BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12373-59e255e97fc8e0cddcd8732dbd73d230@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260522T004910Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T160000 SUMMARY:“The Lonely Algorithm Problem: Theorizing the Intersection of Algorithmi c Personalization and Personal Relationships” DESCRIPTION:\nA wide variety of social media platforms\, including Insta gram\, TikTok\, and Facebook\, claim that their algorithms and A.I. were designed to facilitate social connection and meaningful interpersonal c ommunication. But do these claims really match up with the experiences o f social media users? Through a series of longitudinal surveys and exper iments\, Samuel Taylor will introduce “The Lonely Algorithm Problem” to explain the paradox of algorithmic personalization promoting personal re lationships. Drawing from the algorithm responsiveness process framework \, this talk will advance a sociotechnical perspective on how algorithms and A.I. influence relationship formation\, maintenance\, and dissoluti on processes. Perceived algorithm responsiveness and insensitivity will be positioned as theoretical mechanisms explaining issues central to the lonely algorithm problem. This ongoing research program from Taylor ult imately questions claims from social media platforms that tweaks to an a lgorithm’s code can cause better personal relationships.\n\n \;\n\nS amuel Hardman Taylor studies interpersonal and psychological processes i n social media\, mobile phones\, and other communication technologies. H is research focuses on the implications of digital media for personal re lationships and psychological well-being. He is interested in human-comp uter interaction\, emphasizing designing new technologies to support rel ationships\, empathy\, and mental health. Sam earned his doctoral degree in communication from Cornell University\, and he is currently an assis tant professor of communication at the University of Illinois Chicago.\n \nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the-lonely-algorithm -problem/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A wide variety of social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, cl aim that their algorithms and A.I. were designed to facilitate social co nnection and meaningful interpersonal communication. But do these claims really match up with the experiences of social media users? Through a s eries of longitudinal surveys and experiments, Samuel Taylor will introd uce “The Lonely Algorithm Problem” to explain the paradox of algorithmic personalization promoting personal relationships. Drawing from the algo rithm responsiveness process framework, this talk will advance a sociote chnical perspective on how algorithms and A.I. influence relationship fo rmation, maintenance, and dissolution processes. Perceived algorithm res ponsiveness and insensitivity will be positioned as theoretical mechanis ms explaining issues central to the lonely algorithm problem. This ongoi ng research program from Taylor ultimately questions claims from social media platforms that tweaks to an algorithm’s code can cause better pers onal relationships.

 

Samuel Hardman Taylor studies int erpersonal and psychological processes in social media, mobile phones, a nd other communication technologies. His research focuses on the implica tions of digital media for personal relationships and psychological well -being. He is interested in human-computer interaction, emphasizing desi gning new technologies to support relationships, empathy, and mental hea lth. Sam earned his doctoral degree in communication from Cornell Univer sity, and he is currently an assistant professor of communication at the University of Illinois Chicago.

For more details: https://events. la.psu.edu/event/the-lonely-algorithm-problem/

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