During this period, I conducted the most difficult course of this semester – data science of society. In the intensive days of this course, the main work of the whole team is visualization. The theme of our group is conflicts. We first studied different types of conflicts and their frequency in various countries. We found […]

Today, I have taken a course called Digital Influence, which inspired me most in social media influence. It focuses on the impact of social media on political beliefs.   Social media companies use algorithms to push content that makes people stay on the sites – this can be extreme content and extreme political views causing […]

The two weeks are mainly about making production and plans—I spent this half a month on starting many of assessments and formally launching my final project. Prob because my intensives concentrate in the first half of the semester , I felt a bit busier at this stage than the last semester. Starting three assessments at […]

Through more reading, I found other examples that fit A large body of research also suggests solutions, including (Delpierre (2018) claimed some solutions.   Data collection:The data used to train algorithms and make decisions should be diverse and representative of all populations. This includes consideration of factors such as race, gender, socioeconomic status and other relevant variables.   Data cleaning: A […]

After clear the topic,  I started looking at the literature and find some examples. Review of the literature:   There is an extensive literature on how big data affects the job search process and outcomes, and the extent to which the use of big data in job search exacerbates inequality and discrimination.   CV screening: Companies can use big data analytics to […]

I met with the supervisor of my dissertation and decided on the final general direction, which was about the connection between “Big data inequality” and “finding a job”   “Big data inequality” and “finding a job” are two very different issues, but they may be linked in some ways. Big data can play a role […]

I had an online meeting with my supervisor on February 28th at 2pm. The topic and scope of my project are determined: to study the comments on posts of videos posted on the YouTube platform in two channels run by different gender of Chinese people (a man and a woman). If the data is from […]

As my graduation topic is about social media, I will also pay extra attention to social media in my literature reading.   In the preparation for our assignment for Inclusive Society, our group’s topic of choice was civic engagement. And I also focused on social media, as a platform that enables the participation of most […]

I have centralised all my learning from the last 5 weeks this week in my own learning folder. But unfortunately I caught a bad case of flu and tried to finish my two assignments. Still, after trying my best to finish the first group assignment, the flu I felt got so much worse that I […]

Due to the UCU strike, I have not been able to attend the Ethical Data Futures course, so this week I have been concentrating on self-study of some of the guidance in the handbook,I have summarised four key points of knowledge and tried to give my own view. What are the ethical implications of data […]