Defining concepts of the digital society
Internet Policy Review is publishing contributions on some of the defining concepts of the digital society.
Based on the latest research, yet broad in scope, the contributions offer effective tools to analyse the digital society. Their authors offer concise articles that portray and critically discuss individual concepts such as algorithmic governance, datafication, platformisation, [and] privacy with an interdisciplinary mindset. Each article contextualises their respective origin and academic traditions, analyses their contemporary usage in different research approaches and discusses their social, political, cultural, ethical or economic relevance and impact as well as their analytical value.
Already published contributions include Datafication by Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry, Platformisation by Thomas Poell, David Nieborg and José van Dijck, and Data Justice by Lina Dencik and Javier Sanchez-Monedero.