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As part of our research into computing ethics education, we have been conducting analyses of existing practices by way of tech ethics syllabi, as well as creating new curriculum and resources. https://www.internetruleslab.com/fandom daily 0.75 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1573177137709-QEQPWQHJO74ATCO8OE9E/53b97893-64d8-4ad6-9867-27e25d44d35a.gif cafi5706@colorado.edu - Online Fandom Here in the Internet Rules Lab, one of our areas of research is transformative fandom as an online community, with a focus on platforms, social norms, computational learning, and privacy and safety. This work spans from Fiesler’s dissertation research on copyright norms in fandom to our current NSF-funded project (led by Dym) that examines computational projects in fandom as a path towards broadening participation in computing and community empowerment. Researchers: Professor Casey Fiesler, PhD student Brianna Dym, undergraduate research assistants Namita Pasupuleti and Cole Rockwood https://www.internetruleslab.com/responsible-computing daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1656088859845-ZBRQEFSIPEG4GQ4UHPAW/yusuf-evli-m_x9ej4BeK4-unsplash.jpg Responsible Computing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1656089293264-MF8WDVBPC9LWYO8Q1873/radowan-nakif-rehan-cYyqhdbJ9TI-unsplash.jpg Responsible Computing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1656089493200-6YFVBFIDWYTP16AJATBW/patrick-tomasso-Oaqk7qqNh_c-unsplash.jpg Responsible Computing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1570990924954-53NJV00S9WW2EJAO9XD1/istock_83323575_large.jpg Responsible Computing - Responsible Computing Education. We are interested in strategies for teaching ethics, responsibility, justice, and related concepts in computing classes. We were in the first group of participants in the Responsible Computer Science Challenge, dedicated to strategies for ethics integration throughout computing curriculum. See below for a list of publications, assignments and teaching resources. https://www.internetruleslab.com/twitter-research-study daily 0.75 2021-07-07 https://www.internetruleslab.com/governance daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1570990924954-53NJV00S9WW2EJAO9XD1/istock_83323575_large.jpg Governance - Online Governance Here in the Internet Rules Lab, much of our work involves various components of governance and interaction in online communities - including the role of policy, community rules and content moderation, and social norms. Specific platforms we have examined include Reddit, Facebook, and Discord. This work spans from Fiesler’s dissertation on copyright norms in online communities and research on DMCA 1201 and 512 to work led by recent PhD graduate Aaron Jiang (co-advised by Jed Brubaker) on a multi-stakeholder approach to content moderation. Find out about projects-in-progress on our research page. Researchers: Professor Casey Fiesler, Professor Jed Brubaker; PhD alumnus Aaron Jiang; undergraduate research assistant Skylar Middler; and collaborators Peipei Nie and Corian Zacher https://www.internetruleslab.com/techethics daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1570990867280-M76UJUCPVSVZBEJ3FHRK/1_hZq4-azPXGsMVf9d7p24iQ.jpg Tech Ethics - Tech Ethics Here in the Internet Rules Lab, one of our areas of research is technology ethics, with a focus on computing research ethics, data ethics, public perceptions of tech ethics, ethical design, and computing ethics education. This work is funded in part by the National Science Foundation as part of the PERVADE project and by the Responsible Computer Science Challenge, spearheaded by Mozilla and Omidyar. Find out about projects-in-progress on our research page. For our work specifically on ethics education: Responsible Computing. Researchers: Professor Casey Fiesler, PhD students Brianna Dym, Natalie Garrett, Shamika Goddard, Jessie Smith, and Kandrea Wade; undergraduate research assistants Joshua Paup, John Sreenan, and Joy Weinberg; and collaborators Dylan Doyle Burke and Blakeley Payne. https://www.internetruleslab.com/join-us daily 0.75 2025-08-21 https://www.internetruleslab.com/computing-education-study daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://www.internetruleslab.com/fat-communities-research-study daily 0.75 2021-07-16 https://www.internetruleslab.com/tiktok-research-study daily 0.75 2021-10-03 https://www.internetruleslab.com/black-mirror-writers-room