Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. In this essay, we call attention to privacy as the foundational construct that underpins digital disempowerment. We argue that to better understand the processes of disempowerment, scholars…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. In a post-Roe America, abortion-rights activists are scrambling to protect reproductive rights. Communication on open social media platforms like Facebook can now be used to prosecute those…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Mainstream coverage of artificial intelligence often appears to emphasise the technologies’ benefit and economic potential over its growing downsides. How does a technology poised to be so …
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Entanglements between public and private entities in digital health are not new, yet we do not have full insight into how these public-private dances are choreographed or what notions of pu…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. On Douyin, China’s domestic version of TikTok, straight users are being recommended queer content, and videos created by straight men are being recommended to queer viewers. As Douyin recom…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. The need for citizens to better understand the ethical and social challenges of algorithmic systems has led to a rapid proliferation of AI literacy initiatives. After reviewing the literatu…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Taking a DNA test with a commercial company is an increasingly popular enterprise, with tens of millions of consumers worldwide. In recent years, these genetic databases have also been used…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to captivate the collective imagination through the latest generation of generative AI models such as DALL-E and ChatGPT, the dehumanizing and harm…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. This paper examines public discourse on data and digital infrastructure in Ghana to understand how dominant actors are framing the conversation to galvanise support for the implementation o…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Digital advertising is central to the business models and technological affordances of digital platforms, creating marketplaces for user attention. Despite the keen theoretical attention to…