TIPI-affiliated research at Disaster PRIMR 2021

TIPI-affiliated research at Disaster PRIMR 2021

2021-02-01 to 2021-02-03 Next week’s “Disaster PRIMR 2021 conference” will bring together members of academic institutions, practitioners in the field, and organizations from communities directly affected by disasters to build and share expertise on...
TIPI Welcomes New Fellows!

TIPI Welcomes New Fellows!

As part of the campus-wide Good Systems initiative, TIPI has invited two new researchers, Tiancheng (Leo) Cao and Brad Limov to the Disinformation team. They will investigate questions about how  message circulation and associated display properties mobilize...
Research on the Texas Hotspot Program

Research on the Texas Hotspot Program

TIPI has been working on two projects in Texas communities. The first grows out of several studies examining how libraries use mobile hotspots in both urban and rural areas. Most recently we worked with the Tocker Foundation to supply hotspots and tech support to six...
Rural Broadband Economic Development

Rural Broadband Economic Development

by Dr. Sharon Strover Several years ago, I met with many local economic development people throughout various Texas towns. They all said, “I want this town to be attractive enough for my kids to come back here when they want to raise their families.” That was not...
Shiny Things Workshop

Shiny Things Workshop

"Secret Cyborg Social Work Superheroes" by Henry Stokes "Human in the Loop" by Ayat Mohammed "Expertise Hanging in the Balance by Adam Rabinowitz, Gary Kao, Krishna Murthy Gurumurthy, and Richard Ketcham "Data Shaman" by Anne Bowen "IRREDCUIBLE UNCERTAINTY?" by Barry...
Good Systems Disinformation Research Overview

Good Systems Disinformation Research Overview

Photo credit: Rob Dobi, The Globe and Mail Disinformation Research for Good Systems Summary The Internet, with its ubiquitous presence, viral pull and anonymity, can be a central tool for disinformation.  Unfortunately, the economic models of media industries...
ALA Midwinter Meeting 2020

ALA Midwinter Meeting 2020

Dr. Sharon Strover (UT Austin, TIPI) presented on her IMLS Libraries and Disasters research alongside her colleagues Dr. Marcia Mardis (FSU) and Dr. Faye Jones (FSU) on January 26th at 9AM as the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Co-Constructing Disaster...
ICA 2021 Post-conference

ICA 2021 Post-conference

Problems of digital exclusion have traditionally been associated with lack of access to technology. Increasingly digital exclusion also emerges with the active agency of state and corporate institutions using AI, smart city infrastructures, surveillance systems and...