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{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/1369118X.2025.2539588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2539588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2025.2526712.].</p>","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12316192/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144776646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who is perceived to be an expert on COVID-19 vaccines on social media?: Biomedical credentials confer expertise, even among vaccine-hesitant and Conservative observers.","authors":"Madeline Jalbert, Mallory Harris, Luke Williams","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2024.2436001","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1369118x.2024.2436001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Who is perceived to be an expert on COVID-19 vaccination on social media? We conducted four experimental studies investigating how the presence of biomedical credentials in social media profiles impacts users' perceived expertise. Participants viewed a series of Twitter profiles that appeared with or without biomedical credentials and judged to what extent they believed each user was an expert on the topic of COVID-19 vaccination. We found that the presence of biomedical credentials consistently increased perceptions of expertise, including among unvaccinated, vaccine-hesitant, and conservative participants. In some cases, participants who were less vaccine-hesitant, had been vaccinated, and identified as more liberal were generally more influenced by the presence of credentials when judging COVID-19 vaccination expertise; however, credentials still had a significant and large effect regardless of vaccination status and attitude or political partisanship, and was much larger than the effect of any moderators. These findings support existing observations that biomedical credentials may be leveraged by both pro- and anti-vaccine communities to increase perceived credibility and message reach, and counter the narrative that conservatives and those with anti-vaccination attitudes do not recognize biomedical credentials as conferring expertise.</p>","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"28 4","pages":"669-687"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12341664/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144849404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Traveling technology and perverted logics: conceptualizing Palantir’s expansion into health as sphere transgression","authors":"Marjolein Lanzing","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2279557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2279557","url":null,"abstract":"This paper contains a normative interpretation and critique of Palantir’s expansion into the health domain by using the conceptual lens of ‘sphere transgressions’. The technology company, known for its activities in the sphere of security, expanded into the health domain during the pandemic, providing software to monitor the spread of Covid-19. In 2019 Palantir was severely criticized by human rights organizations for its role in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration. Activists and politicians worry about Palantir’s move into health. However, critique is often limited to data protection. These concerns fail to grasp the risks and harms of this expansion. In this paper, I explore the risks of Palantir’s expansion into the health sphere using Sharon’s sphere transgressions framework as a conceptual lens and critical tool to understand and judge this move. We should anticipate the risks of no public returns, dominance, and new dependencies. While this might be true for many Big Tech actors, I add that Palantir’s expansion might be particularly pernicious. Palantir’s history reveals the perversion of logics under exclusionary politics in the sphere of security. At the very least, this warrants special vigilance when importing their technologies into the sphere of health. I conclude that the sphere transgressions framework reveals risks beyond data protection regarding Palantir’s expansion into the health domain.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134954155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Caring for data in later life – the datafication of ageing as a matter of care","authors":"Vera Gallistl, Roger von Laufenberg","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2279554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2279554","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the datafication of ageing by drawing on a practice approach toward care. We describe the datafication of ageing as a matter of care, achieved through the local tinkering of actors – technology designers, care staff, older adults, and highlighting the practices necessary to develop, maintain and implement data infrastructures. This paper draws on research conducted in a qualitative interview study in a LTC facility that uses AI-supported sensors to detect, predict and alarm care staff about falls of older residents. 18 interviews with developers, staff, residents and interest groups were conducted, as well as 24 h of participant observation in the care facility.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"76 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135539841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predicting user engagement with anti-gender, homophobic and sexist social media posts – a choice-based conjoint study in Hungary and Germany","authors":"Claudia Wilhelm, Andreas Schulz-Tomančok","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275012","url":null,"abstract":"Social media are used by populist radical right parties for anti-gender campaigns to mobilize against the ‘gender ideology’. Anti-gender hate speech targets women, sexual minorities, and feminist activists and therefore poses a threat to their participation in society. In this study, we examine the engagement with anti-gender hate speech on social media in Germany and Hungary, using anti-gender, homophobic, and sexist Facebook posts as examples. These countries were chosen because of the cultural differences in the way gender issues and discrimination are dealt with, as well as the position of populist radical right parties. Employing a