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2. 6. The Social Mapping of Hyperscale Data Center Regions: Placemaking, Infrastructuring, Curating

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

3. 7. Cross-sectoral Relations in VoD Markets: Frontend, Backend, and Deepend in India

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

4. Part III: Subjecting, Humanizing, Repairing

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

5. 8. Serving Machines and Heterotopias: Data Entry Work in Prisons and Refugee Camps in the US and Uganda

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

6. 10. Black Living Data Booklet

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

7. 9. Mythical Media Backends: Human-Machine Communication's Cruel Promises

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

8. Half-Title Page, Title Page, Copyright

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

9. 14. Repairing Algorithms, Rebuilding Data Paths: Digital Infrastructures, Public Service Media, and Material Solidarity in Europe

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

10. 12. On Meaning and Exploitation: Everyday AI and Productivity Tracking in Denmark

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

11. 13. The Backend Work of Data Subjects: Ordinary Challenges of Living with Data in India and the US

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

12. 11. Sonorous Surfaces, Biased Backends: The Gendered Voices of AI Assistants as Existential Media

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

13. 4. Coding and Encoding Streamed Media: The Cultural

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

14. 5. Engaging Opacity: Spotify and the Poiesis of Algorithmic Backends

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

15. Cover

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

16. Afterword: Theorizing across and between Media Backends

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

17. Series Titles

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

18. Part II: Datafying, Serving, Distributing

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

19. Back cover

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

20. Index

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

21. Acknowledgments

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

22. Part I: Sensing, Automating, Mediating

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

23. 1. Atmospheric Mediation: From Smart Dust to Customizable Governance

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

24. 3. EugenicTech: Three Perspectives on the (B)anality of AI

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

25. 2. The Other Side of the Smart Phone: MEMS Sensors and the Tiny Matters of Mediation

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Volcic, Zala, Velkova, Julia, Tudor, Matilda, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Smolicki, Jacek, Singh, Ranjit, Seuferling, Philipp, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Parks, Lisa, Nikunen, Kaarina, Mukherjee, Rahul, Mayer, Vicki, Markham, Tim, Lomborg, Stine, Logsdon, Alexis, Lagerkvist, Amanda, Kaun, Anne, Ithurbide, Christine, Gaw, Fatima, de Ridder, Sander, Day, Faithe, Cohn, Jonathan, Bouquillion, Philippe, and Andrejevic, Mark

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2023

30. Engaging Media : Fan Communities and Shock Advertisements

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Åker, Patrik, Kaun, Anne, Åker, Patrik, and Kaun, Anne

Abstract

This volume contains adaptions of two excellent master theses that were written and defended within the international master’s programme media, communication, and cultural analysis at Södertörn University in 2023. Running since 2009, the programme has more than 100 alumni who are employed in the media, academic and education. In 2020, the programme coordinator together with the programme council and the department council, chose to distinguish the best theses in a printed volume. This is the fourth volume in the series. The contributions in this volume cover two very different topics: how social media and content streaming sites are used to shape relationships between K-pop superstars BTS and their fan base in Sweden and how vegans/vegetarians respectively meat eaters react to the use of shock advertisements by the organization for animal advocacy, PETA. Although stretching across two such different topics, the chapters share an interest in zooming in on how media can be understood in relation to engagement and emotions.

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2024

31. From media welfare to data welfare : Broadening the scope of media welfare

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Kaun, Anne, Löfgren, Helena, Kaun, Anne, and Löfgren, Helena

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This chapter engages with the notion of the data welfare state, extending the discussion of digital media welfare. Our main aim is to address the shifts in welfare provision under the paradigm of datafication. This primarily conceptual contribution puts forward the normative ideal of the data welfare state as a point of departure from the media welfare state. In the chapter, we highlight the current limits of data welfare and outline the prospects of the data welfare state by drawing on two empirical case studies of data-based technologies implemented by 1) a Swedish municipality to automate social benefit applications, and 2) a smart-sensor project of a public housing company to improve public safety. The case studies serve as an illustration of the conceptual arguments being made while shifting the focus from traditional media institutions to broader welfare infrastructures that are increasingly being datafied. To develop a better understanding of data welfare, we suggest revisiting the concept of mediation in the context of the data welfare state, in which the process of datafication is becoming a major way of mediating the social good.

