Farida Vis
Professor, Media
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Farida Vis is a Professor of Digital Media at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her previous research examined Big Data and Social Change with a focus on social media, data journalism and citizen engagement. Dr. Vis is currently working on The Futures of the Visual Web, in hopes of advancing some of these earlier concerns through a specific focus on visual aspects of the web and social media. She is also the Director of the Visual Social Media Lab, which brings together a group of interdisciplinary researchers from academia and industry, interested in analyzing social media images. Dr. Vis focuses on issues around Algorithmic Visibility, investigating how platforms make images visible to users and why this visibility matters in relation to civic participation.
Selected Publication
Media Appearance
