kevin zheng

(he/they)

social media researcher • public interest technologist • fan of phoebe bridgers

phd student at the university of michigan school of information

[email protected] • schedule a meeting

bluesky • linkedin • github • last.fm • concert archives • record collection

cv • google scholar

current projects

• developing technical methods to conduct transparency and accountability research on youtube (tubestats.org) and tiktok
• understanding how transparency tools and APIs can support value-driven and pro-social online platforms
• studying platform-mediated digital memorialization and remembrance practices

affiliations

• advised by eric gilbert (professor of information) and christian sandvig (professor of digital media)
• member of comp.social
• member of infra.lab

• member of the coalition for independent technology research

• member of the political economy and algorithms reading group

• affiliate, initiative for digital public infrastructure and media cloud

  at the manning college of information and computer sciences, umass amherst

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