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• (dis)Info Studies: André Brock, Jr. on Why People Do What They Do on the Internet

  January 21, 2022

  André Brock, an associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in the article, '(dis)Info Studies: André Brock, Jr. on Why People Do What They Do on the Internet', published on December 25, 2021, in Beacons.

  An excerpt:

  In his work, Brock uses a methodology that he calls “critical technocultural discourse analysis” (CTDA). “It decenters the Western deficit perspective on minority technology use to instead prioritize the epistemological standpoint of underrepresented groups of technology users,” he writes, with the aim of conducting “a holistic analysis of an information technology artifact and its practices.”

  Published in: Beacons

  

• Destructive malware is back in Ukraine. Will it usher in cyberconflict?

  January 21, 2022

  Nadiya Kostyuk, as assistant professor in School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article, 'Destructive malware is back in Ukraine. Will it usher in cyberconflict?', published on January 21, 2022 in README.

  The article discusses Ukraine and recent developments within the global cybersecurity community.

  An excerpt:

  Nadiya Kostyuk, assistant professor of cybersecurity policy at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, said that although Ukraine has a reputation for being a “testing ground” for sophisticated malware, the recent combination of web defacements and fake ransomware is unlikely to play a major role in the wider conflict, in part because such attacks are difficult to pin on Russia and are unlikely to cross any red lines.

  Published in: README

  

• EXPLAINER: What are US military options to help Ukraine?

  January 20, 2022

  Gen. Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the article, 'EXPLAINER: What are US military options to help Ukraine?', published January 20, 2022 in the Associated Press.

  An excerpt:

  Philip Breedlove, a retired Air Force general who served as the top NATO commander in Europe from 2013 to 2016, said in an interview he does not expect or recommend that the United States send combat troops into Ukraine. Instead, Washington and its allies should be looking for ways to help Ukraine defend its own airspace and territorial waters, where it faces overwhelming Russian superiority, he said.

  Published in: Associated Press

  

• André Brock charts the hidden history of Black cybercultures

  January 18, 2022

  André Brock, an associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in the article, 'André Brock charts the hidden history of Black cybercultures', published on January 18, 2022.

  The article discusses Brock's January 12th webinar that was part of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, and Technologies speaker series.

  An excerpt:

  “My aim in that book was to unpack what Black technology use, or Black technoculture, would look like from the perspective of Black folk,” Brock said. “In doing so, however, I had to consider the context of what Black technoculture is gestated, that is, the white Western world and Western technoculture.”

  Published in: The McGill Tribune

  

• US warns Belarus: War against Ukraine could end Lukashenko regime

  January 18, 2022

  Gen. Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the story, 'US warns Belarus: War against Ukraine could end Lukashenko regime', published January 16, 2022 in The Washington Examiner.

  An excerpt:

  “It’d be like [if] the Russians parked in central Virginia, facing Washington,” retired four-star Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s supreme allied commander when Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea in 2014, told the Washington Examiner. “The bottom line is, you want to bring great pressure on Zelensky, put an invading force a couple of hours away from [the Ukrainian] capital with no military between you and it.”

  Published in: The Washington Examiner

  

• ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Is a Movie for Grown-Ups

  January 14, 2022

  Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the School of Literature, Media and Communication was quoted  in the article, '‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Is a Movie for Grown-Ups', published January 14, 2022 in Wired.

  The article discusses the newest Matrix movie, The Matrix Resurrections.

  An excerpt:
  “It feels to me very much like a contemporary cyberpunk story, not just in that it’s moved from a gee-whiz sort of attitude about the internet to a more jaded attitude, but really more in terms of hope,” she says. “There’s this hope that people can connect and think logically and rationally and creatively and maybe make the world a better place. And I think that’s the ultimate science fiction message.”

  Published in: Wired

  

• 103-foot white oak tree by Georgia Tech tower, one of oldest in metro Atlanta, removed

  January 14, 2022

  Hugh Crawford, a professor in the School of Literature, Media and Communication was mentioned in the article, '103-foot white oak tree by Georgia Tech tower, one of oldest in metro Atlanta, removed' posted on January 14, 2022 on 11Alive.com.

  The article discusses the recently removal the the iconic white oak located near the Tech Tower on the Georgia Tech main campus.

  An excerpt:

  Associate Professor Hugh Crawford from the School of Literature, Media, and Communication will receive several large pieces of the oak. In partnership with Serve-Learn-Sustain, Crawford plans to honor and celebrate the magnificent tree.

