Journal Description
Big Data & Society (BD&S) is an Open Access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies. The Journal’s key purpose is to provide a space for connecting debates about the emerging field of Big Data practices … |
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- by Di Di, Bryce NishikawaDepartment of Sociology, 7162Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USABig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Tech workers often experience ethical tensions arising from the misalignment of their values and the prevailing unethical or ethically ambiguous practices concerning data and algorithms in the workplace. Despite this, there is an insufficient …
- by Billie Lythberg, Rachel Maunganui Wolfgramm, Albert L. Refiti, Alan F. BlackwellBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. This paper addresses the problems of data colonialism from a standpoint that not only challenges the legitimacy of colonial economics but also the epistemological legitimacy of data as a raw material from which knowledge and knowledge systems might be …
- by Clemens Binder, Bruno Oliveira Martins, Lise Endregard HematBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Big data-based governance requires both compatible modes of computing data and interoperable databases. While interoperability is often portrayed as a logical imperative, we understand it as socially co-produced within a political choice for algorithmic …
- by Reham Hosny, Mohamed A NasefBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. This study examines the lexical tactics of algorithmic resistance employed by Arab users to deceive Facebook content moderation algorithms in the case of censoring pro-Palestinian voices on Facebook, a phenomenon particularly conspicuous during the …
- by Hao Wang, Vincent BlokBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Artificial intelligence (AI) ethics is undergoing a practical shift towards putting principles into design practices in developing responsible AI. While this practical turn is essential, this paper highlights its potential risk of overly focusing on …
- by Petter Törnberg, Ola Söderström, Jennifer Barella, Saskia Greyling, Sophie OldfieldBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. The emergence of the modern state was closely intertwined with the advent of statistics and demographic data. Today, we are witnessing the ascent of artificial intelligence as a new technology of governance. This article seeks to lay the groundwork for a …
- by Alessandra Renzi, Janna FrenzelCommunication Studies, 98607Concordia University, Montreal, CanadaBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. This article analyzes how universalist paradigms for platform urbanism are being adapted, modulated, and subverted through an evolving platform ecosystem that is specific to the city of Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city. We examine how processes …
- by Paul Trauttmansdorff1TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munchen, Bayern, GermanyBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Digital technologies and databases have repeatedly been associated with grand infrastructural promises in the European Union (EU)'s so-called management of borders and migration. Interoperability, i.e., the capacity to process traveler data across …
- by Claire M Segijn, Joanna Strycharz, Anna Turner, Suzanna J OpreeBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Previous research has shown that internet users believe that electronic devices are listening to their offline conversations (i.e., e-eavesdropping) for commercial purposes. Such beliefs are important to study because they could shape media effects and …
- by Blair Attard-Frost, David Gray WidderBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with an interest in the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) need more integrative approaches for studying and intervening in AI systems across many contexts and scales of activity. This paper presentsAI …
- by Can E Mutlu, Philippe M Frowd, Benjamin MullerBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. The intersection of migration, borders, and technology has been extensively studied in critical security studies, science and technology studies, law, and beyond. This article argues for closer attention to smartphone and other apps in the growing focus …
- by Matthew Archer, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde ThylstrupBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Interoperability has become a prominent topic in contemporary discourses around digital infrastructures in fields as diverse as security, finance, health, and communication. Common to these discourses are two views: first, that interoperability …
- by Abdullah Hasan Safir, Sanjay SharmaBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. This article results from a cross-disciplinary study which unfolds the neocolonial nature of the application of AI technologies for climate action by examining the actors’ network and discourses around this global practice. The study demonstrates that …
- by Sophie Toupin, Roda SiadBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Recently, the notion of artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) has been mobilized by various actors in the global South and North. We identify five analytical categories to help us understand the different and often contested perspectives on AI4D. …
- by Guoning Zhao1364864Institute of Communication Studies, Communication University of China, Beijing, ChinaBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. This study examines the collective actions of Chinese netizens in contesting algorithm visibility through popularity-boosting comments. Employing a netnographic approach within the theoretical frameworks of algorithm resistance and folk theories, the …
- by Sebastian ColeDepartment of Media and Communication, 6305University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. In addition to personal and contextual reasons for listening to music, users of music streaming services also receive constant recommendations from these platforms’ algorithmic systems. In this article, I explore, from a critical realist perspective, how …
- by Siddharth Peter de Souza, Linnet TaylorBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. The establishment of norms among states is a common way of governing international actions. This article analyses the potential of norm-building for governing data and artificial intelligence technologies' collective effects. Rather than focusing on state …
- by Akaash Kolluri, Dhiraj Murthy, Kami VintonBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. Few studies characterize the diffusion of racist content on fringe social media platforms. We demonstrate how racism spread on Parler, a far right, un(der)-moderated social media platform, and that a single comment to a racist post increases the …
- by Joseph Donia1Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 7938University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. The perceived importance and difficulty of accounting for algorithms in health systems continues to inform scholarship and practice across diverse fields. While accountability is often framed as a normative good, less clear is exactly what kind of …
- by Maria-Louise Clausen, Adam Moe Fejerskov, Sarah Seddig11298Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen O, DenmarkBig Data & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, April-June 2025. The integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and algorithms into development aid and relief efforts has brought datafication processes to the forefront of contemporary humanitarianism. This article contributes to critical studies of (big) …