João Carlos Magalhães, Dr.
João Carlos Magalhães was a senior researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), working in the Evolving Digital Society research programme.
At the HIIG, he lead an EU-funded project that is mapping out social media platforms’ governance structures, with a focus on copyright policies and automated filters.
Journal articles and conference proceedings (6)
Magalhães, J. C., & Couldry, N. (2021). Giving by taking away: Big Tech, data colonialism and the reconfiguration of social good. International Journal of Communication, 15, 343-362. Publication details
Magalhães, J. C., Katzenbach, C. (2020). Coronavirus and the frailness of platform governance. Internet Policy Reiew. Publication details
Campanella, B., & Magalhães, J.C (2019). Media, recognition and constitution of subjectivity. Contracampo: Brazilian Journal of Communication, 38(2). DOI: 10.22409/contracampo.v38i2 Publication details
Magalhães, J. C. (2018). Do Algorithms Shape Character? Considering Algorithmic Ethical Subjectivation. Social Media + Society, 4(2), 1-10. DOI: 10.1177/2056305118768301 Publication details
Araújo, W., & Magalhães, J.C. (2018). Me, myself and “the algorithm”. How Twitter users employ the notion of “the algorithm” as a self-presentation frame. Compós, 1-25. Publication details
Cammaerts, B., DeCillia, B., & Magalhães, J. C. (2017). Journalistic transgressions in the representation of Jeremy Corbyn: From watchdog to attackdog. Journalism, 21(2), 191-208. DOI: 10.1177/1464884917734055 Publication details
Working paper (1)
Anstead, N., Magalhães, J.C., Stupart, R., & Tambini, D. (2019). Facebook advertising in the 2017 United Kingdom general election: The uses and limits of user-generated data. European Consortium of Political Research. Publication details
Other publications (7)
Katzenbach, C., Magalhães, J. C., Kopps, A., Sühr, T., & Wunderlich, L. (2021). The Platform Governance Archive. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Publication details
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). The final days of Labour’s Facebook GE2017 campaign. LSE Blogs. Publication details
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C (2017). Is the Conservative Party deliberately distributing fake news in attack ads on Facebook? LSE Blogs. Publication details
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). Labour’s advertising campaign on Facebook (or “don’t mention the war”). LSE Blogs. Publication details
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). How the Liberal Democrats are using Facebook ads to court ‘remainers’. LSE Blogs. Publication details
Magalhães, J.C. (2016). Have the mass media fuelled Brazil’s turmoil? OXPOL Blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (19)
AoIR2022: Complexification And Concentration In Platform Power
VOICE THROUGH SILENCE: ALGORITHMIC VISIBILITY AND BOTTOM-UP AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE BRAZILIAN CRISIS
Researching AI and Content Moderation: Trends, Tools and Methods
Emerging Structures of Platform Governance and Copyright. Methods and Challenges in Studying Content Policies
Voice as silencing: algorithmic visibility and the rise of ordinary authoritarianism in the Brazilian political crisis
Voice as silencing: algorithmic visibility and the rise of ordinary authoritarianism in the Brazilian political crisis
Voice as silencing: algorithmic visibility and the rise of ordinary authoritarianism in the Brazilian political crisis
Voice as silencing: algorithmic visibility, recognition costs and the erosion of civic voice in the Brazilian political crisis
Me, myself and ‘the algorithm’: How Twitter users employ the notion of “the algorithm” as a self-presentation frame
Facebook advertising in the 2017 United Kingdom General Election
Me, myself and ‘the algorithm’. How Twitter users employ the notion of “the algorithm as a self-presentation frame
The moral paradox of recognition on algorithmic social media
Facebook advertising the 2017 United Kingdom General Election: The uses and limits of user-generated data
My lovely useless Facebook bubble: Ambiguous perceptions of algorithm-driven political homophily and the emergence of a liminal political recognition in Brazil
My lovely useless Facebook bubble: Ambiguous perceptions of algorithm-driven political homophily and the emergence of a liminal political recognition in Brazil
Algorithmic visibility: Elements of a new regime of visibility
Algorithmic visibility: Elements of a new regime of visibility
The regime of ethics of big data
The regime of ethics of big data
Organisation of events (1)
From 24.03.2021 to 26.03.2021. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI) (International) Further information
Robert Gorwa, João Carlos Magalhães, Clara Iglesias Keller, Amélie Heldt, Christian Katzenbach
Position
Former Senior Researcher: The evolving digital society
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