  Published in: 11Alive

  

• If Russia launches an attack on Ukraine, what might it look like? Here are some possibilities.

  January 13, 2022

  Gen. Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the story, 'If Russia launches an attack on Ukraine, what might it look like? Here are some possibilities.', published January 13, 2022 on NBC News.

  The story discusses Russia's latest troop movements on the border with Ukraine.

  An excerpt:

  "There's an incredibly large force that's on the border," much larger than the one that invaded and annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014, said Philip Breedlove, a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general who was NATO's supreme commander from 2013 to 2016.

  Published in: NBC News

  

• Georgia Power continues retreat from coal

  January 11, 2022

  Marilyn Brown, Regents' Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The article discusses how Georgia Power is continuing its transitions away from coal as its source of energy.

  An excerpt:

  For many people in the electricity sector, the current debate isn’t so much about whether to drop coal.

  “What do we replace the coal with? That is the big question,” said Marilyn Brown, a Georgia Tech professor of sustainable systems who previously served on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public power provider.

  Published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  

• How Identity Shapes Science

  January 4, 2022

  Cassidy R. Sugimoto, chair of the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article "How Identity Shapes Science," published Jan. 4, 2022, in Inside Higher Education. The article discussed a paper Sugimoto co-authored on diversity in scientific research.

  An excerpt:

  Co-author Cassidy Sugimoto, Professor and Tom and Marie Patton School Chair in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, said she hopes to see various kinds of institutions “more aggressively pursue diversity and justice initiatives.” This could include increasing targeted hires at colleges and universities, changing federal agencies’ composition of funding portfolios, and “radically recomposing reviewing bodies for publication, awards and funding.”

  She added, “Too many initiatives pay lip service to intersectional equity but do not invest the resources necessary for real change to occur.”

  Sugimoto's work was also mentioned in the article, "How Identity Shapes Science," published Jan. 4 by Times Higher Education. That article is at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/female-and-minority-researchers-focus-less-popular-topics.

   

  Published in: Inside Higher Education

  

• Rivian Will Bring More Climate Jobs to Georgia, Even as the State Lags on Climate Policy

  December 20, 2021

  Dan Matisoff, associate professor in the School of Public Policy was quoted in "Rivian Will Bring More Climate Jobs to Georgia, Even as the State Lags on Climate Policy," published Dec. 20, 2021, on WABE.com.

  Matisoff discussed the potential environmental impacts from the newly announced Rivian eclectic vehicle plant in Georgia.

  An excerpt:

  More EVs on the road means cleaner air locally, which Matisoff said is a good reason to promote them. But “most economists would agree that a lot of the incentives placed for electric vehicles are maybe not the most efficient way to reduce carbon dioxide,” he said.

  Far more effective to reduce national and global emissions, Matisoff said, are policies like the Biden administration’s move to switch the federal government’s fleet — some 600,000 cars and trucks — to zero-emission vehicles.

  Published in: WABE

  

• Who Killed the Robot Dog?

  December 14, 2021

  Jay Telotte, professor emeritus in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in "Who Killed the Robot Dog?" published Dec. 14, 2021, in Wired.

  Telotte, a film scholar with a particular interest in how robots and other technologies have been portrayed in film and animation, discussed the history of robot pets going back to a 1927 Disney cartoon.

  An excerpt:

  “The Mechanical Cow” imagines a robot bovine on wheels with a broom for a tail skating around delivering milk to animal friends. The worst that could happen is your mechanical farm could go haywire, as in the 1930s cartoon “Technoracket,” but even then robot animals presented no real threat to their biological counterparts. “In fact, many of the ‘animaloid’ visions in movies and TV over the years have been in cartoons and comic narratives,” says Telotte, where “the laughter they generate is typically assuring us that they are not really dangerous.”

  Published in: Wired

  

• China Attacks US Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Games as 'Travesty' of Olympic Spirit

  December 8, 2021

  Fei Ling Wang, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, appeared on the RN Breakfast program, a production of the Australian Broadcasting Corp., on Dec. 8, 2021, to discuss the U.S. decision to stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in China.

  Wang, an expert on China, discussed the U.S. decision, the possibility other nations may follow suit, and China's reaction.

  An excerpt:

   "China does have a right to be angry. But I think the anger is a little bit exaggerated because China itself did participate in similar politicization of the Olympics back in  1980, for example. So I think this time the American move actually is pretty major and highly symbolic."

