They are Children: How Posts on Social Media Lead to Gang Violence | Desmond Patton | TEDxBroadway
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2017
- While social media often portrays a curated version of people’s lives, it can also help tell a more complete story of misunderstood communities. Desmond Patton’s work as a social worker and researcher led him to create Safe Lab, which brings together youth voices with social workers and computer scientists to solve problems of gang violence. Patton encourages his audience to discover and tell more complete stories about black and latino youth, in order to see them for who they really are.
Dr. Desmond Upton Patton is an Assistant Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate of the Social Intervention Group (SIG) and the Data Science Institute (DSI). His research utilizes qualitative and computational data collection methods to examine how and why gang violence, trauma, grief, and identity are expressed on social media and the real-world impact they have on well-being for low-income youth of color. His current research projects examine: 1. How gang involved youth conceptualize threats on social media. 2. The extent to which social media shapes and facilitates youth and gang violence. 3. Developing a natural language processing tool for detecting aggression and grief in social media posts in partnership with the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Dr. Patton’s research on Internet Banging has been discussed nationally on media outlets to include the "New York Times," the "Chicago Tribune," "USA Today," NPR, "Boston Magazine," ABC News and many more. Dr. Patton also provides expert witness testimony using social media during trials. He was recently cited in an Amici Curae Brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in the Elonis vs. United States case which examined the issues of interpreting threats on social media.
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Dr. Patton's work is groundbreaking, innovative, trauma informed, empowering, and inspirational. We need more of this work in our communities if we want to address violence, trauma, and community-police relations in positive proactive ways. Great work!!
This is outstanding. Dr. Patton is innovative and inspiring!
Excellent Talk! Great job Dr. Patton!
Amazing!!
Came here from “Secret Life of a Gang Girl”
You clearly do not understand gangs from a practitioners POV, purely academic.
Do you think youth will continue to confide in social media if AI is used to intervene?
His passion is undeniable but it seems like an incredibly weak thesis. Social media is the most manipulative form of expression out there today. Imagine the way adults use it and then dare to imagine how adolescents without a fully developed cortex are prone to using it. Probing through one's accounts don't necessarily afford a deeper perspective than any other approach; in fact, I would say it cultivates a more shallow one because it magnifies and emphasizes the more extreme views and ideologies one is espousing. Individuals or communities aren't misunderstood because their story is hidden in social media; they're misunderstood because the roots of their story isn't on social media. Many urban workers and community activist can tell you this.
Sir freedom of speech never lead to gang violence before. What's the difference now? Oh right. Take responsibility for your own. Leave my rights alone.
Wait, wait... WHAT? Freedom of speech HAS lead to gang violence. 🤦🏽♀️ They are CHILDREN, they cannot handle those overwhelming emotions rationally if no one helps them. You sound like you’re saying “that’s not my problem” and that was his whole point. Thanks for proving his point.