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Artificial Communication: How Algorithms Produce Social Intelligence
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2022), xiv, 184 pp.
"Argues that what makes AI socially relevant and useful is not intelligence at all but something even more human: communication. If machines are going to improve their ability to address ever more important human issues, it will not be because they have learned to think like people, but because we h
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Digitalisation and Civic Space: Chances and Challenges
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2022), 58 pp.
"Multifaceted, uncensored, promoting democracy - that is the internet, many people had long hoped. But from today's perspective, this is not true - or only partially. Because the big digital platforms and the world wide web are both: media of freedom and control. In many places, they support civil s
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Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft. Freiheitsrechte unter Druck: Schwerpunkt Digitalisierung
München; Berlin: oekom Verlag; Brot für die Welt (2022), 86 pp.
"Vielfaltig, unzensiert, demokratiefördernd - das ist das Internet, hofften viele Menschen lange. Doch diese Attribute passen aus heutiger Sicht nicht - oder nur teilweise. Denn die großen digitalen Plattformen und das World Wide Web sind beides: Medien der Freiheit und der Kontrolle. Sie helfen d
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How Publishers Are Learning to Create and Distribute News on TikTok
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 35 pp.
"This report sets out data on the extent of publisher adoption alongside motivations for joining TikTok; pulls together top tips from TikTok creators and discuss the metrics most commonly used to evaluate success; explores different strategies for engaging users on the platform, highlighting case st
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Interrogating Datafication: Towards a Praxeology of Data
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 308 pp.
"What constitutes a data practice and how do contemporary digital media technologies reconfigure our understanding of practices in general? Autonomously acting media, distributed digital infrastructures, and sensor-based media environments challenge the conditions of accounting for data practices bo
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Datafest Africa22 Report
Datafest Africa; Pollicy (2022), 18 pp.
"DataFest Africa is an annual event that seeks to celebrate data use in the region by bringing together a variety of stakeholders of diverse backgrounds such as government, civil society, academics, students and private industry experts under one roof and theme. Since 2019, Pollicy, with support fro
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Topic and Sentiment Analysis of Responses to Muslim Clerics’ Misinformation Correction About COVID-19 Vaccine: Comparison of Three Machine Learning Models
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 497-523
"This study employed three machine learning algorithms, Naïve Bayes, SVM, and a Balanced Random Forest to build a sentiment model that can detect Muslim sentiment about Muslim clerics’ anti-misinformation campaign on YouTube. Overall, 9701 comments were collected. An LDA-based topic model was als
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Harnessing the Potential of Big Data in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia
Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), 44 pp.
"This publication is the last of four reports from a regional study completed in 2021 and funded by the technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Policy Advice for COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia. The project supports the recovery efforts of Southeast Asian countries t
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New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xxv, 473 pp.
"This Open Access book examines the ambivalences of data power. Firstly, the ambivalences between global infrastructures and local invisibilities challenge the grand narrative of the ephemeral nature of a global data infrastructure. They make visible local working and living conditions, and the reso
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Datafication, Power and Control in Development: A Historical Perspective on the Perils and Longevity of Data
Progress in Development Studies, volume 22, issue 4 (2022), pp. 352-373
"The collection, processing, storage and circulation of data are fundamental element of contemporary societies. While the positivistic literature on ‘data revolution’ finds it essential for improving development delivery, critical data studies stress the threats of datafication. In this article,
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A Treatment for Viral Deception? Automated Moderation of COVID-19 Disinformation
Universität Innsbruck (2022), 110 pp.
"This paper examines responses to disinformation, in particular those involving automated tools, from a human rights perspective. It provides an introduction to current automated content moderation and curation practices, and to the interrelation between the digital information ecosystem and the phe
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Chile. Sistema predictivo del delito urbano: Producción algorítmica de Zonas de Vigilancia y Control en la Ciudad
Derechos Digitales (2021), 62 pp.
Die Demokratisierung des Digitalen: Retten demokratische Algorithmen die Meinungsvielfalt?
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), 13 pp.
Emerging technology trends: Artificial intelligence and big data for development 4.0
Geneva: ITU (2021), xv, 87 pp.
"Intended as a guide for policy-makers and other stakeholders in crafting a national AI and data strategy for development, the report highlights opportunities and outlines good policy and regulatory practices for implementation, while also flagging key challenges and offering hands-on suggestions in
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Recommended Reading: Amazon’s Algorithms, Conspiracy Theories and Extremist Literature
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 22 pp.
"The role of algorithms in propelling conspiracy theories and radicalisation has been brought into sharp focus by the interlocking crises of the past 12 months. Social media platforms have sought to tamp down on algorithmic recommendation of conspiracy theories and extremist content, for example by
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Increasing fairness in targeted advertising: The risk of gender stereotyping by job ad algorithms
Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) (2021), 24 pp.
Responsible Data Governance for Monitoring and Evaluation in the African Context. 01: Overview of Data Governance
MERL Tech; Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (2021), 22 pp.
Data for Better Lives
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Washington, DC: World Bank (2021), xviii, 326 pp.
"This report aims to answer two fundamental questions. First, how can data better advance development objectives? Second, what kind of data governance arrangements are needed to support the generation and use of data in a safe, ethical, and secure way while also delivering value equitably? One impor
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YouTube Regrets: A Crowdsourced Investigation Into YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm
Mozilla (2021), 39 pp.
"YouTube is the second-most visited website in the world, and its algorithm drives 70% of watch time on the platform—an estimated 700 million hours every single day. For years, that recommendation algorithm has helped spread health misinformation, political disinformation, hateful diatribes, and o
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Super-Scoring? Datengetriebene Sozialtechnologien als neue Bildungsherausforderung
kopaed; Grimme-Institut (2021), 263 pp.
"Beim so genannten „Scoring“ wird einer Person mithilfe algorithmischer Verfahren ein Zahlenwert zugeordnet, um ihr Verhalten zu bewerten und zu beeinflussen. „Super-Scoring“-Praktiken gehen noch weiter und führen Punktesysteme und Skalen aus unterschiedlichen Lebensbereichen zusammen, wie
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