[Air-L] JOB: Media Manipulation lead at Data & Society

[Alice E. Marwick]

Hi all,

D&S is looking for a lead for the Manipulation Project:

https://datasociety.net/blog/jobs/project-lead-media-manipulation/

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While technologies are often created with the best of intentions, they are
often used in ways that dismay their creators. As data-driven and social
technologies – and the companies that produce them – become more powerful,
so do the individuals and groups attempting to undermine or manipulate tech
to advance other agendas. From cybersecurity to spam and search engine
optimization to the manipulation of mainstream media, we must confront the
weaknesses and fault lines that appear in a technology and data-driven
society.

At Data & Society, the Manipulation Project seeks to understand the
mechanisms by which adversarial attacks on institutions and information
intermediaries wreak havoc on countless systems, undermine trust in
society, and destroy key mechanisms of social infrastructure– and the
subsequent socio-technical implications. Conversations about topics like
“fake news” or AI-powered bots fail to account for how and why systems can
easily be gamed. This project aims to cut through the hype around these
issues, and understand vulnerabilities in socio-technical systems that go
beyond security and privacy. How can systems be manipulated? And what are
the implications of that kind of manipulation?

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D&S is a great place to work and a fantastic meld of academic/practitioner
thinking. This would be a fabulous fit for an unconventional academic or
someone with journalism training who loves managing researchers and making
public impact.

Job is in NYC with real salary, benefits etc. PhD not required.

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Alice E. Marwick, PhD
Fellow, Data & Society
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (as of 2017)
amarwick at gmail.com
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