TIPI Announces Fall 2024 Graduate Student Research Fellows

By TIPI Staff, 10/02/2024

The Technology and Information Policy Institute (TIPI) is thrilled to announce the recipients of our Graduate Student Research Fellowships for Fall 2024. We have funded four exceptional projects that delve into the complex relationship between emerging technologies and their wide-ranging societal impacts. Spanning diverse geographical contexts and research areas, these projects promise to make significant contributions to our understanding of evolving digital and political landscapes.

 

The 2024-2025 TIPI Research Fellows and their projects:

  • André Rodarte – “Narrative wars are killing the country”: Understanding how politicians respond to crisis on social media

André’s project tackles the critical issue of how politicians utilize social media to mobilize their political bases during times of crisis. By examining anti-lockdown demonstrations in Manaus, Brazil, his work aims to uncover how this can lead to the creation of epistemic crises.

  • Yuting He – Being cloud viewers: Chinese citizens’ proactive engagement and ethical perceptions of integrating live stream technology with public camera resources

Yuting’s timely project explores the experiences and perspectives of Chinese citizens in relation to the increasingly prevalent use of public camera surveillance technology in China. She will investigate the ethical concerns that Chinese citizens associate with the public availability of these camera resources.

Tina and Silvia’s collaborative project examines the adoption and implications of generative AI (such as large language models) within the field of journalism. They will investigate journalists’ and news organizations’ views on AI regulation, guidelines, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the newsroom.

  • Jiayu Sun – #CoronavirusSisterSupport: A case study of emergent organizing and female medical workers’ contextual vulnerability during crises

Jiayu’s research delves into the phenomenon of “emergent organizing” among female medical workers in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through analyzing social media data from Sina Weibo, she aims to uncover how these women leveraged online platforms to mobilize and support one another during a time of crisis.

 

 These projects represent a diverse range of research that aligns with TIPI’s mission to investigate the social impacts of digital media, growing concerns around disasters and risk, and artificial-intelligence in the future of work. We are excited to support these talented researchers as they embark on their projects and look forward to the valuable insights they will bring to the field.