Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic had immediate and potentially long-lasting impacts on cities. Yet, the ability to assess, monitor, and analyze the wide-ranging effects of the pandemic has been stymie…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. In this paper, we empirically test whether the spread of political symbols in Twitter is due to complex contagion. We analyzed behavior consisting of editing the Twitter account name to inc…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. This paper examines how predictive algorithms construct risk by calculating and anticipating children’s uncertain futures. Theoretically, we analyze algorithmic risk construction by attendi…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Research in the global field of artificial intelligence is increasingly hybrid in orientation. Researchers are beholden to the requirements of multiple intersecting spheres, such as scholar…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. Critiques of data colonialism and surveillance capitalism focus on data collected from online behavior. We propose that analytical concepts from these critiques—namely, regimes of value and …
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. In this article, I take the case of data centers as a powerful tool and infrastructure of multinational digital capitalism, analyzing the ways in which understanding these and other data inf…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. Technological imaginaries have been increasingly shaping the future perceptions of cities. From artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology to three-dimensional printing, high-…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. Embedding ethics modules within computer science courses has become a popular response to the growing recognition that computer science programs need to better equip their students to naviga…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. Borrowing from insights produced in urban planning, media and governance studies thereby leveraging the Ostrom-nian ideas of institutions and polycentricity, this paper examines how to gover…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, January-June 2023. Open-source software is used by almost all technology companies and has become an integral part of the technical infrastructure of digital capitalism. Generally, developers of open-source so…