Social & Cultural Studies

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Morgan G. Ames

Morgan Ames

Alumni (MIMS 2006)
Assistant Professor of Practice
Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science
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Jenna Burrell

Adjunct Professor
how systematically excluded communities adopt technology and adapt it to their needs, human control over algorithms, ethnography
Coye Cheshire

Coye Cheshire

Professor
Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange
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Eric T. Meyer

Dean & Chancellor’s Professor of Social Informatics
Social informatics, digital transformation, knowledge, data

Recent Publications

Trust and Transitions in Modes of Social Exchange
Self-presentation, Interpersonal Perception, and Relationship Initiation Through Computer-Mediated Communication
Social Operational Information, Competence, and Participation in Online Collective Action
Evaluating Shared Access: Social Equality and the Circulation of the Mobile Phones in Rural Uganda
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Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
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.
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Order, Coordination and Uncertainty
Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
Assessing Trustworthiness in Providers of Online Goods and Services
Trust and Reputation: Introduction
An Examination of Language Use in Online Dating Profile

Social & Cultural Studies news

Morgan G. Ames
Morgan Ames on Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Tech-Free Schools
Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg on Gender Pronouns and Sam Smith
Steve Fadden
Steve Fadden Speaks Design at UXINDIA 2019
danah boyd
Watch danah boyd on the Spread of Conspiracies and Hate Online
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Geoff Nunberg Discusses AI on Fresh Air
AnnaLee Saxenian
Bloomberg Cites AnnaLee Saxenian’s Research on the Benefits of High-Skill Immigration
Geoff Nunberg
A Conversation with Geoff Nunberg on The Hidden Consequences of Being a Jerk Online
Shazeda Ahmed
Shazeda Ahmed on the Messy Truth About Social Credit

Ph.D. student Shazeda Ahmed writes that foreign media has painted a dystopian portrait of China’s social credit system. The reality is both less coherent and more complex.

Jen King
Alumna Jennifer King’s Dissertation Honored by iSchools Organization

School of Information alumna Jennifer King was honored by the iSchools organization for her doctoral dissertation, “Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory.”

Richmond Wong
I School Team Reimagines “Privacy by Design,” and Wins Best Paper Award

Instead of looking for design solutions to fix existing problems in privacy, I School researchers used speculative design fictions to explore the potential privacy issues that may arise in future uses and adoptions of emerging biosensing technologies.