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Student Perspectives: Why Big Data and Democracy?

The Student Perspectives category collects posts written by current CityLIS students. Here, Emilio Sensale explores the connections between the digital revolution and democractic political systems and the impact of big data on people’s ability to exercise their own judgement without … Continue reading

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Don’t Be Evil

Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by current CityLIS student Hilary Jordan. She discusses the biases embedded in search algorithms and the importance of remembering the human factor when … Continue reading

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