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SUMMARY:Tarleton Gillespie: "Algorithms\, and the Production of Calculated Publics"
DESCRIPTION:Tarleton Gillespie\, Dept. of Communication\, Cornell University; Visiting Researcher\, Microsoft Research New England\nAlgorithms may now be our most important knowledge technologies\, “the scientific instruments of a society at large\,” (Gitelman) and they are increasingly vital to how we organize human social interaction\, produce authoritative knowledge\, and choreograph our participation in public life. Search engines\, recommendation systems\, edge algorithms on social networking sites\, and “trend” identification algorithms: these not only help us find information\, they provide a means to know what there is to know and to participate in social and political discourse. In this talk Tarleton Gillespie will highlight one particular dimension of these algorithms\, their production of calculated publics: algorithmically produced snapshots of the “public” around us and what most concerns it. Understanding the calculations and motivations behind the production of these calculated publics helps highlight how these algorithms are relevant to our collective efforts to know and be known. \nTarleton Gillespie is an associate professor  at Cornell University\, in the Department of Communication and the Department of Information Science. This semester he is a visiting researcher with Microsoft Research\, New England. He is the co-editor of Media Technologies: Essays on Communication\, Materiality\, and Society (2014)\, and the author of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture (2007)\, and the co-founder of the scholarly blog at culturedigitally.org. \nLoading…
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/tarleton-gillespie-algorithms-and-the-production-of-calculated-publics/
LOCATION:MIT Media Lab\, Room 633\, 75 Amherst St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Screening of "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz" with director Brian Knappenberger
DESCRIPTION:Tickets required\, with limited availability:  \nThe Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit\, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron’s story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties. \nThe Internet’s Own Boy will be available in theaters and on Demand on July 27th. \nCo-hosted by Participant Media\, the MIT Center for Civic Media\, MIT Open Doc Lab\, and the Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/screening-internets-own-boy-aaron-swartz/
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SUMMARY:Philip Jones: "Gaming in Color"
DESCRIPTION:Philip Jones\nGaming in Color is a full length documentary of the story of the queer gaming community\, gaymer culture and events\, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games. A lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, or otherwise queer gamer has a higher chance of being mistreated in an online social game. Diverse queer themes in storylines and characters are still mostly an anomaly in the mainstream video game industry. Gaming In Color explores how the community culture is shifting and the industry is diversifying\, helping with queer visibility and acceptance of an LGBTQ presence. \nPhilip Jones is a queer youth and activist\, who began in the games industry with journalism and podcasting. He is now best known for his work in directing the video games documentary Gaming in Color which focuses on queer gamers. He also has a hand in other MidBoss projects\, currently head of the expo hall and vendor relations for the second GaymerX convention\, as well as assistant writer for upcoming adventure game Read Only Memories. When not working on these projects\, he studies and wears too much flannel at his home in Texas.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/philip-jones-gaming-color/
LOCATION:MIT Media Lab\, Room 633\, 75 Amherst St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Scientists\, Bottle Tops\, and Robot Guinea Pigs: Inside the Creative Industries Prototyping Lab
DESCRIPTION:Hear what happened when six Comparative Media Studies graduate students went to Lima in April to work with some of Peru’s most promising entrepreneurs in the creative industries. \nRodrigo Davies\, Erica Deahl\, Julie Fischer\, Jason Lipshin\, Eduardo Marisca\, and Lingyuxiu Zhong facilitated a series of collaborative and interdisciplinary lectures\, workshops and design sessions\, leading participants through the potentials and challenges of working in the digital creative industries. Through a process of critical technology design\, the workshop produced prototypes of tools\, media and processes that allow groups and communities to share creative visions — and helped participants develop the knowledge and skills they need to build audiences\, make an impact on social issues\, and develop sustainable creative ventures. \nThe projects were presented at a public event at Peru’s Ministry of Culture\, and the group hosted a panel at the HASTAC 2014 conference\, which was held outside the US for the first time this year. \nWe’ll be sharing the projects\, our insights on the process and plans for the future. Join us!
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/inside-creative-industries-prototyping-lab/
LOCATION:MIT Building E14\, Room 244\, 75 Amherst Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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