Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC)
@cnsc-uoc.bsky.social
Research group at Open University of Catalonia (UOC) | Examining social and political challenges in the digital era. Datafied societies, Ageism, Technopolitics, Social media, AI, Participatory platforms, and more ๐โ๐ฒโ๐ https://communicationchange.net/
Integritat de la recerca ๐ @andrearosalesc.bsky.social i @mireiafa.bsky.social van participar en el panel 'Publish or Perish 2.0: integritat de la recerca en lโera de la IA', activitat que va formar part de la Setmana de la IA a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8h...
Publish or Perish 2.0: integritat de la recerca en lโera de la IA
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New publication! ๐ @martacambro.bsky.social authored the article 'Citizens' Media Practices in the Face of Online Hate Speech,' as part of the Special Issue "Communicative Resilience: Civil Society's Response to Information Disorders" of the journal Partecipazione e Conflitto. #hatespeech
๐ข Registration is open: ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐: ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๏ธ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ต:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ @uocuniversitat.bsky.social (Rambla Poblenou, 154, Bcn) ๐ The techno-deterministic paradigm of AI has exacerbated social challenges. Society is mobilising towards shaping AI for social good.
๐ New paper alert! Juan Linares, David Carbonell, @andrearosalesc.bsky.social & Inรฉs Montoya publish in OBS* journal. They analyzed 1,456 Midjourney images and found that GenAI defaults to young people, while older adults are scarce and tied to stereotypes of fragility. #AIEthics #GenAI
๐ฃ Seminario: Mujeres indรญgenas interconectando conocimientos: cuerpos, territorios y tecnologรญas para la vida ๐ Ana Marรญa Noguera #GenTIC presentarรก conclusiones de #INDIWOMINT, sobre los saberes y prรกcticas de las comunidades de la Amazonรญa y cรณmo crear alianzas para mitigar el cambio climรกtico. โฌ๏ธ
๐ข Registration is open: ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐: ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๏ธ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ต:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ @uocuniversitat.bsky.social (Rambla Poblenou, 154, Bcn) ๐ The techno-deterministic paradigm of AI has exacerbated social challenges. Society is mobilising towards shaping AI for social good.
๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC)@cnsc-uoc.bsky.social ยท 3mo ago๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ is open until ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ECREA postconference: Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026, online) More information: symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai... #ECREA #conference #ageing #communication #media
๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC)@cnsc-uoc.bsky.social ยท 3mo ago๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ is open until ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ECREA postconference: Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026, online) More information: symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai... #ECREA #conference #ageing #communication #media
๐ฅ Jueves 14/05 15:15h | Encuentro Derechos Digitales @mireiafa.bsky.social presenta los resultados de un artรญculo publicado en @bigdatasoc.bsky.social sobre cรณmo la IA aprende a evitar el sexismo pero sigue reproduciendo edadismo. ๐ Consulta la agenda: encuentroderechosdigitales.com/agenda-2/
๐ฅ Mรฉs enllร de les big tech de Silicon Valley, hi ha una altra realitat tecnolรฒgica en quรจ ja existeixen multitud d'experiรจncies de ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, tant a nivell dels ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ com de les ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. Us invitem a abordar aquestes qรผestions en: canodrom.barcelona/ca/noticies/...
Tres jornades per descobrir que el futur tecnolรฒgic no estร escrit
El Canรฒdrom - Ateneu dโInnovaciรณ Digital i Democrร tica รฉs un espai รบnic a Barcelona: un laboratori ciutadร entorn de les tecnologies i la democrร cia. Un ateneu obert al territori proper, a la ciutat i...
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๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ is open until ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ECREA postconference: Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026, online) More information: symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai... #ECREA #conference #ageing #communication #media
Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026)
Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives ECREA 2026 postconference Today's sociotechnological transformationsโmarked by conflict, crisis, and r...
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๐ข We are glad to invite you to the ECREA post-conference โ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐โ organized by the Children, Youth and Media Section and the Temporary Working Group on Aging and Communication symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai...
New publication alert! Ana Bernal Triviรฑo, Ana Gonzรกlez Neira, and @andrearosalesc.bsky.social analyzed whether the media and fact-checkers served to check the statements shared by Pedro Sรกnchez (PSOE) and Alberto Nรบรฑez Feijรณo (PP) during the '23 electoral debate. revistas.unav.edu/index.php/co...
