Big Data & Society
@bigdatasoc.bsky.social
Open access peer-reviewed journal connecting debates on emerging Big Data practices & how they reconfigure academic, social, industry, & government relations.
Panel 2 traces how today’s “data systems” sit inside longer histories of information governance, infrastructure, and extraction. Feb 18 uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#STS #CriticalDataStudies
#STS #CriticalDataStudies
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Panel 2 traces how today’s “data systems” sit inside longer histories of information governance, infrastructure, and extraction. Feb 18 uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#STS #CriticalDataStudies
#STS #CriticalDataStudies
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 2: Infrastructures in Time: Genealogies of Big Data (Feb 18 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST) uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#CriticalDataStudies #STS #BigData
#CriticalDataStudies #STS #BigData
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 2: Infrastructures in Time: Genealogies of Big Data (Feb 18 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST) uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#CriticalDataStudies #STS #BigData
#CriticalDataStudies #STS #BigData
The journal Big Data & Society (journals.sagepub.com/home/bds) is calling for expressions of interest in serving as a Co-Editor for a three-year term beginning in March 2026
As a Co-Editor, you will help shape scholarship around social, economic, political, and ethical implications of Big Data and
As a Co-Editor, you will help shape scholarship around social, economic, political, and ethical implications of Big Data and
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February 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The journal Big Data & Society (journals.sagepub.com/home/bds) is calling for expressions of interest in serving as a Co-Editor for a three-year term beginning in March 2026
As a Co-Editor, you will help shape scholarship around social, economic, political, and ethical implications of Big Data and
As a Co-Editor, you will help shape scholarship around social, economic, political, and ethical implications of Big Data and
📢 New in Big Data & Society
Zimmer traces links between the Enron email corpus and contemporary foundation models, using the concept of “model collapse” to examine how AI training data shape today’s knowledge infrastructures.
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Zimmer traces links between the Enron email corpus and contemporary foundation models, using the concept of “model collapse” to examine how AI training data shape today’s knowledge infrastructures.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
📢 New in Big Data & Society
Zimmer traces links between the Enron email corpus and contemporary foundation models, using the concept of “model collapse” to examine how AI training data shape today’s knowledge infrastructures.
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Zimmer traces links between the Enron email corpus and contemporary foundation models, using the concept of “model collapse” to examine how AI training data shape today’s knowledge infrastructures.
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📢A new article in Big Data & Society examines conversational AI through a Habermassian lens, arguing that systems like ChatGPT risk “colonizing” conversations:
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February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
📢A new article in Big Data & Society examines conversational AI through a Habermassian lens, arguing that systems like ChatGPT risk “colonizing” conversations:
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📢 New in Big Data & Society
Whose voice counts? Arsenault & Kreps examine whether large language models help close participation gaps in public rulemaking. LLMs make comment-writing easier and improve comment quality—but do not improve policy comprehension.
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Whose voice counts? Arsenault & Kreps examine whether large language models help close participation gaps in public rulemaking. LLMs make comment-writing easier and improve comment quality—but do not improve policy comprehension.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
📢 New in Big Data & Society
Whose voice counts? Arsenault & Kreps examine whether large language models help close participation gaps in public rulemaking. LLMs make comment-writing easier and improve comment quality—but do not improve policy comprehension.
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Whose voice counts? Arsenault & Kreps examine whether large language models help close participation gaps in public rulemaking. LLMs make comment-writing easier and improve comment quality—but do not improve policy comprehension.
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Do large language models democratize public participation in the regulatory process, or exacerbate existing gaps? In a new article in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, Sarah Kreps and I use two survey experiments to explore the democratic opportunities and risks of LLMs:
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Whose voice counts? The role of large language models in public commenting - Amelia C Arsenault, Sarah Kreps, 2026
The notice-and-comment period in US federal rulemaking fosters civic engagement but has long been dominated by well-resourced actors with specialized knowledge,...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Do large language models democratize public participation in the regulatory process, or exacerbate existing gaps? In a new article in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, Sarah Kreps and I use two survey experiments to explore the democratic opportunities and risks of LLMs:
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Generative AI chatbots avoid sexism—but not ageism.
Interviews with chatbots themselves reveal double standards in “political correctness” and how AI imagines users by age and gender.
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#GenerativeAI #DigitalAgeism #AlgorithmicBias #STS
Interviews with chatbots themselves reveal double standards in “political correctness” and how AI imagines users by age and gender.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
#GenerativeAI #DigitalAgeism #AlgorithmicBias #STS
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Generative AI chatbots avoid sexism—but not ageism.
Interviews with chatbots themselves reveal double standards in “political correctness” and how AI imagines users by age and gender.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
#GenerativeAI #DigitalAgeism #AlgorithmicBias #STS
Interviews with chatbots themselves reveal double standards in “political correctness” and how AI imagines users by age and gender.
