Ankolika De

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What is Safety? Corporate Discourse, Power, and the Politics of Generative AI Safety

This work examines how leading generative artificial intelligence companies construct and communicate the concept of "safety" through public-facing documents. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, we analyze a corpus of corporate safety-related statements to explicate how authority, responsibility, and legitimacy ar…

CHI '262nd AuthorContent Moderation & Platform Governance +1

Volunteer Moderation as Situated Civic Labor in Local Information Infrastructures

Local information is essential for civic engagement, community belonging and well-being, and collective action. As more U.S. communities become "news deserts" without local newspapers or broadcast media, neighborhood- and municipality-level groups on platforms like Facebook, Nextdoor, and Reddit have become key nodes…

CSCW '251st AuthorActivism in a Time of Data

Who Is a Good Digital Activist? Exploring Social Justice Activists’ Adaptation to Instagram’s Algorithmic Changes

Through interviews with 16 social justice activists, we explore their challenges of adapting to Instagram, particularly in light of the platform's evolving algorithm. Our findings reveal that the frequent changes in these algorithms significantly impact their ability to engage effectively-- and disproportionately impa…

CSCW '251st AuthorWhat Social Media Feeds Tell Us

"Whoever needs to see it, will see it": Motivations and Labor of Creating Algorithmic Conspirituality Content on TikTok

Recent studies show that users often interpret social media algorithms as mystical or spiritual because of their unpredictability. This invites new questions about how such perceptions affect the content that creators create and the communities they form online. In this study, 14 creators of algorithmic conspiritualit…

CHI '25CorrespondingUniversal & Inclusive Design +1

"Business on WhatsApp is tough now—but am I really a businesswoman?" Exploring Challenges with Adapting to Changes in WhatsApp Business

This study examines how WhatsApp has evolved from a personal communication tool to a professional platform, focusing on its use by small business owners in India. Initially embraced in smaller, rural communities for its ease of use and familiarity, WhatsApp played a crucial role in local economies. However, as Meta in…

CHI '241st AuthorRecommender System UX +2

#PoetsOfInstagram: Navigating The Practices And Challenges Of Novice Poets On Instagram

Commencing as a photo-sharing platform, Instagram has since become multifaceted, accommodating diverse art forms, with poetry emerging as a prominent one. However, the academic understanding of Instagram's poetry community is limited, yet its significance emerges from its distinctive utilization of a primarily visual…

CHI '242nd AuthorInclusive Design +1

"We happen to be different and different is not bad": Designing for Intersectional Fat-Positive Information-Seeking

Fat liberation is a social movement advocating for equal treatment of fat people, who are currently subjected to harmful stereotypes, harassment, discrimination at school and work, and medical mistreatment, and is an understudied movement in HCI research. Due to the social and legal acceptability of anti-fatness, many…

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