Read an essay by Tarleton Gillespie here.
Read an essay by Rachel Kuo here.
View the video of the event here.
A panel discussion with Tarleton Gillespie (Microsoft Research) and Rachel Kuo (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), moderated by Jessa Lingel (Annenberg School).
THE CURRENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE INTERNET reflects a tension between, on the one hand, an unprecedented level of content creation and amplification by decentralized users and, on the other, overall governance by a small number of profit-making platforms via algorithms and content moderators operating largely out of public view. Our panelists grapple with this problematic architecture from both ends – from the hidden levers of social media platforms, to the possibilities (and perils) of harnessing the chaotic energies of user communities – in order to envision what a more transparent, equal, and democratic internet might look like.