

Over the course of the MediaFutures project we developped a number of resources for data-savvy entrepreneurs, creatives and artists and anyone else interested in using data responsibly in the media sector. These include information about outcomes and experiences of the MediaFutures acceleration and residencies support programme, results of the pilots, strategies, tutorials and webinars, datasets and tools, self-training resources, academic outputs such as research deliverables and scientific articles, as well as dissemination resources such as videos and other materials.
Little or no programming skills - willing to learn and develop some code in your project
- Training resources on responsible innovation, data skills, storytelling with data, art-science collaboration: improve your awareness on data ethics issues, your skills with data and your ability to use data for storytelling or learn from previous experiences on the collaboration between art and science
- Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue
- Data scraping: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia
- Data science: check Python packages for data science that can help you process data to extract information for your artistic project
- Digital art tools: experiment with tools and technologies that support your creative process and increase its potential
Good technical skills - want to obtain and process data for developing your project
- Training resources on data skills, responsible innovation, data access: improve your data skills and your awareness on data ethics and data access issues
- Datasets: find datasets relevant to your project from our catalogue
- Data scraping: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia
- Data science: check Python packages for data science that can help you turn data into information and knowledge
You know how to code, but you need data
- Datasets: browse the datasets catalogue and find datasets relevant to your project
- Data scraping: explore open tools and APIs to obtain data from online platforms such as Twitter, Reddit or Wikipedia
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Datasets and Tools
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MediaFutures teams’ tools
Biblio-graph
Web application for cultural libraries and archives that want to open their collections and make them more accessible and discoverable for a wider audience.
Critical Climate Machine
A walk-in room with a data sculpture and a sound installation, resulting from participatory work to reveal the mechanisms of misinformation on global warming.
Dark Listening
The project explores the trade-off between freely available music and the freedom to curate it by creating an original streaming library filled with fictional advertisements.

EditWars Project
Analytical reviews on propaganda narratives being researched by EditWars Project, interactive visualizations.
EditWars Project Research Methodology
Data analysis of propaganda narratives used in the headlines of online media publications.
Hammer&Egg / Audiowalk App Storydive
Interactive audio walk which adapts dynamically to changing real world parameters, focusing on cognitive biases and how they make us vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation.
Invisible Voice
Invisible Voice is a free plugin that empowers you to make informed decisions about the websites you use.
MindBugs
Mobile application to interact with augmented reality: each mindbug is an artistic representation of a piece of fake news and the users can destroy the fake news to its core symbolic elements.
MUMIDIS
An online educational game which fosters knowledge about disinformation and creates critical thinking. The content is adjusted according to the emotional state of the playing user and his/her behavioral preferences.
PSi (People Supported Intelligence)
A primary research platform to hold online focus groups at a massive scale. PSi supports co-production and participatory decision-making on topics that impact many people.
Self
Self brings techniques from medical statistics to smartphones, making it easy for all of us to learn about our bodies.
Trolls vs Elves. I-doc
i-doc focusing on the anti-refugee narratives trending on social media will consist of real-life footage, network analysis and data visualisatio
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