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Studying the Use of Social Media in Public Management and Police in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Social Media Use in Public Management and Police Social media are increasingly popular means for social interaction, sharing information and point of views. Among their users are also politicians, public institutions and corporations expanding their ways of communication through using social media. But social media also generate an enormous amount of data simply through their…
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The Future of Media Studies: After the Algorithmic Turn – William Uricchio
Registration: Eventbrite In order to imagine a future, sometimes it’s useful to look back on the past, and the early history of the book offers a great jumping off point to consider how societies adjust to new information platforms and dynamics. The printed word offered ways for users to depart from their earlier relationships to…
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Data walk in Utrecht – Identity & identification
After establishing ‘identity and identification’ as lens we started our walk in Utrecht on the Drift. Immediately different markers of identity were observed with the Utrecht University logo being omnipresent. The lampposts were equally designed with the city shield. Our attention was then drawn to the sewer covers, some containing imprints with numbers and others…
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Tool criticism: From digital methods to digital methodology
Cite as: Van Es, Karin, Maranke Wieringa and Mirko Tobias Schäfer. 2018. “Tool criticism: From digital methods to digital methodology.” Datafied Society Working Paper Series. 28 May. Web. https://datafiedsociety.wp.hum.uu.nl/tool-criticism NB an updated version has been published ACM and can be downloaded here In this blog post we wish to reflect on the fact that digital…
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Welcoming our 2 new PhDs!
We are very (!) excited to welcome Tim de Winkel and Maranke Wieringa to our team as PhD students of the department Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University (starting in September 2018)! Their PhD projects are, in respective order, “Governing Digital Societies in Europe” and “Approaching Algorithmic Account(-)Ability” (see description of these projects and…