TITLE: AI & Social Manipulation ABSTRACT: In this talk, I will overview my decadelong journey into understanding the implications of online platform manipulation. I'll start from detecting malicious bots and other forms of manipulation including troll accounts, coordinated campaigns, and disinformation operations. The impact of my work will be corroborated with examples of findings enabled by […]
Title: Threat in the form of News: Examining the ways that news coverage of immigration constrains systemically marginalized groups Abstract: Although U.S. media portrayals of racial, ethnic, and other historically excluded identities vary based on the group, platform, and genre, generally speaking these groups have tended to be both underrepresented and, at times, unfavorably depicted across the […]
Title: The emergence of communication in infancy: Development and evolution Abstract: Do gestures truly precede vocalization in modern human development and in the evolutionary origin of language? Or is vocalization more foundational for communication? Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the evolutionary origins of language. Speculations on the evolution of language have evoked […]
Title: Media Representations and Their Broader Implications for Intergroup Relations Abstract: This talk highlights the role of media as an ecosystem in cultivating societal divisions within multicultural contexts. Utilizing correlational, experimental, and longitudinal research methodologies, I provide a comprehensive analysis of the nuanced effects on both racial majority and minority audiences. The findings reveal […]
From Digital Portrayals to AI Refusals: Gendered Patterns in Science and Technology Communication Kaiping Chen, Associate Professor in Computational Communication, Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison Part of the Department of Communication Speakers Series, and co-organized with the Communication and Politics Group.
How social media creators shape mass politics: A field experiment during the 2024 US elections Eunji Kim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Part of the Department of Communication Speaker Series, and co-organized with the Communication and Politics Group.
Understanding ‘Understanding’ in Large Language Models Idan Blank, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Linguistics, UCLA Part of the Department of Communication Speaker Series.
Data In Society, Not Data As Society The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. Yet, critical information scholars continue to demonstrate how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are not impartial. Technologies consist of […]
