{"id":229,"date":"2023-03-16T19:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2023-04-17T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:33:00","slug":"media-as-sociotechnical-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/media-as-sociotechnical-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Media as SocioTechnical Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2022\/11\/Events_975x975-768x975.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Silhouettes of people in a space with flowers and artistic effects projected on the walls.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>MASTS<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Starting with an informal 2017 workshop on algorithm ethics, building into a 2018 course on platforms and infrastructures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscmasts.org\/\">MASTS (\u201cMedia as SocioTechnical Systems\u201d)<\/a> has grown into a 25+ person collective of undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from seven USC schools (Communication; Journalism; Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences; Engineering; Cinematic Arts; Public Policy; Law) building interdisciplinary knowledge and action on sociotechnical controversies. 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