MediaFutures Seminar: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI with Lydia Chilton, an Assistant Professor from Columbia University
Lydia Chilton from Columbia University will give a seminar on June 29th TITLE: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI WHEN: 29 June, 15:00 - 16:00 Presentation: https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Chilton_ReachingNewAudiences_June2023.pdf ABSTRACT: Writing a news article is a significant investment of time, energy, and intellect. For an article to have the impact it deserves, it needs to reach the […]
NordMedia Conference 2023
NordMedia23 will be organized in Bergen, Norway from 16 – 18 August 2023. The theme of the conference is Technological Takeover? Social and Cultural implications – promises and pitfalls. For more information visit: https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2023/
BehavRec ’23: Recommendations for Behavior Change
ACM RecSysJoin us at the "BehavRec '23: Recommendations for Behavior Change" workshop, a part of the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys '23) in Singapore from September 18th to 22nd, 2023. This workshop focuses on persuasive and behavior change recommender systems, offering insights into designing recommendations that prompt positive behavior shifts. Explore a range of […]
NORMalize at RecSys ’23
OnlineMediaFutures Key Researcher Alain Starke is co-organizing a workshop on normative design and evaluation of recommender systems during the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys ’23. NORMalize sets out to provide a platform for researchers and practicioners from different domains to discuss challenges related to the normative design and evaluation of recommender systems. In this […]
Liisa Ovaska: From permissive to resistive tactics: How audience members act, make sense and cope with audience-datafied journalism
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorWe are pleased to invite to a seminar about Liisa Ovaska's research paper on how audience members respond to audience-datafied journalism. Preliminary findings reveal a spectrum of strategies, ranging from resistance to acceptance, in how users engage with data-driven systems while consuming news. Liisa Ovaska is a doctoral researcher at Tampere University. In her dissertation Ovaska studies […]
Knowledge Café on PhD Teaching Duties
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorAs part of our Knowledge Café seminar series, MediaFutures will be organizing a seminar on teaching duties for PhD students at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. During the meeting you will be introduced to some of the tools available at the university, and that you might want to use during teaching. You […]
Irene Costera Meijer: TikTok as a case study to understand the layeredness of Media Experience:
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorJoin our next Lunch Meeting with Irene Costera Meijer, Professor of Journalism Studies and head of the Journalism Studies section at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is also Work Package I Advisor and Key Researcher. Her research interests focus on audience studies and in particular on the impact of digitalization on changing practices of media consumption, media […]
Seminar on innovative human-computer interaction
UiB BergenThe Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research group at the University of Bergen in cooperation with MediaFutures invites to a two-day seminar addressing innovative HCI. Eight research and industry leader from Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan will be holding presentations on topics such as medical sensing and human-workspace interaction. The seminar will be rounded off with […]
Sampol Conference 2023: (Limited) Technology: Progress or Downfall of Democracy?
UiB BergenThe Sampol Conference 2023 is organized by master's degree students at the Department of Comparative Politics (UiB) every other year. Its main objective is to provide a vibrant platform for constructive dialogue and exchange of ideas on significant societal and scientific issues. The conference has been held biennially since 1985, focusing on a wide range […]
Fact Checking and Fact-based journalism in the age of AI
Kristiania, Kirkegata 24-26, Oslo Kirkegata 24-26, OsloKristiania University College and MediaFutures partner Faktisk.no have the honour to invite to a full-day conference about the challenges and opportunities that AI presents in the field of fact-checking. How to distinguish between genuine and AI-generated content? The challenges arising from new AI technology in fact-checking are significant. How is this field evolving, and what […]
MediaFutures Annual Meeting 2023
MCBMediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology, leveraging AI technology, for the media sector. The centre is a consortium of the most important media players in Norway. The University of Bergen is the host of the centre. User partners include NRK and TV 2, the two main […]
CuttingEdge AI: What do we do with one billion for artificial intelligence?
UiB AI, in collaboration with NORA, is excited to announce the Cutting Edge AI seminar taking place in Bergen on November 24th at the University Aula. Media Futures, a part of this collaboration, invites you to join us for an engaging discussion on the effective allocation of the government-promised AI billion. What is the actual […]