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- Media technologies & production cultures
- How sociotechnical systems enact theories of press freedom & “the public”
- GenAI as a public problem
Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism, USC Annenberg
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Mike Ananny
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Last thought:
I get that gov't & advisors want to curb power of social media platforms & tech companies---I wholeheartedly agree!---but I'm consistently perplexed at the naiveness of solutions, ignorance of solutions' downstream impacts, & thin appreciations of the complexities of online cultures.
I'm sensing pattern in Cdn digital tech policymaking:
- big rhetoric & splashy announcements
- vague frameworks lacking key details
- unworkable solutions w/o deep grounding in complexities of online culture & platform political economies
- no mitigation of downstream impacts
- the environment?
Such bizarre policymaking:
- gov't *knows* platforms are unsafe for all (not just <16);
- takes fingers-crossed gamble that ban makes platforms heel;
- no evidence bans work;
- no amelioration of ban effects on kids' development;
- kids are policy guinea pigs for bigger problem left un-tackled.
