Kate Crawford is a writer, composer, producer and academic. Crawford is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective),[1] the co-founder and director of research at the AI Now Institute at NYU,[2] a visiting professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media,[3] a senior fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU,[4] and an associate professor in the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.[5][6] She is also a member of the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development.[7] Her research focuses on social change and media technologies, particularly on the intersection of humans, mobile devices, and social networks. She has published on cultures of technology use and the way media histories inform the present.[8]
Background
Crawford was previously part of the Canberraelectronic music duo B(if)tek (along with Nicole Skeltys) and released three albums between 1998 and 2003.[9][10] Crawford co-founded the Sydney-based Deluxe Mood Recordings record label[11] and is a member of the Clan Analogue music collective.[9]
Crawford has a PhD from the University of Sydney. In 2006 her book based on this dissertation, Adult Themes – Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood,[18] won the individual category of the Manning Clark National Cultural Award[19][20] and in 2008 she received the biennial medal for outstanding scholarship from the Australian Academy of the Humanities.[21]
^Crawford, Kate; Catharine Lumby (2013). "Networks of Governance: Users, Platforms, and the Challenges of Networked Media Regulation". International Journal of Technology Policy and Law. 2 (1). SSRN2246772.
^Tacchi, Jo; Kathi R. Kitner; Kate Crawford (2012). "Meaningful Mobility: Gender, Development and Mobile Phones". Feminist Media Studies. 12 (4): 528–537. doi:10.1080/14680777.2012.741869.
^Albury, Kath; Kate Crawford (2012). "Sexting, consent and young people's ethics: Beyond Megan's Story". Continuum. 26 (3): 463–473. doi:10.1080/10304312.2012.665840.