Tag: platform studies
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Haters will say it’s AI: Mapping AI-generated brain rot content communities on TikTok & YouTube
Team Members Amina Djedidi, Çiğdem Erd, Hanaa Hamidi, Sinin Nakhle, Anastasiia Osipova, Victoria Ro, Camilla Volpe (Project Leader) 1. Introduction to the project This project explores how the online phenomenon commonly referred to as brain rot relates to the emergence of what we call synthetic publics — collectives that aggregate around AI-generated or AI-influenced content…
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Recommended Advertising on YouTube: Mapping Demographic Variation and Targeting Strategies in Italy
Team Members Ellen Gustafsson, Federico Irace, Kata Horváth, Lawrence Paul Cabrera, Nicole Sanchotene, Andrea Russo (Project Leader) 1. Introduction to the project Digital platforms frame the consumption of content, both directly and through their infrastructures, sustaining the distribution of targeted advertisements. This project aims to map patterns of advertisements on YouTube, focusing on how targeting…