Discusses how the recent changes to the social media landscape may affect researchers and society.

Our guest is Nicholas Proferes, an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His research interests include users’ understanding of socio-technical systems such as social media, societal discourse about technology, and issues of power and ethics in the digital landscape.

Additional resources:

•  Coalition for Independent Technology Research: https://independenttechresearch.org/
• The Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab at Cornell University: https://citizensandtech.org/ 
• Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University: https://knightcolumbia.org/
• “Twitter’s plan to cut off free data access evokes ‘fair amount of panic’ among scientists:” https://www.science.org/content/article/twitters-plan-cut-free-data-access-evokes-fair-amount-panic-among-scientists
• “What the end of Twitter’s free API means for research:” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00480-9