DIGSUM is happy to present a new issue of The Journal of Digital Social Research, our open access journal.
The DIGSUM team wants to extend their warm congratulations to Therese Enarsson, Associate Professor of Law and Chair of DIGSUM’s steering group, who was recently awarded the prestigious Pedagogical Prize by the Umeå University Student Union. Congratulations!
In acute crisis situations, social media can play a crucial role in rapidly disseminating vital information. But there is also a risk that false or outdated facts are spread, causing unwarranted fear or panic. In a new study, DIGSUM members Moa Eriksson Krutrök, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies, and Simon Lindgren, Professor of Sociology, both at Umeå University, investigated how information about a suspected terrorist attack on the London Underground in 2017 was spread via Twitter.
Professor Niels Brügger, head of the Centre for Internet Studies and of NetLab at Aarhus University will give a lecture on What’s in a web archive? Three cases of web history, a close, middle and distant reading. The lecture will be given at Humlab, Umeå University, and on Zoom, Thursday March 10 15.00-17.00
Thursday March 3 Mathilda Åkerlund, DIGSUM PhD candidate defends her dissertation Far Right, Right Here: Interconnections of Discourse, Platforms, and Users in the Digital Mainstream.
Friday March 4 10.15 - 12.00 Professor Jessie Daniels, Hunter College, United States will give a talk on Combatting the Far Right: In the Streets, Online and around the World, at the Department of Sociology, Umeå University.
DIGSUM is happy to present the latest issue of The Journal of Digital Social Research, our open access journal.
Members of DIGSUM’s Digital Law group have published new work on hybrid decision-making in the contexts of policing, social welfare, and online moderation.
On Wednesday the 9th of February Humlab hosts a talk on How We Teach Algorithms Identity by PhD Student Morgan Klaus Scheuerman.
DIGSUM’s research group in Digital Sociology has recently appointed two new PhD students. The two PhD students are Henrik Sigurdh and Emma Östin.
Samuel Merrill, Docent in Sociology has won a research grant of 5.3MSEK from the Swedish Research Council, for the project The radicalization of Sweden’s Image: A study of how radical right groups in other countries depict Sweden online.
Simon Lindgren, Professor in Sociology has won a research grant of 4.8MSEK from the Swedish Research Council, for the project Programmable politics: Civil Society in the Age of Algorithmic Automation.
Media theorist, and long-time DIGSUM collaborator, Pieter Verdegem of the University of Westminster, UK, will give a talk in Umeå University’s #frAIday series this Friday. The talk is based on the new edited book AI for Everyone? which is downloadable (open access).
DIGSUM is happy to present a new issue of The Journal of Digital Social Research, our open access journal.
An essay has been posted by DIGSUM Director Simon Lindgren, reflecting on the #facebookdown outage that struck on Monday October 4.
Don't miss this week's seminar in Umeå University’s #frAIday series, featuring Joanna Bryson.
DIGSUM is hosting one of the keynotes and tracks — Power, Influence(rs) and Politics: New Forms of Visual Cultures — during the upcoming conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Humlab.
DIGSUM's Digital Sociology group is looking for new PhD candidates. The positions are fully funded and salaried for four years.
Eight out of the ten seminars, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers, hosted by DIGSUM during the spring of 2021 are available as a YouTube playlist.
Susanne Tafvelin, Associate Professor of Psychology, has won a large research grant to study robots and AI in the social services.