digital methods for internet policy and politics
As the novel coronavirus became front and centre in people’s lives, it is no surprise that internet communities were impacted by it as well. Public groups, social media pages, and community spaces became flooded with discussions on the COVID-19 … [Continue reading]
This post discusses how we research memes. Studying memes has been an iterative process for our team. Since we started in September 2019, we have revisited our methodology numerous times to effectively develop a mixed methods model. Our work was … [Continue reading]
The Algorithmic Media Observatory is pleased to announce its successful application to the SSHRC Insight Program, winning funding to support a four-year investigation of the past, present and future of artificial intelligence as an instrument of … [Continue reading]
Fenwick McKelvey organized a consultation paper for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's call on Responsible Development of AI. The paper reads: The world is watching Canada. Federal research development and industrial strategy have … [Continue reading]
The Algorithmic Media Observatory is excited to announce that The Great Canadian Encyclopedia of Political Memes is now online. The encyclopedia was produced as part of the "Memes in Canadian Politics" project, which you can read more about here. … [Continue reading]
