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AI, Competitions, and Virtual Medals: A Critical Look at Kaggle, the World’s largest Data Science Community

Presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) in Toronto, Canada, 2023. The untampered development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly amplified deep-rooted social, economic and political problems. Many scholars have contributed to understanding the assumptions inscribed in AI and the…

From deepfake to shallow truths: algorithmic subjectivation and the uncanny self

Paper presented at Canadian Communication Association (CCA) at York University, Toronto, Canada, 2023. Deepfake is a new form of synthetic media that merges, replaces, and superimposes images and video clips onto a video, creating fake content that appears authentic. Since…

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…

Social Media as Instrument for Civic Engagement and Political Pressure: A Cartography of #TransitReferendum in Vancouver

Conventionally, civic engagement takes forms as deliberative and decision making processes, such as elections, referendums, and public consultations. However, civic engagement does not reduce the single act of vote, recognized as the “democratic duty.” Rather, the debate about collective issues…

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