by Janina Wildermuth | Jun 17, 2024 | News, News in User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement
On June 6, SFI MediaFutures had the privilege of hosting Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Dominik Kowald from the Graz University of Technology for an insightful seminar on transparency, privacy, and fairness in recommender systems. Dr. Kowald is research area manager of the Fair...
by Janina Wildermuth | Jun 5, 2024 | News
With ‘I Dreamt of Something Lost’, former research assistant Florence Jane Walker has created an interactive story that explores data-conscious electronic literature. Having recently won the main category of the New Media Writing Prize, her project stands as a...
by Janina Wildermuth | May 24, 2024 | News, News in User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement
Four research papers from MediaFutures are set to be presented at the 32nd ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP) 2024, a premier event for groundbreaking advancements in user-adaptive systems. This conference covers...
by Janina Wildermuth | May 13, 2024 | News, Understanding Media Experiences
Being on social media can both have positive and negative aspects. The recent debate on the effect of social media on the Norwegian youth has often been driven by critical voices which warn of negative health effects and social issues. MediaFutures Post Doctoral...
by Janina Wildermuth | May 2, 2024 | News
“Usually, it takes more than two years to do research,” says MediaFutures associate professor Erik Knudsen to Khrono and continues: “But, for the Media Survey, I don’t have more than some months.” Undoubtely one of the highlights at the...
by Janina Wildermuth | Apr 29, 2024 | News
Always more, always new, always short. The vast amount of freely available content on the internet has created a competition between creators. News agencies are fighting daily to get attention and stay interesting for their target group. Automated content generation...