It's Not the Data - Weak Tie Algorithmic Sociality and Digital Culture

Explore a thought-provoking keynote address by André Brock, associate professor of media studies at Georgia Tech, as he delves into the intersection of race, social media, and digital culture. Gain insights into Western technoculture and Black cybercultures through Brock's examination of race in various digital media platforms. Learn about his award-winning book, "Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures," which theorizes Black everyday lives mediated by networked technologies. Discover the concept of weak tie algorithmic sociality and its impact on digital culture in this 1-hour and 14-minute presentation from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).