Books

Benedetta Brevini Discusses AI’s Impact on the Climate Crisis at CMDS Event

There is an almost religious sentiment about the power of technology. This obfuscates its materiality, which prevents debates about the technology’s impact on the environment, CMDS Fellow Benedetta Brevini argued in an online discussion of her new book, “Is AI Good for the Planet?,” organized by CMDS. A recording of the event is now available to watch.

New Book by CMDS Fellow Benedetta Brevini on AI and Climate Change

Is artificial intelligence good for the planet? This is the issue CMDS Fellow Benedetta Brevini discusses in her new book, out in October 2021 in Polity’s Digital Futures series.

Sandra Ristovska on Video Activism

As video becomes an important tool to expose injustice, CMDS Fellow Sandra Ristovska examines how human rights organizations are seeking to professionalize video activism through video production, verification standards, and training.

Kristina Irion on Human Rights Protection in New Book About Big Data and Trade Law

CMDS Fellow Kristina Irion authored a chapter for the volume Big Data and Global Trade Law, published this month by Cambridge University Press.

The Values of Public Service Media in the Internet Society – New Book Co-Edited by Rodríguez-Castro, With a Chapter Co-Authored by Dragomir

In a chapter for a new book co-edited by CMDS Fellow Marta Rodríguez-Castro, CMDS Director Marius Dragomir and Minna Aslama Horowitz create a framework for analyzing media capture and its impact on Public Service Media. Rodríguez-Castro and co-authors discuss the relationship between Public Service Media and the market through the lens of risk.

Platform Capitalism in India – New Book by Parthasarathi

The book, co-edited by our Fellow, Vibodh Parthasarathi, provides a critical examination of the evolution of platform economies in India, and investigates how digital platforms embed market systems into the fabric of everyday life.

The Unbearable Ease of Misinformation – New E-Book by CMDS

The Center for Media, Data and Society has published its first e-book on the business of misinformation in Eastern Europe.

Dragomir and Rodríguez-Castro on Media Management for the Transmedia Scene

The chapter, co-authored by our Director, Marius Dragomir, our Fellow, Marta Rodríguez-Castro and José M. Valero-Pastor uses some key trends in journalism collected as part of our Media Influence Matrix project.

The Media Manifesto: New Book by Lina Dencik

April 29, 2020

Together with co-authors Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg, our Fellow, Lina Dencik put forth a roadmap for radical reform of concentrated media power.

Until They Divorced – New Book by Fardin Alikhah

March 13, 2019

The book “Until They Divorced, They Did Not Write a Book”, published in Farsi language in Tehran, was written by CMDS Fellow Fardin Alikhah.