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Contact Lists and Youth

Contact Lists and Youth

  This paper explores the nature of networked contact lists in an emerging new media ecology as they relate to a population of 10 American pre-teens and teens (9-15). Mobile, gaming, and Web 2.0 services are contributing to a shift in the role of the contact list from a static visualization...

Surveillance, Technology, and American Conceptions of Freedom

Surveillance, Technology, and American Conceptions of Freedom

This paper traces the role of ideology in shaping the beliefs and situated knowledge used by information technology and security managers to make sense of and justify systems of surveillance they oversee. In particular, the analysis explores the role of the contested meanings of the ideology of...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Surveillance

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Surveillance

PechaKucha Presentation—When a man rang our doorbell late at night and claimed that his teenage daughter was in our house, but she wasn't, my husband and I considered getting a doorbell cam. With camera surveillance and facial recognition becoming more commonplace, we wanted a privileged view of...

Big Data Anxieties: From Squeaky Dolphin to Normcore

Big Data Anxieties: From Squeaky Dolphin to Normcore

Good afternoon, everyone. It is a complete pleasure to be here. Can I say a very special thank you to Timothy and to Ken for inviting me to join you here this year. It’s been really interesting to hear so many fantastic talks. My name is Kate Crawford. As you heard, I work at Microsoft Research...