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10 October, 2003

The Future of Housing and Technology in Japan – The Connected House Group Study Tour

The report describes experiences drawn from a study tour in Japan, June 2003. An important conclusion is that not only does the future of housing lay in technology, but technology is an integral part

Type of publication: Working papers | Anna Hrdlicka
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13 November, 2024

“Time to Abandon Swedish Women”: Discursive Connections Between Misogyny and White Supremacy in Sweden

International Journal of Communication 18(2024) Abstract This article explores the discursive linkages between violent misogyny and violent rightwingextremism in the popular Swedish online discussion foranonymous and relatively unmoderated commenting. Empirically, it focuses on thearticulations of misogyny and anti-feminism mapped onto extreme right ideology includingwhite supremacism in user comments posted across 16 Flashback threads. To analyze theextensive data set, we first drew on a collocation analysis of user comments (N = 20,359)scraped from a strategic selection of threads. From this sample we chose 36 combinationsto be considered for a closer reading. In the second analytical step, critical discourseanalysis coupled with the Essex School’s logics approach helped us unpack the logics ofconspiracy and male entitlement, as well as the fantasmatic projections of Swedish womenas both “race traitors” and “victims” at the heart of extreme right discourse in and beyondSweden today.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina , Maria Brock, Anne Kaun & Anders Olof Larsson
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23 September, 2022

The fast and furtive spread of AI by infusion into technologies that we already in use – a critical assessment

In Hanemaayer, A. (editor) Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents. Palgrave. Abstract AI has often reached individuals covertly, rather than by their own choosing. Standard automatic version update

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma
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25 November, 2024

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence

IOS Press. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (series) Preface This volume presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI 20

Type of publication: Other | Tucker, Jason , Fabian Lorig, et. al.
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10 December, 2024

Homophily and Insularity Dynamics in an Echo Chambers: Computational Models for the Study of the Conspiracy Subculture in Facebook

Social Indicators Research Abstract The research focuses on developing a computational model (agent-based) to describe and analyse the structure and evolution of a conspiracy bubble within Facebook. Thedescriptiveexperimental

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , Russo, V. et.al.
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11 December, 2019

Postdoctoral researcher studying the psychological significance of online recommendations

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in a project that aims to empirically investigate the psychological impact of online recommendation systems.

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09 June, 2023

Qué futuro tiene el futuro? El País reports on our AI research

"We live in an unpredictable time, the leading experts in artifical intelligence tell us. They have no answers and ordinary citizens are not even capable of asking the pertinent questions. We traveled

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