Danah Boyd

Microsoft Research

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1.

Six Provocations for Big Data

A Decade in Internet Time: Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society, September 2011
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2012
Danah Boyd and Kate Crawford
Microsoft Research and AI Now Institute
Downloads 58,470 (44)
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Big Data, methodology, sociology, computer science, analysis

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Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life

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Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life

YOUTH, IDENTITY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA, David Buckingham, ed., The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008 , Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2007-16
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
Danah Boyd
Microsoft Research
Downloads 26,375 (210)
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social network sites, teenagers, MySpace, networked publics

Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life

YOUTH, IDENTITY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA, David Buckingham, ed., The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Feb 2009
Danah Boyd
Microsoft Research
Downloads 1,084 (43,211)
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social network sites, teenagers, MySpace, networked publics

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Social Privacy in Networked Publics: Teens’ Attitudes, Practices, and Strategies

A Decade in Internet Time: Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society, September 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2013
Danah Boyd and Alice E. Marwick
Microsoft Research and Data & Society Research Institute
Downloads 17,647 (464)
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Facebook, privacy, youth, teens, social media, ethnography, cultural studies

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The Drama! Teen Conflict, Gossip, and Bullying in Networked Publics

A Decade in Internet Time: Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society, September 2011
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Sep 2011
Alice E. Marwick and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 10,208 (1,175)

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drama, bullying, gender, internet, aggression, teens, youth

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Fairness and Abstraction in Sociotechnical Systems

2019 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT*), 59-68
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2020
Andrew D. Selbst, Danah Boyd, Sorelle Friedler, Suresh Venkatasubramanian and Janet Vertesi
UCLA School of Law, Microsoft Research, Haverford College, Brown University and Princeton University
Downloads 6,048 (2,843)
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Fairness-Aware Machine Learning, Sociotechnical Systems, Interdisciplinary

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Police Body-Worn Cameras

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Feb 2015
Alexandra Mateescu, Alex Rosenblat and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 3,706 (6,549)
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surveillance, body cameras, police, civil rights, data, Michael Brown, Evidence.com, Taser, footage, bias, interpretation, justice

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Situating Methods in the Magic of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Communication Monographs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Madeleine Clare Elish and Danah Boyd
Google Inc. and Microsoft Research
Downloads 3,403 (7,513)
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Methodology, Big Data, AI, Machine Learning, Epistemology, Ethnography

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Workplace Surveillance

Open Society Foundations' Future of Work Commissioned Research Papers 2014
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 3,155 (8,476)
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Workplace surveillance, networked, employment, resistance, digital labor, knowledge economy

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Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics

Number of pages: 406 Posted: 24 Feb 2009
Danah Boyd
Microsoft Research
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social media, teenagers, social network sites, Facebook, MySpace, ethnography

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Differential Perspectives: Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy

boyd, danah, & Sarathy, Jayshree. (2022). Differential Perspectives: Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the U.S. Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy. Harvard Data Science Review, (Special Issue 2). https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.66882f0e
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2024
Danah Boyd and Jayshree Sarathy
Microsoft Research and Northeastern University
Downloads 1,128 (41,459)
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epistemology, science & technology studies, differential privacy, census

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Algorithmic Accountability

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2015
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 747 (73,087)
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algorithm, accountability, big data, data ethics, transparency, data practices

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Differential Privacy in the 2020 Decennial Census and the Implications for Available Data Products

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Jul 2019
Danah Boyd
Microsoft Research
Downloads 736 (74,517)
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census, differential privacy, statistics, demography

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Response to FCC Notice of Inquiry 09-94: Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape

Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2010-02, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 10-19
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 24 May 2014
John G. Palfrey, John G. Palfrey, Urs Gasser and Danah Boyd
Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Microsoft Research
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online behavior, social media, education, privacy, risk

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Networked Employment Discrimination

Open Society Foundations' Future of Work Commissioned Research Papers 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 596 (97,510)
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scoring society, employment algorithms, fairness, big data

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Understanding Fair Labor Practices in a Networked Age

Open Society Foundations' Future of Work Commissioned Research Papers 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Tamara Kneese, Alex Rosenblat and Danah Boyd
University of San Francisco, Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 481 (127,187)
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Labor, Rights, Networked, Discrimination, Union, data, technology

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Data & Civil Rights: Education Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2015
Andrea Alarcon, Elana Zeide, Alex Rosenblat, Kate Wikelius, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Independent, University of Nebraska Schools of Law and Engineering, Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 455 (135,966)
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education technology, edtech, big data, data analytics, inequity, MOOCs, inBloom, privacy

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Data & Civil Rights: Technology Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2014
Solon Barocas, Alex Rosenblat, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Microsoft ResearchCornell University, Data & Society Research Institute, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 440 (141,490)
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Data, metadata, big data, database, aggregation, algorithms, machine learning, data mining

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Predicting Human Behavior

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 356 (179,717)

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predictive analytics, privacy harms, big data

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Data & Civil Rights: Criminal Justice Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Kate Wikelius, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 279 (233,095)
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predictive policing, data mining, data analytics, criminal justice, disparate impact, sentencing algorithms, big data

