Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Technologies in the smart city, such as autonomous vehicles and delivery robots, promise to increase the mobility and freedom of people with disabilities. These technologies have also faile…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Many scientists share preprints on social media platforms to gain attention from academic peers, policy-makers, and journalists. In this study we shed light on an unintended but highly cons…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. This paper analyzes the effects of a perceived transition from a rule-based computer programming paradigm to an example-based paradigm associated with machine learning. While both paradigms…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Although Earth observation (EO) is considered a universal scientific technique with a hegemonic gaze, national sociotechnical imaginaries shape its practice. Historically established and or…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. This article presents findings from a rigorous, three-wave series of qualitative research into public expectations of data-driven media technologies, conducted in England, United Kingdom. T…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. This article presents findings from a rigorous, three-wave series of qualitative research into public expectations of data-driven media technologies, conducted in England, United Kingdom. T…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. In this piece, which frames the special issue, “The State of Google Critique and Intervention,” we provide an overview of research focusing on Google as an object of critical study, fleshin…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. Artificial intelligence advancements have reignited job displacement debates that focus on how the use of artificial intelligence affects labour, without considering how the production of t…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic had immediate and potentially long-lasting impacts on cities. Yet, the ability to assess, monitor, and analyze the wide-ranging effects of the pandemic has been stymie…
Big Data &Society, Volume 10, Issue 2, July-December 2023. In this paper, we empirically test whether the spread of political symbols in Twitter is due to complex contagion. We analyzed behavior consisting of editing the Twitter account name to inc…