9th European Communication Conference (ECREA) 2022, Aarhus, Denmark
We (Dennis Nguyen and Rhied Al-Othmani) were invited to present our "Public Values should be leading" research at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA) 2022, in Aarhus, Denmark. ECREA is an association...
Centre for Digital Humanities Webinar: The news framing of Artificial Intelligence – June 6th
Date/Time09-06-202215:00 - 16:15 LocationOnline Free Registration The Utrecht University will close the Centre for Digital Humanities Spring program 2022 with an online lecture by Assistant Professor Dennis Nguyen on ‘The news framing...
“Public values should be leading!” research to be presented during 9th European Communication Conference in Denmark
Dennis Nguyen & Rhied Al-Othmani Data Professionals' Views on Challenges to Value-Driven Data Practices and Critical Data Literacy in the Public Sector The increasing use of data and artificial intelligence...
From Domain to Dominion? Charting the Global Expansion of Big Tech Colonialism
Dennis Nguyen & Rhied Al-OthmaniIntroduction The dominance that data-driven technology companies hold over large parts of the global digital economy and across digital societies has been a key topic in...
Recommender Systems in the Media and the Role of Public Values – Notes on an Interdisciplinary Approach
by Dennis Nguyen & Erik Hekman Automated decision-making systems that offer some sort of context-dependent recommendation are virtually ubiquitous in the digital society: they help us navigate our environment (Fesenmeier et...
Digital Literacy, Computational Methods, and Digital Methods in Research on Datafication
By Dennis Nguyen The emerging field of critical data studies produced a wealth of sophisticated theorisation and eloquent critiques on the datafication and automation of society. However, most approaches are...
Data Literacy 4 Refugees – Empowerment through Knowledge
by Valerie Wollinger ‘Why should we think about this topic? Most of us think: ’I only want to survive’ For the graduation challenge, Dr. Dennis Nguyen asked me and my...
Is Data Justice a News Frame in Media Reporting on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?
By Dennis Nguyen, Erik Hekman, and Koen van Turnhout Introduction News media reporting can influence public perception of big data and artificial intelligence (AI): it informs audiences about innovations, opportunities,...
Research and art project investigating women’s perspectives on working in the tech industry
by Julia Luteijn and Rhied Al-Othmani Yin-Gemis is a research and art project that investigates women's perspectives on working in the tech industry. The purpose of this project is to bring attention to...
The Data Subject and the Myth of the “Black Box”
A Critical Inquiry into How Platforms Communicate About Their Data Practices This conceptual paper explores the role of communication around data practices of Big Tech companies. Through exploring and critiquing communication practices, the paper shows how Big Tech platforms shape users into new sorts...