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#GenerativeAI #DigitalAgeism #AlgorithmicBias #STS
New in Big Data & Society:
China’s Health Code Systems weren’t seamless surveillance tools—they were patchwork assemblages held together by street-level officials doing intense accountability labor under pressure. Surveillance works through mess, not automation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
China’s Health Code Systems weren’t seamless surveillance tools—they were patchwork assemblages held together by street-level officials doing intense accountability labor under pressure. Surveillance works through mess, not automation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
New in Big Data & Society:
China’s Health Code Systems weren’t seamless surveillance tools—they were patchwork assemblages held together by street-level officials doing intense accountability labor under pressure. Surveillance works through mess, not automation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
China’s Health Code Systems weren’t seamless surveillance tools—they were patchwork assemblages held together by street-level officials doing intense accountability labor under pressure. Surveillance works through mess, not automation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Who’s coding? An analysis of UK bootcamp experiences and outcomes” by Kate M. Miltner, Giti Kadar-Satat, Emily Ashton, and Lauren Scorer.
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#codingbootcamp #digitalskills #datascience
"Who’s coding? An analysis of UK bootcamp experiences and outcomes” by Kate M. Miltner, Giti Kadar-Satat, Emily Ashton, and Lauren Scorer.
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#codingbootcamp #digitalskills #datascience
January 30, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Who’s coding? An analysis of UK bootcamp experiences and outcomes” by Kate M. Miltner, Giti Kadar-Satat, Emily Ashton, and Lauren Scorer.
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#codingbootcamp #digitalskills #datascience
"Who’s coding? An analysis of UK bootcamp experiences and outcomes” by Kate M. Miltner, Giti Kadar-Satat, Emily Ashton, and Lauren Scorer.
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#codingbootcamp #digitalskills #datascience
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"'Missing Standardization': Identifying harmful language ideologies in natural language processing work” by Melissa Gasparotto.
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#NLP #languageideologies #Indigenousdatasovereignty
"'Missing Standardization': Identifying harmful language ideologies in natural language processing work” by Melissa Gasparotto.
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#NLP #languageideologies #Indigenousdatasovereignty
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"'Missing Standardization': Identifying harmful language ideologies in natural language processing work” by Melissa Gasparotto.
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#NLP #languageideologies #Indigenousdatasovereignty
"'Missing Standardization': Identifying harmful language ideologies in natural language processing work” by Melissa Gasparotto.
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#NLP #languageideologies #Indigenousdatasovereignty
Today: BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism. Join us live. uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #DataJustice
#DataActivism #DataJustice
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Today: BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism. Join us live. uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #DataJustice
#DataActivism #DataJustice
Join us TOMORROW for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1. How do communities use data to build alternatives and advance justice and democracy while navigating bias and power in data collection and governance? Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Join us TOMORROW for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1. How do communities use data to build alternatives and advance justice and democracy while navigating bias and power in data collection and governance? Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Helena Suárez Val (Data Against Feminicide; Feminicidio Uruguay). Their work connects data, feminism, and human rights through activist research and digital communication practice focused on mapping feminicides. Jan 21 uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
January 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Helena Suárez Val (Data Against Feminicide; Feminicidio Uruguay). Their work connects data, feminism, and human rights through activist research and digital communication practice focused on mapping feminicides. Jan 21 uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam). Her research sits at the intersection of political participation, infrastructure, and governance by data, with a focus on how people build political agency through and around data systems.
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam). Her research sits at the intersection of political participation, infrastructure, and governance by data, with a focus on how people build political agency through and around data systems.
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Yanni Alexander Loukissas (Georgia Tech). Their work challenges digital universalism by showing how data are shaped by their settings, and how community centered mapmaking can function as a research instrument. Jan 21 uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Speaker spotlight for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Yanni Alexander Loukissas (Georgia Tech). Their work challenges digital universalism by showing how data are shaped by their settings, and how community centered mapmaking can function as a research instrument. Jan 21 uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism. Community mapping, feminist data work, and data justice approaches that challenge entrenched power. Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism. Community mapping, feminist data work, and data justice approaches that challenge entrenched power. Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism
#DataActivism
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Protecting society from itself: How the social credit system is justified on Chinese social media” by Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel.
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#surveillance #privacy #infrastructuralpower
"Protecting society from itself: How the social credit system is justified on Chinese social media” by Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel.
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#surveillance #privacy #infrastructuralpower
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Protecting society from itself: How the social credit system is justified on Chinese social media” by Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel.
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#surveillance #privacy #infrastructuralpower
"Protecting society from itself: How the social credit system is justified on Chinese social media” by Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel.
