Safiya Umoja Noble - "Just Google It": Algorithms of Oppression

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble discusses her research into Google, a
technology commonly thought of as a public resource free from commercial
interest, and the ways in which it mediates public access to
information in biased ways and permits problematic racial and gender
misrepresentations. Sponsored by the Douglas College Faculty Professional Development Committee.
Speaker bio
Safiya Umoja Noble is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education
and Information Studies at UCLA. Her research focuses on socio-cultural
informatics, and feminist, historical and political-economic
perspectives on computing platforms and software in the public interest.
Her research is at the intersection of transnational culture and
technology in the design and use of applications on the internet. She is
currently writing a book about Google and Information bias (forthcoming
from NYU Press).

[@LinneaRitland]

Oh gosh her answer to the Beyoncé question is so good - thank you ubc for making this lecture public!

[@korreyfields]

Excellent and eye opening presentation.

[@creativerosger]

Will you invite her back soon?

[@OregonEdProject]

Ideology-driven “research”.