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Britt S. Paris is a critical informatics scholar studying how groups build, use, and understand information systems according to their values, and how these systems influence evidentiary standards and political action. She is currently thinking about new Internet infrastructures and current debates over artificial intelligence-generated information objects. Previously, she has published work on Internet infrastructure projects, digital labor, and civic data, analyzed through the lenses of critical, feminist, and decolonial theory.
She has her MA in Media Studies from the New School in New York City and her PhD in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She will be joining the faculty at Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science in Fall 2019. |
INTERVIEWS, QUOTES, & MEDIA MENTIONS
Schwarz, O., (4 July, 2019). Could "Fake Text" be the Next Global Political Threat? The Guardian.
Smith, T., (17 June, 2019). The Weaponization of AI. Cyberwire.
Cook, J., (13 June, 2019). Deepfake Videos and the Threat of Not Knowing What's Real. Huffington Post.
Herrera, S., (12 June, 2019). Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Finds Self on Receiving End of Fake Video. Wall Street Journal.
Muscato, L., (8 December, 2018). More Tech Won't Save Us From Disinformation. OpenNews Source.
Martineau, P., (8 November, 2018). How an Infowars Video Became a White House Tweet. WIRED Magazine.
Diep, F., (2 November, 2017). The Future of Data Justice Under Trump. Pacific Standard Magazine.
Marcotte, A., (25 September, 2017). Trump's EPA: Who Cares About Environmental Racism. Salon.
Boyer, D. and Howe, C., (19 September, 2017). Environmental Injustice at the EPA, Cultures of Energy Podcast, Rice University.
Markley, S. (25 Jan., 2017). Inside the Race to Save Climate Data in the Age of Trump. Paste Magazine.
Schlanger, Z. (21 Jan., 2017). Hackers Downloaded Climate Data and Stored it on European Servers As Trump Was Being Inaugurated. Quartz Magazine.
Harmon, J., (29 April, 2016). UCLA Information Studies to Host Discussion on Use of Data in Policing, Ampersand.
Smith, T., (17 June, 2019). The Weaponization of AI. Cyberwire.
Cook, J., (13 June, 2019). Deepfake Videos and the Threat of Not Knowing What's Real. Huffington Post.
Herrera, S., (12 June, 2019). Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Finds Self on Receiving End of Fake Video. Wall Street Journal.
Muscato, L., (8 December, 2018). More Tech Won't Save Us From Disinformation. OpenNews Source.
Martineau, P., (8 November, 2018). How an Infowars Video Became a White House Tweet. WIRED Magazine.
Diep, F., (2 November, 2017). The Future of Data Justice Under Trump. Pacific Standard Magazine.
Marcotte, A., (25 September, 2017). Trump's EPA: Who Cares About Environmental Racism. Salon.
Boyer, D. and Howe, C., (19 September, 2017). Environmental Injustice at the EPA, Cultures of Energy Podcast, Rice University.
Markley, S. (25 Jan., 2017). Inside the Race to Save Climate Data in the Age of Trump. Paste Magazine.
Schlanger, Z. (21 Jan., 2017). Hackers Downloaded Climate Data and Stored it on European Servers As Trump Was Being Inaugurated. Quartz Magazine.
Harmon, J., (29 April, 2016). UCLA Information Studies to Host Discussion on Use of Data in Policing, Ampersand.
