Ethan Zuckerman

Dialing for Videos dataset

Kevin Zheng, Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman

Representative random sample of YouTube collected in late 2022 using the Dialing for Videos sampling method. Includes two files: the full dataset, which requires accepting terms to protect the privacy of uploaders in the sample, and an anonymized version, which is publicly …

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TubeStats and TokStats: Research Tools for Random Samples of YouTube and TikTok

Kevin Zheng, Reagan Grey Keeney, Ryan McGrady, Vikramaditya Jaisingh et autres

YouTube and TikTok are two of the most popular digital communications platforms in the world, playing a disproportionately large role in global communications infrastructure in general and the consumption and dissemination of information in particular. As neither platform provides adequate mechanisms to …

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Language Disparities in Moderation Workforce Allocation by Social Media Platforms

Manuel Tonneau, Diyi Liu, Ryan McGrady, Ralph Schroeder et autres

Content moderation is one of the earliest and most consequential large-scale applications of artificial intelligence, shaping both online safety and the boundaries of permissible speech. In practice, moderation operates as a sociotechnical human–AI system, combining automated flagging with human review, as automated …

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Media Cloud 2.0: An Updated Open Web News Archive

Fernando Bermejo, Rahul Bhargava, Phil Budne, Paige Gulley et autres

We present a completely re-engineered Media Cloud, a massive searchable open source archive of digital news sources and content from around the globe. Since its previous presentation at ICWSM in 2021, the Media Cloud team has re-engineered the tool's data collection, storage, …

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The loyal client: lessons from the past for the future of social media

Spencer Lane, Ethan Zuckerman

The client that is used to connect to a server serves a function that is almost as important as the server itself. The client governs how a user is able to interact with a digital system, the actions they are able to …

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Language Disparities in Moderation Workforce Allocation by Social Media Platforms

Kevin Zheng, Ethan Zuckerman, Diyi Liu, Manuel Tonneau et autres

Content moderation is one of the earliest and most consequential large-scale applications of artificial intelligence, shaping both online safety and the boundaries of permissible speech. In practice, moderation operates as a sociotechnical human–AI system, combining automated flagging with human review, as automated …

YouTube random prefix sample 20240617

Kevin Zheng, Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman

Representative random sample of YouTube collected on 2024-06-17 for use on TubeStats.org and in IDPI research projects. Includes two files: the full dataset, which requires accepting terms to protect the privacy of uploaders in the sample, and an anonymized version, which is …

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The Quotidian Web and the Accidental Archive

Ethan Zuckerman, Ryan McGrady

Video hosting sites like YouTube are commonly understood through their professional creators and viral content, but they are also rich, global repositories of cultural memory and everyday life. However, their opaque, algorithmically optimized, commercial structure poses challenges to research. We argue that …

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Media Cloud Geographic Collections

Media Cloud, Northeastern University, Rahul Bhargava, Ethan Zuckerman et autres

This dataset includes a snapshot of Media Cloud's geographic collections, associated sources, and mappings between collections to sources.

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Media Cloud Geographic Collections

Media Cloud, Northeastern University, Rahul Bhargava, Ethan Zuckerman et autres

This dataset includes a snapshot of Media Cloud's geographic collections, associated sources, and mappings between collections to sources.

mx, us, es (code pays fourni par la source)

Civic Information Architecture

Ethan Zuckerman

In the six years since the Our Common Purpose report was released, dramatic shifts to the information ecosystem have transformed the relationship between citizens and the media, providing serious challenges to an informed and participatory democracy. Journalism faces business model challenges aggravated …

The Revolution that Feeds the World

Luis Cordero Corretjer, Ethan Zuckerman, Francisco Pines, Bruno Domecq Abucham

5 min.