Can authenticity be scripted?

A new book from Simon Fraser University scholars Wendy Chun (@whkchun) & Anthony Burton (@anthbrtn) reveals how authenticity—supposedly genuine & spontaneous—is algorithmic, influenced by capitalism & outside influence: sfu.ca/research/schol…

Me Wendy Chun and Grace Hong wrote this. I think it’s good. Understanding” Asians: Anti-Asian Racism, Sentimentality, Sentiment Analysis, and Digital Surveillance | Critical Inquiry: Vol 50, No 3 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Join us March 25th for a talk from Dr. Avery Dame-Griff about his book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet, exploring how the internet has shaped transgender identity and activism since the 80s.

RSVP: eventbrite.ca/e/tracing-the-…

From the wonderful Carina Albrecht, a history of the 'like button', and the controversial project of turning 'subjectivities' into 'objectivities', for our 'Mining the Past' column Harvard Data Science Review! hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/nf9bhik3 Digital Democracies Institute SFU School of Communication Christopher J. Phillips

How are social and political spheres impacted by generative AI?

Join author of “Atlas of AI” Kate Crawford and wendy hui kyong chun (@sfuCMNS) for a discussion on the implications of AI, how we got here, and where we're going. Buy your tickets now!

Mar 6 | SFU Vancouver | ow.ly/G0fl50QshYZ

Last week, SSHRC president Ted Hewitt held a town hall at Simon Fraser University on opportunities in Canada’s social sciences & humanities research.

While here he took the opportunity to tour @sfucmns' Digital Democracies Institute.

Read more: ow.ly/b5mJ50Qrwal

We are back with another round of speaker presentations! Please rsvp at [email protected] to attend.

Happening soon!
Join us for a discussion panel by Dr. Wendy Chun and Dr. Fenwick McKelvey. There are few open slots for the in-person and online keynote session. You can register here: eventbrite.ca/e/querying-ai-… SFU School of Communication

Happening on Thursday!
Dr. Kishonna Gray will give a talk titled “From Techno-Cultures to Techno-Critique: Gaming as Hybrid Spaces for Public Infrastructure and Community Building”.

Happening next week!! Presentation by Dr. Sean Cubitt titled 'From General Intellect to General Imagination' on September 25, 2023, 4:00-5:30 pm PST at Harbour Centre room 1500 SFU School for the Contemporary Arts SFU School of Communication

Happening in a week!!
Algorithmic Authenticity book launch event on September 15, 2023, 4:00-6:00 pm PST at the Alibi Room, 157 Alexander Street.

We’re back with a new season of Below the Radar! 🎉 Alberto Toscano, Term Research Associate Professor with the Digital Democracies Institute in SFU School of Communication, joins us to discuss his upcoming book Late Fascism.

Mark your calendars for our weekly ep drop on Tuesday!
🎙️Tune in: bit.ly/483A39Z

Oh hey! I contributed a bit to this. Exciting to see it in print! Just some of the great work from the team at Digital Democracies Institute

How should Canada revise policy around data collection & use to account for public rights? Prem (🐘 @[email protected] / 🟦 @pxs.bsky.social) and wendy hui kyong chun write about the sociality of platform data in the Platform Governance in Canada essay series here: democracy.ubc.ca/platforms/plat…
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Newest book in the Sensing Media book series, edited by wendy hui kyong chun and me for Stanford Press !!

Mental Geology of Nuclear Threat & The Labor of Witnessing - join us on Aug 25 at 6pm in Berlin for a 2-panel event organized by Asia Bazdyrieva
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Was lucky to obtain a peculiar document of its time today (& a great resource for my research) - the Atlas of radioactive pollution of Russia & Belarus published in 2009 with the intro by Sergei Shoigu, then Minister of Emergency Situations.

It sounds like an early morning ramble, because it was an early morning ramble. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reflecting on the artist formerly known as Twitter (X) on CBCEarlyEdition #sfu #ElonMusk bitly.ws/P9fq

What makes information feel true or compelling in our contemporary digital societies❓Check out ALGORITHMIC AUTHENTICITY, ed. by anthony glyn burton, wendy hui kyong chun & others. Now in bookstores and - as always with meson press - available online in #openaccess . meson.press/books/algorith…
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Please join us in congratulating FHS professor Susan Erikson (slerikson) and SFU School of Communication assistant professor Victoria Thomas! Both scholars were named as Digital Democracies Institute's 2023-24 Data Fluencies Faculty Fellows. 🎉👏

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