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2024
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32. The Messenger is the Medium : Newspaper carriers, union struggles, and newspaper development in Sweden during the 20th century

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Stiernstedt, Fredrik, Kaun, Anne, Stiernstedt, Fredrik, and Kaun, Anne

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In this article, we explore the history of Swedish newspaper carriers through the lens of the union struggles within the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union. This focus allows us to make visible the influence of a profession that has largely been overlooked in media history. Mobilizing around working conditions, the workers put pressure on the newspapers in terms of the size and weight of the papers with consequences for the editorial work. There was also a strong stance against commercial advertising and additional supplements that had consequences for the financial situation of newspapers. Hence, through their union struggles newspaper carriers directly influenced the outlook of newspapers in Sweden in the post-war era. In extension, we consider newspaper carriers as soft media infrastructures that had a crucial role and influence on the formation of the Swedish public.

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2024
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33. Tensions in digital welfare states : Three perspectives on care and control

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Zakharova, Irina, Jarke, Juliane, Kaun, Anne, Zakharova, Irina, Jarke, Juliane, and Kaun, Anne

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Proponents of digital transformation in welfare provision argue that digital technologies can take over tedious tasks and free resources to provide better care for those in need. Digital technologies, however, are often developed in line with a logic of control and dispositions around surveillance and efficiency which challenge careful engagements. In this conceptual article, we explore emerging tensions in digital welfare arrangements and propose an analytical framework to illuminate interrelations between care and control in values, infrastructures, and work related to the provision of welfare services. Illustrating the application of this framework with three empirical vignettes, we discuss how digital welfare technologies shape relations between state care and control. Considering theories of care in relation to the digital welfare state, we give a nuanced perspective on the contingencies of the digital transformation and add to the literature concerned with social justice by attending to everyday lived experiences in-between control and care., Also funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, research project DATAFIED, funding number 01JD1803A)

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2024
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34. Automating public administration : Citizens’ attitudes towards automated decision-making across Estonia, Sweden, and Germany

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Kaun, Anne, Larsson, Anders Olof, Masso, Anu, Kaun, Anne, Larsson, Anders Olof, and Masso, Anu

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Although algorithms are increasingly used for enabling the automation of tasks in public administration of welfare states, the citizens’ knowledge of, experiences with and attitudes towards automated decision-making (ADM) in public administration are still less known. This article strives to reveal the perspectives of citizens who are increasingly exposed to ADM systems, relying on a comparative analysis of a representative survey conducted in Estonia, Germany, and Sweden. The findings show that there are important differences between the three countries when it comes to awareness, trust, and perceived suitability of ADM in public administration, which map onto historical differences in welfare provisions or so-called welfare regimes.

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2024
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35. Digital care work at public libraries : Making Digital First possible

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Kaun, Anne, Forsman, Michael, Kaun, Anne, and Forsman, Michael

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Claims of becoming the first, the best, and the most digitized are standard rather than outstanding in most public-facing digitalization agendas and strategy documents of countries in the Global North. These grand narratives of digitalization need translation through concrete practices by sometimes unexpected actors-in this case, librarians. This article develops the notion of digital care work based on 18 book-chapter-length essays by active librarians based at Swedish public libraries. It illustrates that librarians are central to the process of translating digitalization into reality; they have become ambassadors of digitalization not only by fostering digital skills and competences in workshops and official training sessions but also, we argue, through a specific form of digital work, namely, digital care work. This kind of gendered work, which is typically carried out alongside the official tasks and assignments of librarians, is of low prestige and often involves affective aspects, such as emotions of shame and uncertainty.

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2024
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36. Governing the Automated Welfare State : Translations between AI Ethics and Anti-discrimination Regulation

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Lussi, Ellinor Blom, Larsson, Stefan, Högberg, Charlotte, Kaun, Anne, Lussi, Ellinor Blom, Larsson, Stefan, Högberg, Charlotte, and Kaun, Anne

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There is an increasing demand to utilize technological possibilities in the Nordic public sector. Automated decision-making (ADM) has been deployed in some areas towards that end. While ADM is associated with a range of benefits, research shows that its use, with elements of AI, also implicates risks of discrimination and unfair treatment, which has stimulated a flurry of normative guidelines. This article seeks to explore how a sample of these international high-level principled ideas on fairness translate into the specific governance of ADM in national public-sector authorities in Sweden. It does so by answering the question of how ideas about AI ethics and fairness are considered in relation to regulation on anti-discrimination in Swedish public-sector governance. By using a Scandinavian institutionalist approach to translation theory, we trace how ideas about AI governance and public-sector governance translate into state-authority practice; specifically, regarding the definition of ADM, how AI has impacted it as both discourse and technology, and the ideas of ‘ethicsʼ and ‘discriminationʼ. The results indicate that there is a variance in how different organizations understand and translate ideas about AI ethics and discrimination. These tensions need to be addressed in order to develop AI governance practices.