choice-based conjoint design, we analyze which content and source characteristics as well as cultural and individual factors influence users’ engagement with such postings. Findings show country differences in the acceptance (likes, shares) and disapproval (flagging behavior) of anti-gender hate speech but also with respect to relevance of the three main topics of hate speech (anti-gender, homophobia, sexism).","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"544 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135928760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"#Narcissisticabuse: sharing personal and educational narratives during domestic violence awareness month","authors":"Olivia Nuss, Hannah Ross, Fanny Ramirez","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275005","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis article uses the framework of ‘digitized narratives’ to examine how, in the aftermath of the Gabby Petito case, survivors of narcissistic abuse turned to Twitter to share personal narratives and educate others about violence against women. Drawing on a qualitative content analysis of 204 tweets collected during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the U.S. in October 2021, we argue that survivors of narcissistic abuse used #NarcissisticAbuse to build community, publicize the characteristics of narcissistic abuse, and encourage survivors to recognize warning signs and seek help. The strong educational focus in the discourse around #NarcissisticAbuse separates it from other social media movements (e.g., #MeToo, #WhyIStayed) in that women strategically drew on their personal narratives to describe the traits of a narcissist, the control mechanisms used to subdue victims, and the types of abuse they experienced. In doing so, they educated the public about the dangers of narcissistic abuse and raised awareness about this often less visible and less talked about form of abuse.KEYWORDS: Intimate partner violencenarcissistic abusesocial mediahashtagsonline communitiescontent analysis Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsOlivia NussOlivia Nuss is a graduate student at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she is completing a joint degree program that will allow her to receive her Juris Doctor, her Master of Mass Communication, and her Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law. Her primary areas of research include new media technologies, gender studies, and emerging sports law issues.Hannah RossHannah Ross is a graduate student in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Her research interests include digital media and gender studies, technology and media ethics in wartime, and virtual reality in war reporting.Fanny RamirezFanny Ramirez is an Assistant Professor of Media Law at Louisiana State University where she holds a joint appointment with the Manship School of Mass Communication and LSU's interdisciplinary Center for Computation and Technology. Her research examines the use of information communication technologies in sexual violence and criminal justice contexts with an eye towards issues of race and gender inequality, discrimination, and privacy.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"40 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136261929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why are sector transgressions so hard to govern? Reflections from Europe’s pandemic experience","authors":"Linnet Taylor, Aaron Martin, Siddharth Peter de Souza, Joan Lopez-Solano","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2264919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2264919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"11 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135168254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What do participants participate in? Insights from the community of Peccioli","authors":"Manuela Farinosi, Adriano Cirulli, Leopoldina Fortunati","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2275004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"23 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135168567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in TechMeredith Broussard, <i>More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech</i> (Cambridge, Mass.: TheMITPress, 2023). Hardcover, 248 pages, $26.95","authors":"Will Mari","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2267628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2267628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Automation hesitancy: confidence deficits, established limits and notional horizons in the application of algorithms within the private rental sector in the UK","authors":"David Beer, Alison Wallace, Alexandra Ciocanel, Roger Burrows, James Cussens","doi":"10.1080/1369118x.2023.2264954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2264954","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing upon a qualitative research project examining the use of algorithms in decisions relating to access to housing, this article develops the concept of automation hesitancy. It reflects on the emergence of automation and considers the need for detailed accounts of the implementation of algorithms within specific sectors. In particular, it looks at the confidence deficits that exist. From this starting point it then considers how established limits and notional horizons shape and define the use of algorithms in decision-making processes. The concept of automation hesitancy is used to explore the reaction of those who make decisions concerning access to housing to the presence of algorithmic processing. This central concept of automation hesitancy highlights the hesitations that occur over the implementation of algorithms. The article looks at why this hesitancy exists, what its limits are and also at the role of future horizons in continually reshaping those limits. Overall, the article uses detailed analysis of the UK private rental sector (PRS) to challenge notions of the slickness and frictionless integration of algorithmic decision-making, offering instead a series of insights into the types of liminality and reservations that create variegated algorithmic social landscapes.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136114142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}