Platforms, AI, and Online Communities
Understanding how communities relate to platforms and develop new alternatives
About This Research Area
Understanding how communities relate to platforms and develop new alternatives
Projects
Alternative Community-Driven Platforms
ongoingThrough ethnographic and qualitative work, we are working to understand how and when marginalized groups like the LGBTQ+ community successfully develop community-driven platforms that are more aligned with their values and needs.
Algorithms as Labor Conditions: The Work of Content Creators
ongoingWe are studying how online platforms' algorithms and policies shape the material conditions and labor of content creators and cultural workers.
Tools for Crowdsourcing Platform Data
ongoingWe are building new crowdsourcing tools that will allow users of platforms, ranging from Instagram to TikTok to Doordash, donate data to researchers and advocates with minimal effort.
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People
Harini Suresh
she / her
Affiliate
Asst. Professor, Brown University
Ankolika De
she / her
PhD Candidate
Penn State IST
Becca Ricks
she / her
Affiliate
Data & Society
Clayton Colson
he / him
Research Engineer
Penn State ICDS
Varun Rao
he / him
Affiliate
PhD Candidate, Princeton University CITP
Ananya Gollakota
she / her
Undergraduate Researcher
Penn State IST
Samantha Dalal
she / her
Affiliate
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University CITP
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