daily 0.75 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1d529e21-2f25-4f93-b41b-1a19433e149f/Black-Mirror-capa.jpeg Speculative Ethics Classroom Exercises - Speculative Ethics Classroom Exercises This page contains information and resources about the Black Mirror Writers Room and teaching exercises for ethical speculation in computing. For more teaching exercises and resources on ethics education in computing, see our Responsible Computing page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/3193c056-c145-45ae-982e-8bf49364db93/black-mirror-title.png Speculative Ethics Classroom Exercises - Black Mirror Writers Room Let your imagination run wild in this creative speculation activity that helps computing students think through possible consequences of technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/e8b7eff0-f269-4a30-9703-0150f1cc62b4/Threat+Modeling+News+Exercise.jpg Speculative Ethics Classroom Exercises - Ethics & Cybersecurity for AI Facilitate discussions on computer vision and threat modeling, attack vectors for machine learning, and cybersecurity/ethics of machine learning applied to spatial data described in this blog post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/5e736102-6244-45f0-961a-a387d8eaafd9/filip-mishevski-c5QdMcuFlgY-unsplash.jpg Speculative Ethics Classroom Exercises - Issue Spotting and Future News This assignment focuses on issue spotting in the news, creative ethical speculation, and thinking through solutions and better futures. https://www.internetruleslab.com/computing-student-study daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://www.internetruleslab.com/computing-assignment-study daily 0.75 2022-04-04 https://www.internetruleslab.com/health-data-study daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://www.internetruleslab.com/ethicsbased-computer-science-assignments daily 0.75 2025-07-18 https://www.internetruleslab.com/tech-workers-industry-ethics daily 0.75 2022-11-17 https://www.internetruleslab.com/computing-group-project-study daily 0.75 2023-02-09 https://www.internetruleslab.com/twitter-eulogy-project daily 0.75 2023-05-24 https://www.internetruleslab.com/black-women-future daily 0.75 2023-05-08 https://www.internetruleslab.com/chronic-illness-study daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://www.internetruleslab.com/fandom-1 daily 0.75 2023-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/1573177137709-QEQPWQHJO74ATCO8OE9E/53b97893-64d8-4ad6-9867-27e25d44d35a.gif Online Fandom Research (Copy) - Online Fandom Here in the Internet Rules Lab, one of our areas of research is transformative fandom as an online community, with a focus on platforms, social norms, computational learning, and privacy and safety. This work spans from Fiesler’s dissertation research on copyright norms in fandom to our current NSF-funded project (led by Dym) that examines computational projects in fandom as a path towards broadening participation in computing and community empowerment. Researchers: Professor Casey Fiesler, PhD student Brianna Dym, undergraduate research assistants Namita Pasupuleti and Cole Rockwood https://www.internetruleslab.com/online-communities daily 0.75 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d95208412306c7ac0d2df58/8f9f2220-1fab-46a0-bdfe-92f23de9cbef/communites_adobe_resized.jpeg cafi5706@colorado.edu - Online Communities Here in the Internet Rules Lab, one of our areas of research is online communities (both the good and the bad), with a focus on platforms, privacy, social norms, marginalized and stigmatized experiences, and community. This work spans from Fiesler’s dissertation research on copyright in creative communities to further work on online fandom led by PhD alum Brianna Dym, to recent work on Black Twitter, federated social media, online communities for fat people, and health support communities. Current Researchers: Professor Casey Fiesler, PhD students Blakeley Hoffman Payne, Faye Kollig, and Matt Nicholson; MS student Joanna Mendy For a summary of fandom-related research specifically, see: Online Fandom https://www.internetruleslab.com/ai-for-all daily 0.75 2024-11-04 https://www.internetruleslab.com/ai-social-media daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://www.internetruleslab.com/donate daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://www.internetruleslab.com/ai-study daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://www.internetruleslab.com/academic-ai-study daily 0.75 2026-03-31