A common theme in social science studies of algorithms is that they are profoundly opaque
and function as “black boxes.” Scholars have developed several methodological …

Situating journalism as a cultural practice charged with delivering valid accounts of the world
necessitates a theory of metajournalistic discourse to explain how meanings around …

Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the
Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably well-matched in terms of their …

How do journalists know what they know? Who gets to decide what good journalism is and
when it's done right? What sort of expertise do journalists have, and what role should and do …

This article takes stock of recent efforts to implement controversy analysis as a digital
method in the study of science, technology, and society (STS) and beyond and outlines a …

This article presents a detailed ethnographic account of objective practice among
professional fact checkers, reporters who specialize in assessing the truth of political claims …

ABSTRACT A growing number of newsrooms are experimenting with Virtual Reality (VR)
and other immersive storytelling techniques, typically supported by technology companies …

This article assesses the usefulness for social media research of controversy analysis, an
approach developed in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and related fields. We …

This article is an empirical investigation of 18 venture-backed news startups from around the
United States and Europe. The central concern here is to examine yet another new entrant …

Democracy faces stern tests around the world in the twenty-first century. Democratic Design
argues that to respond effectively and creatively, democrats need to work with a versatile …