  Published in: RN Breakfast

  

• Aspen Economic Strategy Group Examines Challenges and Opportunities of the Post-Pandemic Economy in New Policy Volume

  December 1, 2021

  Kaye Husbands Fealing, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, was mentioned in the article, "Aspen Economic Strategy Group Examines Challenges and Opportunities of the Post-Pandemic Economy in New Policy Volume," published Dec. 1, 2021, on Yahoo! Finance. The article mentioned Husbands Fealing's addition to the Aspen Economic Strategy Group.

  Published in: Yahoo! Finance

  

• Georgia teens become unlikely warriors in redistricting fight

  November 25, 2021

  Alex Ames, a School of Public Policy student, was quoted in the article, 'Georgia teens become unlikely warriors in redistricting fight', on November 25, 2021, on NBC News.

  The article discusses youth activism in Georgia's redistricting.

  An excerpt:

  “It was actually much easier to get involved than during the normal legislative session. We didn’t have to skip school to testify. There were much more public input opportunities across the state,” Ames, who now serves as the group’s communications director, said in an interview. “That made it really easy for students who had all these frustrations with S.B. 202, which felt like it snuck on some people.”

  Published in: NBC News

  

• Kirk Bowman & Jon Wilcox - Reimagining Global Philanthropy

  November 25, 2021

  Kirk Bowman, professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs was recently on the episode, 'Kirk Bowman & Jon Wilcox - Reimagining Global Philanthropy' of the Tell Me Your Story podcast.

  The episode talks about the book Bowman co-wrote with Jon R. Wilcox, Reimagining Global Philanthropy.

  An excerpt:

  Bowman and Wilcox recount how they tested the model in Brazil, demonstrating the value of giving people in marginalized communities the opportunity to innovate. In a time of widespread social reckoning, this book shows how global philanthropy can confront its blind spots and failures in order to achieve truly transformative outcomes.

  Published in: Tell Me Your Story

  

• There’s a New Crypto Land Grab Going On

  November 23, 2021

  Milton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, was recently interviewed for the article, 'There’s a New Crypto Land Grab Going On', published November 23, 2021, on Intelligencer.

  An excerpt:

  “They’re trying to use domains as a bridge between cryptocurrency wallets and the rest of the internet,” Dr. Milton Mueller, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy and the author of Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace, told Intelligencer.

  Published in: Intelligencer

  

• What is the metaverse and why is Facebook so obsessed with it?

  November 18, 2021

  Janet Murray, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, as well as director of the Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center, appeared on The Inquiry podcast, a production of the BBC, on Sunday, November 18, 2021.

  During the podcast, Murray explains what the Metaverse is and Facebook's interest in it.

  An excerpt:

  I think their main motivation here is that they are hoping that this is new territory and that they can colonize it so that every time anybody uses a virtual reality or an augmented reality application they will be providing data to Facebook or Meta, as it's now called...

  Published in: The Inquiry podcast

  

• Opinion: Biden should do more to prevent the accidental launch of nuclear weapons. Here’s how.

  November 17, 2021

  Sen. Sam Nunn, distinguished professor of the practice and namesake of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, wrote a commentary in The Washington Post on accidental nuclear missile launches . The article was published Nov. 17, 2021.

  An excerpt:

  The risk that a leader will make a terrible decision to use nuclear weapons, or that a terrorist could get one, is growing. Nuclear-armed countries are allowing communications channels to atrophy. Our nuclear weapons and warning systems are facing new cyber-threats. Advances in military technology are proving destabilizing. Nuclear materials and nuclear know-how are spreading. And nuclear states are allowing arms control to wither.

  Published in: The Washington Post

  

• Businesses Are Increasingly Relying on Automation to Compensate for Labor Shortages

  November 17, 2021

  Research by Daniel Schiff, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Policy, was mentioned in the article, 'Businesses Are Increasingly Relying on Automation to Compensate for Labor Shortages' posted on Nov. 17, 2021, on Inc.

  An excerpt:

  However, the negative consequences are something to note. In that same study, which was conducted by graduate researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University, the authors found that increased automation can reduce worker satisfaction and have a negative impact on worker health. The negative impact of automation and A.I. on health and satisfaction may be due to increased surveillance and a reduced sense of meaning at work.

  Published in: INC

  

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