Monday, September 30, Russian Political Interference and Social Media
Readings
Russian Trolls Came for Instagram, Too by Publication Date: Dec. 18, 2018The New York Times outlines the Russian Troll group the Internet Research Agency's faux activist instagram accounts from the right and left.
For Whom the Bell Trolls: Shifting Troll Behaviour in the Twitter Brexit Debate by Publication Date: September 2019Llewellyn et al analyze the timing and strategy of Russian affiliated Brexit tweets.
Tuesday, October 1, Census
Events
Mapping history: Exploring your world with Eli Kirshner, '20
7-8PM
Terrell Main Library, Room 113
Readings
The 2020 Census Is Already in Big Trouble by Publication Date: Jul 31, 2018In the Atlantic Monthly, Vann R. Newkirk II addresses concerns of cybersecurity issues to administrative problems to a legal drama over a possible citizenship question and more with regards to the forthcoming census
The Political Geometry of Statistical Tables by Publication Date: Fall 2018The artificial provenance of the table underscores the discursive character of modern objective truth while constituting a critical chapter in the production of modern liberalism.
Wednesday, October 2, Census and Immigration
Readings
Count Down: How the Trump Administration Is Botching Its Only Trial Run for the 2020 Census by Publication Date: March 31 2018Sam Adler-Bell discusses how the addition of the citizenship question to the census will affect marginalized communities, especially immigrants.
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle by Publication Date: Sept 26, 2019Sabrina Tavernise talks about the recent decline in immigration numbers to the US, specifically from Latin America and Asia, in response to the Trump administration's immigration policy. #ocldataweek
Thursday, October 3, Recovering Black Women's Contributions Using Big Data
Events
"Using Big Data to Recover Black Women’s Lost History" a talk by Dr. Ruby Mendendhall
4:30PM
Moffett Auditorium, Room 050
Readings
The potential of big data in rescuing and recovering black women’s contributions to the Du Bois-Atlanta School and to American sociology by Publication Date: Feb 16, 2017Dr. Ruby Mendenhall on the potential for big data to recover black women's erased contributions to sociology's foundation.
Mechanized Margin to Digitized Center: Black Feminism's Contributions to Combatting Erasure within the Digital Humanities by Publication Date: March 1, 2016Dr. Mendenhall on computation analysis's hidden biases, and how it can be utilized to recover the experiences of Black women from within the digitized record and expand the scope of the digital humanities.
Friday, October 4, Bias in Algorithms
Events
JSTOR Data Mining Workshop with Dr. Ruby Mendenhall
11am-noon
Terrell Main Library, Room 113
Lunch with Dr. Ruby Mendenhall
Terrell Main Library, Thornton Room
Readings
Algorithms of Oppression by Call Number: Main Library ZA4230 .N63 2018ISBN: 9781479837243Publication Date: 2018-02-20Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities.
Addressing the Biases Plaguing Algorithms by Publication Date: May 13, 2019Michael Li discusses the biases and risks of algorithm bias in AI by briefly examining examples from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, and shows the importance of training while spotting opportunities and flagging concerns on AI's potential and risks.