New publication! ๐ The paper 'Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices' is out! Authors: @sarasuarezg.bsky.social @thepeiru.bsky.social @mireiafa.bsky.social @cogitatiomac.bsky.social www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices | Article | Media and Communication
Sara Suรกrez-Gonzalo, Joel Peiruza-Parga, Mireia Fernรกndez-Ardรจvol
cogitatiopress.com
๐ข Excited to share our article "Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices" in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social โ Free OA doi.org/10.17645/mac... #OpenAccess โ @thepeiru.bsky.social @mireiafa.bsky.social @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social
Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices | Article | Media and Communication
Sara Suรกrez-Gonzalo, Joel Peiruza-Parga, Mireia Fernรกndez-Ardรจvol
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In this new article, @imaginaries.bsky.social and Laura Forlano examined the sociotechnical fictions instrumentalized by #AI financial infrastructures and discourses to advance what they call "a cyberlibertarian transition". Published at AI&Society @springernature.com link.springer.com/journal/146
AI & SOCIETY
AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, is an International Journal publishing refereed scholarly articles, position papers, debates, short ...
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In this new article, @martacambro.bsky.social reflects on how to critically examine the processes of opinion shaping in a hybrid media system characterized by the pressure for conforming an opinion, benefiting from the normative approach of #Habermas for the public sphere. raco.cat/index.php/Qu...
Amb Habermas i mรฉs enllร .: El rol del que รฉs digital i el que รฉs afectiu en la formaciรณ dโopiniรณ pรบblica | Quaderns del CAC
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When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? Our colleague Mariola Tร rrega, together with @danicetra.bsky.social, @diegomuro.bsky.social, and Harrison Parpillon, answer it in this new article: ๐ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Words After the Storm: Elite Rhetoric and the Limits of DeโEscalation in Postreferendum Catalonia
When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? This article examines the prospects of rhetorical de-escalation in the aftermath of a secessio....
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New publication alert! ๐ Juan Linares, Elena Falco and รnder รelik, authored an article on how dominant ageist narratives about older people legitimise the introduction of technological "fixes" by corporation even when they lack sufficient support. Check it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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โผ๏ธLa #IA generativa estรก reforzando estereotipos, degรฉnero, clase social, origen y tambiรฉn de edad, contribuyendo a la discriminaciรณn y estigmatizaciรณn de los colectivos mรกs desfavorecidos.โผ๏ธ โ๏ธ Andrea Rosales y Juan Linares-Lanzman comein.uoc.edu/divulgacio/c...
Kamala vs Kamala
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New publication alert! ๐คฉ The article 'The Long and Winding Road: Policy Frictions and the Governance of Ride-Hailing Platforms in Latin America, by our colleague @ronsnzl.bsky.social, is now out! Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Policy #Platforms #LatinAmerica #Mobility
Latin American Policy | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
The rise of ride-hailing platforms has profoundly transformed urban mobility in Latin America over the past decade. Transportation Network Companies such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, InDrive, and others op...
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๐ข Call for Participation | Barcelona Summer School 2026 Shaping AI for Inclusion Dates: 15โ17 July 2026. Are you working in the intersection between AI and the social, ethical, and political challenges it poses? We invite you to submit your abstract by 10 March 2026! anyage.ai/article/shap...
Any Age AI - Algorithmic Fairness in Ageing Societies
Any Age AI promotes inclusive approaches to build non-discriminatory, transparent and fair AI applications.
anyage.ai
Did you already you know @tecnopolitica.bsky.social? It is a unit connected to CNSC's Democracy and Technopolitics line research. It is a collaborative space for sharing knowledge and practices among academia, social movements, and new democratic institutions. Website: www.tecnopolitica.net
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New Publications Alert! ๐คฉ Check out these three papers recently published out of the #AgingInData project. All of them highlight the need to deconstruct ageist biases when conducting research on digital behaviour ๐ด ๐ฉโ๐ฆณ ๐คณ โ๏ธ
๐คณJornada participativa sobre estereotips i bretxa digital. Compartirem els resultats de l'estudi #Vellisme: Estereotips edatistes i el cercle viciรณs de l'exclusiรณ digital a Espanya, que vol combatre l'edatisme digital. 11/12 10:15h Palau Macaya (Bcn) Inscripcions: symposium.uoc.edu/go/bretxa-di...
More info about our key projects! ๐คณ How are political parties, activists, leaders, and citizens in general, adopting new digital tools, especially social media? We answer these questions in the project The Digitalization of Politics: Citizens and Political Parties. Spain in Comparative Perspective.
Contractes de recerca postdoctorals de tres anys a la UOC. Vols fer la teva recerca amb nosaltres? El termini per enviar solยทlicituds รฉs el 16 de desembre del 2025. Contacte: rborge@uoc.edu Mรฉs informaciรณ: www.uoc.edu/portal/en/ri...
Let us introduce some of our key projects! We start with those that examine the intersection between Aging, Data, and AI, an increasingly relevant topic in our datafied and aging societies.
Home - Aging in Data
Aging in Data is a research project that explores how an era of unprecedented digital data-gathering impacts and governs how we grow old in our communities.
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1/3 Hello, world! ๐ We're thrilled to introduce our research group to the Bluesky community! ๐๐ฒ๐โ We produce knowledge with and for civil society, always upholding high academic standards, to actively contribute to tackle inequalities, discrimination, and sociopolitical crises.