What is CITAP?
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) is a research center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society. We analyze how social differences shape unequal dynamics in our information systems and prioritize questions of power. And that work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
Our researchers include Daniel Kreiss, Alice Marwick, Shannon McGregor, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Francesca Tripodi, and Shannon Malone Gonzalez.
We recognize that effective analysis of technology platforms and information systems requires
A holistic approach grounded in history, society, culture, and politics
Analyzing how social differences—including race and ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual identity—shape unequal information ecosystem dynamics
Prioritizing questions of power, institutions, and economic, social, cultural, and technological structures
Making clear foundational commitments to equality and justice
Why subscribe?
CITAP researchers are constantly publishing new work and helping explain current events. CITAP Round Up is a weekly update with all our latest news, findings, and events, plus a peek at what we’re reading and recommending from other researchers and centers.
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CITAP’s work is collaborative—we rely on a community of technologists, policy makers, civil society leaders, journalists, and others who are working together to understand and govern emerging technologies’ effects on our society. Our subscribers are one part of this broader network of experts and change-makers.
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