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CommunityLM

CommunityLM is a research program from MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC) and MIT Media Lab. We are devoted to developing soci…

in MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Social Machines · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +2 more
Hang Jiang
#social networks #artificial intelligence #civic media +4 more
Project Research

The Shipt Calculator: Crowdsourcing Gig Worker Pay Data to Audit Algorithmic Management

The increasing prevalence of large-scale labor aggregation platforms, worker analytics, and algorithmic decision-making by management raise…

in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Dan Calacci
#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +6 more
Project Research

'@artbhot' - Towards a Creative Partner on Social Media

@artbhot is a Twitter bot that leverages stable diffusion technology to translate user tweets into images and animations.  Access…

in Viral Communications · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Amy Smith
#social networks #human-computer interaction #art +1 more
Project Research

Divergences in Following Patterns between Influential Twitter Users and their Audiences

Identity spans multiple dimensions; however, the relative salience of a dimension of identity can vary markedly from person to person. …

in Social Machines · MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Suyash Fulay
#social networks #social media
Project Research

Super Spreaders

As part of its recommendations to increase transparency, the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder recommended – in its…

in Social Machines · MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Hope Schroeder · Shayne Longpre
#social networks
Project Research

Measuring and reducing social segregation in cities

We use high-resolution geospatial data collected from mobile phones to measure social segregation at an unprecedented resolution in cities …

in Human Dynamics
Bernardo Garcia Bulle Bueno · Takahiro Yabe +4 more
#social networks #transportation #urban planning +5 more
Project Research

Increased Urban Segregation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Urban socioeconomic segregation is an important indicator that is crucial for social, economic, and health outcomes. Segregation is inheren…

in Human Dynamics
#social networks #data
Project Research

Social Mirror

Social Mirror is a web application that helps Twitter users interactively explore the politically active parts of their social network. Wo…

in Social Machines
Ann Yuan · Nabeel Gillani +1 more
#social networks #politics #social media
Project Research

Learning Loops

Developed as part of the Playful Words research project at the MIT Media Lab's Laboratory for Social Machines, Learning Loops aims to make …

in Social Machines
Anneli Hershman · Sarah Ballinger +5 more
#design #social networks #human-machine interaction +2 more
Project Research

Social Capital Accounting

To better understand and improve the quality of our lives, there has been a need for measuring non-economic capital such as social capital …

in Human Dynamics
Takeo Nishikata · Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
#social networks #wearable computing #social science +4 more
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Conversation Trees

An alternative viewing experience for large-scale conversations on Twitter. Each conversation tree visualizes the structure of replies to a…

Brandon C. Roy · Bridgit Mendler +1 more
#social networks #social media #data visualization

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