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2024
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37. Citizens’ perspectives on platformisation of police work : a scenario and story-based exploration in Estonia and Sweden

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Masso, Anu, Kasapoglu, Tayfun, Kaun, Anne, Galis, Vasilis, Masso, Anu, Kasapoglu, Tayfun, Kaun, Anne, and Galis, Vasilis

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The integration of automated decision-making systems has transformed police work and our understanding of security and surveillance. Despite a growing theoretical literature on shifts in policing due to widespread analytical platform adoption, the public's understanding and perception of these changes are largely unexplored. This study aims to bridge this gap by empirically examining citizens’ perspectives on the new dynamics of police work in two societies with varying levels of experience with automation in the public sector: Estonia and Sweden. By combining data from a representative, scenario-based quantitative survey conducted among the general population (n = 2500) and qualitative storytelling techniques implemented in classroom settings with students (n = 23) who take classes with a focus on critical data studies, this research seeks to investigate people’s imaginaries, concerns, and expectations regarding predictive policing. The findings shed light on the observation that, in the era of data, the police are not solely perceived as an institution ensuring security or as a source of citizen apprehension related to surveillance. Rather, the transformations in police work are understood as ‘distant technologies’, wherein individuals, be they, citizens, or police officers, are increasingly removed from the direct application of these technologies. This article uncovers that when citizens possess low levels of trust in the police, the implementation of automation can further exacerbate the disconnect between citizens and the state. Furthermore, this research proposes an innovative approach to studying automated systems by combining scenario-based and storytelling methods, thereby making a valuable contribution to methodologies employed in the study of data.

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2024
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38. Jürgen Habermas (1962) The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere : An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society

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Kaun, Anne and Kaun, Anne

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For those interested in issues related to the media, politics and democracy, it seems impossible not to engage with the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas’s book The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, published in 1962. This book is in equal parts a normative statement of how an ideal public sphere should function and an analytical description of the rise and fall of the bourgeois public sphere in the 19th century. Habermas uses ideas from different fields and research areas, such as critical theory, political philosophy, sociology and history. His text intertwines and draws on various materials, from legal texts, popular literature and newspaper articles to public documents and historical secondary literature, to create an exciting but difficult reading experience. In this chapter, I will unravel Habermas’s argument and critically discuss the relevance of his book today.

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2024
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40. Fostering the data welfare state: A Nordic perspective on datafication

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Andreassen Rikke, Kaun Anne, and Nikunen Kaarina

Subjects
welfare state, dataism, datafication, data welfare state, automated predictions, Communication. Mass media, P87-96
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Digital tools facilitating everything from health to education have been introduced at a rapid pace to replace physical meetings and allow for social distancing measures as the Covid-19 pandemic has sped up the drive to large-scale digitalisation. This rapid digitalisation enhances the already ongoing process of datafication, namely turning ever-increasing aspects of our identities, practices, and societal structures into data. Through an analysis of empirical examples of datafication in three important areas of the welfare state – employment services, public service media, and the corrections sector – we draw attention to some of the inherent problems of datafication in the Nordic welfare states. The analysis throws critical light on automated decision-making processes and illustrates how the ideology of dataism has become increasingly entangled with welfare provision. We end the article with a call to develop specific measures and policies to enable the development of the data welfare state, with media and communication scholars playing a crucial role.

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2021
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44. Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People’s Civic and Media Experiences

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Kaun, Anne

Subjects
young people, civic culture, media criticism, internet, civic participation, civic society, social perception, participatory democracy, media experience, Estonia, democracy, civic experience, media studies, open-ended diaries, youth studies, Russia, Russians in Estonia, bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1D Europe::1DV Eastern Europe::1DVU Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)::1DVUE Estonia, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFP Social interaction
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The book gives an intriguing insight into how young people in Estonia, twenty years after the establishment of democracy, perceive their own role as citizens. It does so in a theoretical framework that stresses the embeddedness of the civic experiences in a media-dominated environment, thus closely linking civic and media experiences. Based on the analysis of both qualitative interview data and a relatively new method of using the internet as a complementary tool for engaging with open-ended diaries, the study explores the extent to which young citizens experience the media as being interwoven with their everyday lives and, in fact, constitutive of their social reality as citizens. With its particular focus on young Estonians, i.e. on a generation that has been brought up in a context of rapid political, economic and social change and that is well-known for its fascination with new communication technologies, the book is a valuable contribution to the growing international research on media and civic experiences.

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2013
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