Mike Ananny

Mike Ananny is an Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism and, by courtesy, Cinematic Arts, at the University of Southern California. He studies how people build digital infrastructures, algorithmicsystems, and artificial intelligence that create public life – and he tries to intervene to make cultures of production, regulatory initiatives, and system designs better serve public interests. He co-directs the interdisciplinary USC collective Media As SocioTechnical Systems (MASTS) and the AI for Media & Storytelling (AIMS) initiative of the USC Center on Generative AI and Society.