588113 news 1488316233 1488316233 <![CDATA[Loukissas, Pollock Co-Author Big Data Article in ‘Engaging Science and Technology’ Journal]]> Assistant Professor Yanni Loukissas and Associate Professor Anne Pollock, faculty in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, explored the impact of the 2016 U.S. presidential election on big data research in an article that was published in the 2017 issue of the journal Engaging Science and Technology.

In the article, entitled “After Big Data Failed: The Enduring Allure of Numbers in the Wake of the 2016 U.S. Election,”  Loukissas and Pollock argue that the election season epitomized the intense attachment people have to data as a “readily available arbiter” for claims-making. They discuss the “ambivalent qualities” of data and how it can be mobilized for blame, exoneration, and broader sense-making.

Read the full article here: http://estsjournal.org/article/view/150

]]> 2017-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 Assistant Professor Yanni Loukissas and Associate Professor Anne Pollock, faculty in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, explored the impact of the 2016 U.S. presidential election on big data research in an article that was published in the 2017 issue of the journal Engaging Science and Technology.

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