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Data Supply Chains

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
Tamara Kneese, Alex Rosenblat and Danah Boyd
University of San Francisco, Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 256 (254,450)

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supply chains, data, big data, ownership, remedy, data transfer, data practices, data commercialization

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What You Must Know to Help Combat Youth Bullying, Meanness, and Cruelty

Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2013-5
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 11 Jan 2013
Danah Boyd, John G. Palfrey and John G. Palfrey
Microsoft Research and Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School
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Data & Civil Rights: Employment Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2015
Alex Rosenblat, Kate Wikelius, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 233 (279,277)
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employment data, hiring algorithms, big data, disparate impact, discrimination, data-driven, scoring, labor, workforce

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How the COPPA, as Implemented, is Misinterpreted by the Public: A Research Perspective

Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2010-12
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Danah Boyd, Urs Gasser, John G. Palfrey and John G. Palfrey
Microsoft Research, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School
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Machine Unlearning Doesn't Do What You Think: Lessons for Generative AI Policy, Research, and Practice

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Feb 2025
A. Feder Cooper, Christopher A. Choquette-Choo, Miranda Bogen, Matthew Jagielski, Katja Filippova, Ken Liu, Alexandra Chouldechova, Jamie Hayes, Yangsibo Huang, Niloofar Mireshghallah, Ilia Shumailov, Eleni Triantafillou, Peter Kairouz, Nicole Mitchell, Percy Liang, Daniel E. Ho, Yejin Choi, Sanmi Koyejo, Fernando Delgado, James Grimmelmann, Vitaly Shmatikov, Christopher De Sa, Solon Barocas, Amy Cyphert, Mark A. Lemley, Danah Boyd, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Miles Brundage, David Bau, Seth Neel, Abigail Jacobs, Andreas Terzis, Hanna Wallach, Nicolas Papernot and Katherine Lee
Microsoft Research, Google DeepMind, Independent, Google DeepMind, Google DeepMind, Stanford University, Independent, Google DeepMind, Google Research, University of Washington - Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Google DeepMind, Google DeepMind, Google Research, Google Research, Stanford University - Department of Computer Science, Stanford Law School, University of Washington, Stanford University, Cornell University, Cornell Law School, Cornell University - Cornell Tech NYC, Cornell University - Department of Computer Science, Microsoft ResearchCornell University, West Virginia University - College of Law, Stanford Law School, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research New York City, Independent, Northeastern Univeristy, University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research New York City, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada and Cornell University - Department of Computer Science
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machine unlearning, privacy, copyright, safety, Generative AI

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Data & Civil Rights: Health Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Kate Wikelius, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 193 (333,708)
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patient data, privacy, big data, data practices, sensitive data, privacy

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Understanding Intelligent Systems

Open Society Foundations' Future of Work Commissioned Research Papers 2014: Data-Centric Technological Development in the Workforce
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 167 (379,863)
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dystopian, disruption, robots, intelligent systems, jobs

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Data & Civil Rights: Housing Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 23 May 2015
Alex Rosenblat, Kate Wikelius, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Downloads 166 (381,883)

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housing data, big data, discrimination, inequities, data practices

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Inequalities and Asymmetries

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
Tamara Kneese, Alex Rosenblat and Danah Boyd
University of San Francisco, Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 152 (411,671)

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data analytics, data inequality, information asymmetry, asymmetric power, big data

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Interpretation Gone Wrong

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
Downloads 136 (450,074)

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contextual awareness, big data, data analysis, transparency, data interpretation

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Technologically Mediated Artisanal Production

Open Society Foundations' Future of Work Commissioned Research Papers 2014
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Tamara Kneese, Alex Rosenblat and Danah Boyd
University of San Francisco, Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research
Downloads 131 (463,934)
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artisanal, DIY, maker, 3D printing, fair labor, future of work

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Data & Civil Rights: Consumer Finance Primer

Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Dec 2014
Alex Rosenblat, Rob Randhava, Danah Boyd, Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Corrine Yu
Data & Society Research Institute, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Microsoft Research, New America Foundation - Open Technology Institute and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
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predictive algorithms, finance, fair housing, oversight, accountability, credit-scoring, discrimination

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Computers Can’t Give Credit: How Automatic Attribution Falls Short in an Online Remixing Community

ACM CHI 2011, May 2011
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 May 2011
Andres Monroy-Hernandez, Benjamin Mako Hill, Jazmin Gonzalez-Rivero and Danah Boyd
Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research - Redmond, University of Washington - Department of Communication, Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research New England and Microsoft Research
Downloads 109 (534,045)
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remixing, attribution, credit-giving, user-generated content, online communities

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Inferences & Connections

The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data,” March 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
Alex Rosenblat, Tamara Kneese and Danah Boyd
Data & Society Research Institute, University of San Francisco and Microsoft Research
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inferences, connections, behavioral patterns, big data, relational networks

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Statistical Imaginaries, State Legitimacy: Grappling with the Arrangements Underpinning Quantification in the U.S. Census

Critical Sociology, 0[10.1177/08969205241270898]
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2024
Jayshree Sarathy and Danah Boyd
Northeastern University and Microsoft Research
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science and technology studies (STS), census, privacy, statistics, imaginaries, epistemology, government, modernization