Friday 31 October 2025 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Department of Sociology (Old Cavendish Laboratory), Seminar Room
About
Digital Society Reading Group: Skyler Wang (2025) “Data Auxiliaries: Making Online Dating ‘Work’ with Dating Spreadsheets” The Digital Society Reading Group is an interdisciplinary research cluster that brings together scholars in sociology, anthropology, STS, HCI, and digital humanities to engage critically with the challenges of the digital age. It provides a space to debate pressing issues in the social sciences, including AI, algorithms, social media, cyborgs, and the transformations of digital society.
The reading for this meeting is: Wang, Skyler. “Data auxiliaries: Making online dating ‘work’ with dating spreadsheets.” Information, Communication & Society (2025): 1–18. There will also be an in-person visit from Dr. Skyler Wang (Assistant Professor of Sociology, McGill University; Research Scientist, FAIR Lab, Meta).
The group is co-organised by Joe Beadle (jjlb2) and Dr. Xin Zhan (xz434). Please feel free to email us with any questions.