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#surveillance #privacy #infrastructuralpower
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism
Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT (11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST)
uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #CriticalDataStudies #DataJustice
Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT (11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST)
uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #CriticalDataStudies #DataJustice
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism
Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT (11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST)
uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #CriticalDataStudies #DataJustice
Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT (11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST)
uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887
#DataActivism #CriticalDataStudies #DataJustice
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"’Drilling down’ and ‘breaking glass’ – Evolving notions of public service ‘quality’ in the Norwegian health data space” by Tanja Plasil, Gunhild Tøndel, Mads Dahl Fjesen, and Odd Morten Mjøen.
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#quality #datafication
"’Drilling down’ and ‘breaking glass’ – Evolving notions of public service ‘quality’ in the Norwegian health data space” by Tanja Plasil, Gunhild Tøndel, Mads Dahl Fjesen, and Odd Morten Mjøen.
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#quality #datafication
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"’Drilling down’ and ‘breaking glass’ – Evolving notions of public service ‘quality’ in the Norwegian health data space” by Tanja Plasil, Gunhild Tøndel, Mads Dahl Fjesen, and Odd Morten Mjøen.
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#quality #datafication
"’Drilling down’ and ‘breaking glass’ – Evolving notions of public service ‘quality’ in the Norwegian health data space” by Tanja Plasil, Gunhild Tøndel, Mads Dahl Fjesen, and Odd Morten Mjøen.
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#quality #datafication
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing” by Ashwin Varghese.
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#algorithmicgovernance, #discretion, #e-governance
"The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing” by Ashwin Varghese.
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#algorithmicgovernance, #discretion, #e-governance
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing” by Ashwin Varghese.
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#algorithmicgovernance, #discretion, #e-governance
"The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing” by Ashwin Varghese.
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#algorithmicgovernance, #discretion, #e-governance
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"Between promise and peril: Users’ risk-benefit trade-offs in their generative AI usage” by Hongjie Tang, Mengxue Ou, and Han Zheng.
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#GenerativeAI, #psychologicaldistance, #AIuse
"Between promise and peril: Users’ risk-benefit trade-offs in their generative AI usage” by Hongjie Tang, Mengxue Ou, and Han Zheng.
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#GenerativeAI, #psychologicaldistance, #AIuse
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"Between promise and peril: Users’ risk-benefit trade-offs in their generative AI usage” by Hongjie Tang, Mengxue Ou, and Han Zheng.
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#GenerativeAI, #psychologicaldistance, #AIuse
"Between promise and peril: Users’ risk-benefit trade-offs in their generative AI usage” by Hongjie Tang, Mengxue Ou, and Han Zheng.
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#GenerativeAI, #psychologicaldistance, #AIuse
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Demographic figures at risk in the digital era: Resisting commodification, reclaiming the common good” by @Edith Darin.
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#demography #digitaltrace #census
"Demographic figures at risk in the digital era: Resisting commodification, reclaiming the common good” by @Edith Darin.
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#demography #digitaltrace #census
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Demographic figures at risk in the digital era: Resisting commodification, reclaiming the common good” by @Edith Darin.
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#demography #digitaltrace #census
"Demographic figures at risk in the digital era: Resisting commodification, reclaiming the common good” by @Edith Darin.
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#demography #digitaltrace #census
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems” by @Anna Beers, @Viviane Ito, @Agusting Orozco, @Patrick Gildersleve, @Pablo Aragón, and @Francesca Tripodi.
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#computationalsocialscience #dataaccess
"Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems” by @Anna Beers, @Viviane Ito, @Agusting Orozco, @Patrick Gildersleve, @Pablo Aragón, and @Francesca Tripodi.
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#computationalsocialscience #dataaccess
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨
"Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems” by @Anna Beers, @Viviane Ito, @Agusting Orozco, @Patrick Gildersleve, @Pablo Aragón, and @Francesca Tripodi.
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#computationalsocialscience #dataaccess
"Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems” by @Anna Beers, @Viviane Ito, @Agusting Orozco, @Patrick Gildersleve, @Pablo Aragón, and @Francesca Tripodi.
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#computationalsocialscience #dataaccess
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Introducing a predictive experiment: Ethics, data and public defence in Chile” by Arturo Arriagada and Dusan Cotoras.
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#ethics #datagovernance #AI
"Introducing a predictive experiment: Ethics, data and public defence in Chile” by Arturo Arriagada and Dusan Cotoras.
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#ethics #datagovernance #AI
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"Introducing a predictive experiment: Ethics, data and public defence in Chile” by Arturo Arriagada and Dusan Cotoras.
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#ethics #datagovernance #AI
"Introducing a predictive experiment: Ethics, data and public defence in Chile” by Arturo Arriagada and Dusan Cotoras.
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#ethics #datagovernance #AI