
Petter Törnberg
@pettertornberg
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Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at ILLC @UvA_amsterdam | Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined December 2009
Social media has been broadly linked to intensifying political polarization. But why would social media drive polarization? . My new paper in PNAS suggests that the reason might not be what you think. 🧵.
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PhD position out at University of Amsterdam. We’re looking for a computer scientist interested in LLMs, social media, and politics . Offer a lot of freedom and an exciting environment! . Please share!.
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The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using...
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RT @MCSjournal: In this new #OnlineFirst article, @pettertornberg explores how hype & financial narratives empower Big Tech through self-fu….
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The rise of platforms has transformed our understanding of contemporary capitalism, with the critical literature describing how these firms leverage unprecedent...
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RT @NoemaMag: As we transition from industrial to digital modernity, business tycoons no longer view humans as cogs in machines. Now, as pl….
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As today’s platforms become all-powerful, the metaphors we use to describe our digitally infused world exemplify a new, stealthier form of domination that is emerging.
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"Hype" seems to have become a core feature of Big Tech – seen in the rise of hype men like @elonmusk and @sama. But why? What is the role of hype in contemporary capitalism?. My new paper argues the creation of a Critical Hype Studies. 🧵.
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The rise of platforms has transformed our understanding of contemporary capitalism, with the critical literature describing how these firms leverage unprecedent...
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RT @BigDataSoc: 📢: Check out this new publication on "Artificial Intelligence and the State: Seeing like an Artificial Neural Network" by @….
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