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Intellectual property rights and control in the digital economy: Examining the expansion of M-Pesa 数字经济中的知识产权和控制:考察M-Pesa的扩展

3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2259895

Christopher Foster

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Finding meaning in crowdwork: An analysis of algorithmic management, work characteristics, and meaningfulness 在众包中寻找意义:算法管理、工作特征和意义分析

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2243262

W. Zoonen, C. L. Hoeven, Ryan A Morgan

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Business as usual? How gamification transforms internal party democracy 一切如常?游戏化如何改变党内民主

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-07-30 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2241470

Cecilia Biancalana, Davide Vittori

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Information infrastructures and historical research: A framework useful for professional and amateur historians 信息基础设施和历史研究:一个对专业和业余历史学家有用的框架

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2237012

J. Cortada

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The effects of algorithmic content selection on user engagement with news on Twitter 算法内容选择对用户参与推特新闻的影响

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2230471

Erwan Dujeancourt, Marcel Garz

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“There are only a few things that you cannot manage without internet”: Realization of capabilities through internet (non)use by ultra-Orthodox Jewish women “没有互联网，只有几件事你无法处理”:极端正统派犹太女性通过互联网(不)使用实现能力

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2226121

Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, Avi Marciano, Amit M. Schejter

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Appeals to the people: A content analysis of references to the people in traditional media, social media, and parliamentary materials 呼吁民众:对传统媒体、社交媒体和议会材料中提及民众的内容分析

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2210133

Edina Strikovic, T. V. D. Meer, R. Vliegenthart, Linda Bos

{"title":"Appeals to the people: A content analysis of references to the people in traditional media, social media, and parliamentary materials","authors":"Edina Strikovic, T. V. D. Meer, R. Vliegenthart, Linda Bos","doi":"10.1080/01972243.2023.2210133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2023.2210133","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Political representation lies at the heart of representative democracy. In order to signal their connection to the people they are representing, politicians often refer to “the people.” In this study, we focus on how politicians refer to the people and how this varies across three main platforms of communication differing in access and formality: news media, social media, and the parliament. Through an in-depth content analysis of news articles, politicians’ social media posts and parliamentary speeches (N = 1668), we examine how Dutch politicians address the people in terms of “advocacy” for the people and in “opposition” to other actors; which politicians most commonly refer to the people; which communication platforms are predominantly used for this, and whether these references to the people vary across time. We find that references to the people did not differ between election and non-election years. Yet, parties and communication platform both play important roles: references to the people manifest themselves more frequently in social media and in communication from politicians from parties on the left as well as those scoring higher on the populism scale. We also find that there is little variation in advocative references to the people, while communication that includes oppositional references is more prominent among populist actors and those positioned on the political left.","PeriodicalId":51481,"journal":{"name":"Information Society","volume":"39 1","pages":"236 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46889862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the relationship between media literacy, online interaction, and civic engagement 探讨媒体素养、在线互动和公民参与之间的关系

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-05-17 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2211055

Sora Park, J. Lee, T. Notley, M. Dezuanni

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Working with Aula: How teachers navigate privacy uncertainties 与Aula合作：教师如何应对隐私的不确定性

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-05-11 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2210543

R. Jørgensen, Bjarki Valtysson, Jesper Pagh

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Data by design: Shaping data-producing subjectivities through self-tracking 设计数据：通过自我跟踪形成产生主观的数据

IF 3.5 3区管理学

Information Society Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2023.2203151

Thomas M. McDonald, L. Chow

{"title":"Data by design: Shaping data-producing subjectivities through self-tracking","authors":"Thomas M. McDonald, L. Chow","doi":"10.1080/01972243.2023.2203151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2023.2203151","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recent research into self-tracking devices challenges dominant understandings that such technologies provide wearers with “mechanical objectivity” over their monitoring of their bodies, instead highlighting how the so-called “objectivity” is situated within broader social contexts. In this article we explore the social phenomena arising from the introduction of multiple sensor technologies (activity trackers, productivity monitoring software, and video cameras) in Hong Kong secondary school classrooms within the context of an interdisciplinary research project on digital citizenship. Using participant observation of social interactions between the school students and the research team amidst the implementation of self-tracking technologies in the classroom, our study documents the negotiations surrounding the generation of self-tracking data. It shows how shortcomings in self-tracking data produced call into question persistent expectations of objectivity attached to self-tracking devices, alongside hopes that their use would engender specific forms of engagement with data amongst students. In response, we propose the concept of “data producing subjectivities” as a complement to the existing concept of “situated objectivity.” Taken together, these concepts could contribute to scholarship beyond the realm of self-tracking, providing ways to more fully account for the co-constitutive nature of the production of data and personhood in the contemporary information era.","PeriodicalId":51481,"journal":{"name":"Information Society","volume":"39 1","pages":"213 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43308204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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