#Outnow in #iCS Volume 27, Issue 10 in available online now. Special Issue edited by Powel Popiel and Krishnan Vasudevan on frictons and platform capitalism.

🎶 Exciting news! Check out our latest #iCS #digitalCollection on Popular Music, featuring classic articles on streaming, devices, mediated fandom, and more! Edited by Lucy Bennett & Rafal Zaborowski. Free access for a limited time! 🎉📚 #FreeAccess

RT @pedrofierroz: Nice way to start 2025 🔥 Super excited to share our new paper, "How Different Patterns of Online Participation Reflect In…

#OutNow in #iCS Fang Jiao's “Temporalities behind the Paywall: Examining Patterns of Data Flow” explore how digital objects and technologies shape our perception of time, revealing the multiple temporalities in the flow of data

#OutNow in #iCS In Emergence of Echo Chambers in Social Media , Nagura & Jakiyama investigate how user interactions and algorithmic recommendations contribute to the formation of homogeneous communities and the polarisation of online discourse.

#OutNow in #iCS / #BookReview Morgan Badurak examines When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age, exploring how the internet influences the presentation of racial ideologies and its impact on students.

#OutNow in #iCS / #bookReview Victo Silva's review of The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley examines Marietje Schaake’s critique of Big Tech’s influence on democracy and her proposed solutions for regulation and accountability.

#OutNow in #iCS A multiyear ethnographic study of the Validator Commons examines how validators in blockchain networks attempt to establish governance, exploring decentralization, power, and collective decision-making.

#OutNow in #iCS "Google this!" by Rödl & Haider explores the strategic use of search queries to influence information flow and media literacy by focusing on how performative links and data voids shape climate obstruction messages in Sweden.

#OutNow in #iCS Ahmadou Wagne, Elen LeFoll, Florentine Frantz, and Jana Lasser examine over 45,000 tweets from June 2021 to March 2023, analysing how researchers use the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan to challenge conditions within German academia

#OutNow in #iCS Rivera and colleagues present a nuanced perspective on how Chileans engage in digital political activities, categorising online political participation into five groups: clicktivists, super-engaged, disengaged, selective, and expressive.

#OutNow in #iCS This study analyses how digital platforms shape older adults’ trust in cybersecurity. It examines how platform design and content moderation influence their perceptions of online security and vulnerability to cyber threats.

#OutNow in #iCS In Tasmania, Australia, McCosker and Tucker examine how low-income households cultivate collective digital capabilities, emphasising shared resources and practices over individual skills to navigate digital inequalities.

#OutNow in #iCS The article by Lu and Xie examines how emergency measures during the COVID-19 pandemic transformed border control and mobility between China and Africa leading to new forms of control, coordination, and negotiation in cross-border travel

#OutNow in #iCS Phelia Weiß, Kevin Koban, and Jörg Matthes find that exposure to misogynistic social media content increases contact with far-right material over time, revealing a pathway from online sexism to extremism.

#OutNow in #iCS This article by Mojca Pajnik and Roman Kuhar examines how information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed sex work, providing opportunities for empowerment as well as presenting new challenges.

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RT @giginegro: Pleased to share the article coauthored with Tonio Savina on the historical roots and future dynamics of the Chinese Metaver…

#OutNow in #iCS Gianluigi Negro and Tonio Savina’s article, “Yuanyuzhou 元宇宙: yesterday, today, tomorrow,” provides a historical overview of the Chinese Metaverse, highlighting its unique development and future prospects within China’s digital landscape.

#OutNow in #iCS Simon Egbert and Lena Ulbricht explore the unique structure and political implications of data integration platforms like Palantir, framing them as a distinct category of digital platforms.

#OutNow in #iCS Tamar Ashuri and Roanne van Voorst’s article examines how data-driven personalisation in healthcare influences power dynamics, highlighting the implications of big data in medical contexts.