Anthony G Burton

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Anthony G. Burton is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam's media studies department and a lecturer in Critical Data & AI working on platform capitalism, computational culture, and the political economy of AI. The author of Algorithmic Authenticity (meson press, 2023), he was a Mellon-SFU Data Fluencies Fellow at the Digital Democracies Institute. His work appears in the International Journal of Communication, Social Media + Society, Theatre Journal, First Monday, and others.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Lecturer, University of Amsterdam
  • 2025–present
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Amsterdam

Education

  • 2024 
    Simon Fraser University, Doctor of Philosophy, Communications
  • 2020 
    Ryerson & York University, Master of Arts, Communication & Culture

Publications

  • 2019
    Being in/of the Network: Memes as Digital Subject, To Be Decided: Journal of Interdisciplinary Theory
  • 2016
    The Production of Society: Social Cohesion, Newspapers, and Social Media, ImagiNATIONS

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Joseph Armand-Bombardier Doctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2020
    Digital Disinformation and Citizenship Network
    Role:
    Collaborator
    Funding Source:
    National Heritage Council
  • 2019
    Digital Ecosystem Grant
    Role:
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    National Heritage Council

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