Data as asset, data as rent? Rentiership practices in EdTech startups
The Covid pandemic highlighted the increasing deployment of digital technologies in
educational institutions, defined as 'edtech'. The most visible edtech was video conferencing …
educational institutions, defined as 'edtech'. The most visible edtech was video conferencing …
[HTML][HTML] Behind the Clicks: Can Amazon allocate user attention as it pleases?
We investigate Amazon's ability to direct user clicks to more visually prominent search
results, even as quality declines with the increasing prevalence of sponsored advertising …
results, even as quality declines with the increasing prevalence of sponsored advertising …
From attention economy to cognitive lock-ins
M Hansen - Big Data & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The economic logic of the attention economy is frequently used to critique and respond to
the dangers of unfettered technological expansion, including nascent platforms and …
the dangers of unfettered technological expansion, including nascent platforms and …
Algorithmic Attention Systems and Writing-as-Content
C Masters-Wheeler - Computers and Composition, 2024 - Elsevier
This article considers the influence of algorithmic attention systems on writing and human
interaction within digital environments. Building on existing scholarship in writing studies on …
interaction within digital environments. Building on existing scholarship in writing studies on …
Monetising Digital Data in Higher Education: Analysing the Strategies and Struggles of EdTech Startups
Digital data are a building block of postdigital higher education and, as such, are believed to
be economically and socially valuable. However, data need to be made valuable via a …
be economically and socially valuable. However, data need to be made valuable via a …
Techno-Feudalism as Primitive Accumulation: A Marxist Perspective on Digital Capitalism
J Yan - Critical Sociology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores the concept of 'techno-feudalism'in digital capitalism, reframing it
through the lens of Marxist crisis theory as a form of 'primitive accumulation in digital …
through the lens of Marxist crisis theory as a form of 'primitive accumulation in digital …
“Fridays Are Racist”: Evaluating Social Media Engagement From a Virtue Ethics Framework
L Medina - International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), 2024 - igi-global.com
Social media platforms have become a threat to democracy and human flourishing. Critics
have previously expressed alarm that our ever-increasing technological habits are …
have previously expressed alarm that our ever-increasing technological habits are …
[图书][B] L'économie numérique: Enjeux et ressorts d'une révolution
N Van Zeebroeck - 2024 - books.google.com
Le numérique est partout, mais il n'est pas neutre. Alors qu'il promettait d'abattre les
barrières et de démocratiser la planète, il a engendré une économie qui favorise les plus …
barrières et de démocratiser la planète, il a engendré une économie qui favorise les plus …
Statistical Hypothesis Testing and Modelling of Peoples' Power: A Causal Study of the# BlackLivesMatter Movement via Hawkes Processes on Social and Mass Media
A Lindström, S Lindgren, R Sainudiin - International Conference on Data …, 2023 - Springer
In the current mass media landscape with a few corporate owners and operating under the
propaganda model of communication aimed at manufacturing system-supportive consent …
propaganda model of communication aimed at manufacturing system-supportive consent …
[PDF][PDF] Monetization Risks in AI Systems: A Bing Copilot case study
We conduct a descriptive analysis and simple experiments on Microsoft's AI Copilot LLM–a
service that provides answers in a comparable manner to a Search results engine. We …
service that provides answers in a comparable manner to a Search results engine. We …