Calculation and quantification have been critical features of modern societies, closely linked
to science, markets, and administration. In the past thirty years, the pace, purpose, and …

The widespread uptake of digital platforms–from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and
TikTok–is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways …

Andreas Hepp takes an integrative look at one of the biggest questions in media and
communications research: how digital media is changing society. Often, such questions are …

Contemporary culture is increasingly defined by data, indicators and metrics. Measures of
quantitative assessment, evaluation, performance, and comparison infuse public services …

Big data, algorithms, data mining, analytics, machine learning and AI have become some of
the most significant technical developments and concepts of recent years. Today's most …

Whatdoes it mean to live in adigital society? Does social media empower political activism?
How do we form and express our identity in a digital age? Do algorithms and search engine …

Angèle Christin, Metrics at Work. Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms (Princeton
University Press, 2020) Navigation – Plan du site Sociologie AccueilVie de la revueComptes …

The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and
public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response …

The Society and Space series explores the fascinating relationship between the spatial and
the social. Each title draws on a range of modern and historical theories to offer important …

This article proposes the concept 'platformed racism'as a new form of racism derived from
the culture of social media platforms‒their design, technical affordances, business models …