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Published: I/O: Reinforcing Newsmaking Practices Through Algorithmic Media

Recent developments in communication and information technology have disrupted the long-established dominance of mass media over the production and distribution of news. As an effort to reclaim their role of society’s information gatekeeper, media companies absorb digital technology as instruments…

Accelerating Sharing Economy

Several companies are investing in digital technology to improve urban infrastructure, reduce costs, and enhance the overall quality of public and private services. Based on sharing economy, these companies seek to optimize resources through the redistribution, sharing, and reuse of…

To Build a Human-Machine Territory:  The Refrain and Mobile technologies

The term “ritornello” means a recurring passage in baroque music for orchestra and chorus. It is a part of the music that returns periodically, like the chorus or refrain during the course of a song. The French term, “ritournelle,” used…

The Political Narrative of YouTube Recommendation System: 2018 Ontario election

McKelvey, F., Frizzera, L. (2019) The Political Narrative of YouTube Recommendation System: 2018 Ontario election. Canadian Communication Association (CCA). Vancouver, Canada. Visualization available here: http://labs.fluxo.art.br/rankflow/ Check our findings for the Brazilian Federal Elections: http://luciano.fluxo.art.br/algorithms-and-disinformation-the-role-of-youtube-in-the-brazilian-political-scene/ Social media is both an important…

Loto-doc: Exploring chatbot in an interactive documentary

Salles, J., Frizzera, L. (2019) Loto-doc: Exploring chatbot in an interactive documentary. International Communication Association (ICA) Pre-Conference on Human-Machine Communication. Washington, USA Prototype is available here: https://onchance.net/ In recent years, human-machine interaction has been integrated into the audiovisual documentary language…

PICT.IO: Developing a Collaborative Game for Humans and Machines

Frizzera, L., Zamboni, J., Salles, J. (2019) PICT.IO: Developing a Collaborative Game for Humans and Machines. Canadian Games Studies Association. (CGSA). Vancouver, Canada. The game is available here: http://www.gamepictio.com/ The presence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in daily activities has increased…

Algorithms and Disinformation: The role of YouTube in the Brazilian political scene

Reis, R., Zanetti, D., Frizzera, L. (2019) Algorithms and Disinformation: The role of YouTube in the Brazilian politics. Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Política. Brasilia, Brazil. Visualization available here: http://labs.fluxo.art.br/rankflow-brasil/ Check our findings for the Ontario…

TA Communication Theory 2018-2019

From September 2018 to April 2019, for the second time, I was a Teaching Assistant in the course on Communication Theory at the Department of Communication Studies at the Concordia University. More than just marking assignments and papers, I had the opportunity…

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