Social Media Collective
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The Social Media Collective (SMC) is a network of social science and humanistic researchers, part of the Microsoft Research labs in New England and New York. It includes full-time researchers, postdocs, interns, and visitors. Our primary purpose is to provide rich contextual understanding of the social and cultural dynamics that underpin social media technologies.
Social Media Collective
5M ago
Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social scientists who use qualitative or quantitative, empirical or critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work draws on and spans several disciplines, including anthropology, communication, gender and sexuality studies, history, information studies, law, media studies, organizational and management sciences, science & techn ..read more
Social Media Collective
5M ago
Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social scientists who use empirical and critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work draws on and spans several disciplines, including anthropology, communication, gender and sexuality studies, history, information studies, law, media studies, organizational and management sciences, science & technology studies, and sociolo ..read more
Social Media Collective
6M ago
The Social Media Collective is VERY EXCITED to welcome a new STS Predoctoral Research Assistant to the Microsoft Research New England Lab!!
Sarah Snyder (she/they) holds a Master of Information with a specialization in Culture and Technology from the University of Toronto iSchool. In her research, she reads social media content as literature to gain a deeper understanding of platform culture and the narrative forms that contribute to viral success. Sarah is a co-author of “The Lag Manifesto” (Afterimage, 2020) as a member of the Digital Inequality Lab. She has also been published in PopMat ..read more
Social Media Collective
9M ago
We are excited to welcome three new members to the research team! Ryland Shaw recently joined us as a predoctoral research assistant; he is completing his MA in Communication from Simon Fraser University. And this month we are joined by two new postdoctoral researchers, Zoë Glatt and Chuncheng Liu! Zoë just completed her PhD from the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Chuncheng just completed his PhD in the Departments of Sociology and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. So excited to have them!
Zoë Glatt completed her PhD in the ..read more
Social Media Collective
9M ago
The Verge decided to select the best non-fiction books about technology of all time. As they put it,
“Technology craves a narrative but often has a short memory for history. As a publication that contributes to that — The Verge lives in the news cycle, after all — we wanted to praise the form of writing that lasts: the book. How else do we move forward if we can’t remember the past? So we set out with the audacious goal to define the best books about tech out there. …If the modern tech landscape is defined by obsolescence, then we wanted to celebrate the books about it that have stood the tes ..read more
Social Media Collective
1y ago
The MSR Social Media Collective put the call out for PhD students studying sociotechnical systems from interdisciplinary perspectives that foster careful (and caring) critique. We were, once again, BLOWN away by the amazing applications (the force is strong in us, friends!) Here is the intern cohort joining us for our 2023 cycle:
Negin Alimohammadi is a Ph.D. student in the department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. In her research, she studies how a feminist ethic of care can be framed as a collaborative practice. She also explores how technology can ..read more
Social Media Collective
1y ago
The Microsoft Research Social Media Collective, based at the Cambridge, MA lab location, consists of Nancy Baym, danah boyd, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray, as well as postdoctoral researchers, faculty visitors, and Ph.D. interns affiliated with MSR New England. We are looking for our next contingent, full-time pre-doctoral research assistant (aka ‘the predoc’) to work on topics and projects that explore sociotechnical systems and their consequences.
An appropriate candidate will be a self-starter who is excited and knowledgeable about studying the social and cultural implications ..read more
Social Media Collective
1y ago
Mary Gray and Tawanna Dillahunt are involved in the 2023 Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) and applications are open now until January 3rd. According to their mission statement FASPE “challenges graduate students and future leaders to recognize and confront their ethical responsibilities as professionals by analyzing the decisions and actions of Nazi-era professionals.” You can find out more about the fellowship program on the FASPE website. Please see the call for applications below.
How to Apply Applications for our 2023 Fellowship programs are now open.
F ..read more
Social Media Collective
1y ago
Together with Viva + Yammer and Glint, we are looking for an advanced PhD student for a 12-week paid internship bridging these applied research teams and our Cambridge, Massachusetts-based group of social scientists using empirical and critical methods to study sociotechnical dynamics. Interns will be expected to be physically present and contribute to the life of our Cambridge, MA lab. We are excited to once again welcome applicants from outside North America.
This intern will work with a Microsoft Research mentor and the Yammer Research Team to conduct a qualitative participant-observat ..read more
Social Media Collective
1y ago
The annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is coming up December 7th-10th, and this year for just the second time it is meeting jointly with the Latin American Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESCOCITE). We have a strong contingent of SMC alums and current members who will be presenting papers and chairing panels. Their talks cover a wide range of topics including how scams shape digital commerce, the use of differential privacy in the 2020 US census, and companion robots.
Additionally, our friends at the Labor Tech Research Network ar ..read more