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“Public values should be leading!” research to be presented during 9th European Communication Conference in Denmark

Data empowerment authorApril 29, 2022April 29, 2022

Dennis Nguyen & Rhied Al-Othmani Data Professionals' Views on Challenges to Value-Driven Data Practices and Critical Data Literacy in the Public Sector The increasing use of data and artificial intelligence...

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From Domain to Dominion? Charting the Global Expansion of Big Tech Colonialism

Data empowerment authorMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Dennis Nguyen & Rhied Al-OthmaniIntroduction The dominance that data-driven technology companies hold over large parts of the global digital economy and across digital societies has been a key topic in...

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The Data Subject and the Myth of the “Black Box”

Data empowerment authorJuly 15, 2021January 17, 2022

A Critical Inquiry into How Platforms Communicate About Their Data Practices This conceptual paper explores the role of communication around data practices of Big Tech companies. Through exploring and critiquing communication practices, the paper shows how Big Tech platforms shape users into new sorts...

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Who owns your data?

Data empowerment authorApril 26, 2021April 27, 2021

by Christopher Kullenberg, University of Gothenburg Back in the mid 1990s when I grew up as a teenager in a rural village in the south of Sweden, internet connections came...

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Grand Challenges in Ethical UX. A case for Privacy Coordination

Data empowerment authorApril 26, 2021April 28, 2021

By Koen van Turnhout & Natalia Romero Introduction The datafication of society can best be characterized as a silent revolution. The rise of, subsequently, the web, social media, mobile computing,...

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New technologies, new trust?

Data empowerment authorApril 16, 2021May 3, 2021

by David Suomalainen On the frontpage of The Economist edition the 31 of October 2015 the words "The trust machineThe technology behind bitcoin could transform how the economy works" are...