022

Richmond Wong, Ph.D. ’20, shares how period-tracking apps share users’ data.

NPR Cites Hany Farid’s Research on AI-Generated Faces in Investigation of Fake LinkedIn Profiles

Mar 27, 2022

Hany Farid on Deepfakes, Lies, and Cheerleading

Apr 22, 2022

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.