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Triggers of a Sense of Dataveillance: Empirical Insights Into Characteristics and Determinants Open
The automatic collection, storage, and analysis of user-generated digital traces by public and private actors (i.e., dataveillance) becomes salient to users through triggers of a sense of dataveillance. This can lead to a range of conseque…
When corporate dataveillance brings beneficial experiences Open
Entertainment, information seeking, socialization: internet users are constantly dataveilled when relying on various online services to meet their diverse needs. Yet research that considers online-service peculiarities in shaping personal …
TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF CHILLING EFFECTS OF DATAVEILLANCE: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM A LONGITUDINAL FIELD EXPERIMENT Open
Digital traces generated by internet users are automatically collected, stored, and analyzed by public and private actors. This dataveillance becomes salient to users through repeated exposure over time to triggers of a sense of dataveilla…
Co-evolution: applications and implications for governance research in communication studies Open
A co-evolutionary theoretical framework offers new concepts and methods for communication governance researchers. These concepts and methods are particularly well suited to studying problems with strong interdependencies between actors. Su…
QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE ON CHILLING EFFECTS—HOW USERS’ IMAGINARIES OF DATAVEILLANCE LEAD TO INHIBITED DIGITAL BEHAVIOR Open
Our everyday life has become highly digitized, and all our online actions leave digital data traces that are automatically collected, aggregated, and analyzed. Emerging research shows that this dataveillance can lead to chilling effects on…
Coping with Algorithmic Risks: How Internet Users Implement Self-Help Strategies to Reduce Risks Related to Algorithmic Selection Open
Algorithmic selection is omnipresent in various domains of our online everyday lives: it ranks our search results, curates our social media news feeds, or recommends videos to watch and music to listen to. This widespread application of al…
View article: The Chilling Effects of Digital Dataveillance: A Theoretical Model and an Empirical Research Agenda
The Chilling Effects of Digital Dataveillance: A Theoretical Model and an Empirical Research Agenda Open
People's sense of being subject to digital dataveillance can cause them to restrict their digital communication behavior. Such a chilling effect is essentially a form of self-censorship in everyday digital media use with the attendant risk…
Algorithmic Self-Tracking for Health: User Perspectives on Risk Awareness and Coping Strategies Open
Self-tracking with wearable devices and mobile applications is a popular practice that relies on automated data collection and algorithm-driven analytics. Initially designed as a tool for personal use, a variety of public and corporate act…
PROMOTING SELF-HELP—HOW INTERNET USERS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST ALGORITHMIC RISKS Open
In today’s digitized society, internet users increasingly rely on online services that apply algorithmic selection, like for instance Google Search or the Facebook News Feed. The algorithms that are implemented in these services automatica…
The relevance internet users assign to algorithmic-selection applications in everyday life Open
The rapidly growing academic and public attention to algorithmic-selection applications such as search engines and social media is indicative of their alleged great social relevance and impact on daily life in digital societies. To substan…
The relevance internet users assign to algorithmic-selection applications in everyday life Open
The rapidly growing academic and public attention to algorithmic-selection applications such as search engines and social media is indicative of their alleged great social relevance and impact on daily life in digital societies. To substan…
View article: How long and what for? Tracking a nationally representative sample to quantify internet use
How long and what for? Tracking a nationally representative sample to quantify internet use Open
Testing communication theories requires a valid empirical basis, yet especially for usage time measures, retrospective self-reports have shown to be biased. This study draws on a unique data set of 923 Swiss internet users who had their in…
View article: How Long and What For? Tracking a Nationally Representative Sample to Quantify Internet Use
How Long and What For? Tracking a Nationally Representative Sample to Quantify Internet Use Open
Testing communication theories requires a valid empirical basis, yet especially for usage time measures, retrospective self-reports have shown to be biased. This study draws on a unique data set of 923 Swiss internet users who had their in…
View article: It’s still a thing: digital inequalities and their evolution in the information society
It’s still a thing: digital inequalities and their evolution in the information society Open
Internet diffusion has prompted research into differences in internet access, use and consequences. Exploiting the full potential of the ongoing digital transformation in all spheres of life-a proclaimed goal of governments and internation…
WHO REMAINS OFFLINE AND WHY? THE EVOLUTION OF INDIVIDUAL FACTORSINFLUENCING INTERNET NON-USE FROM 2011 TO 2019 IN A HIGHLY DIGITISED SOCIETY Open
Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest internet penetration rates worldwide. Nevertheless, 600,000 people or 8% of the population remain offline. Being digitally excluded is problematic as internet use yields many advantages …
THE RELEVANCE PEOPLE ASSIGN TO ALGORITHMIC-SELECTION APPLICATIONS INEVERYDAY LIFE Open
The fast-growing academic and public attention to algorithmic-selection applications such as search engines and social media is indicative of their alleged great social relevance and impact on daily life in digital societies. To substantia…
Governance by and of algorithms on the internet: impact and consequences Open
Internet-based services that build on automated algorithmic selection processes, for example search engines, computational advertising, and recommender systems, are booming and platform companies that provide such services are among the …
Awareness of Risks Related to Algorithmic Selection in Switzerland Open
Algorithms on the internet govern our lives and our realities (Just & Latzer, 2017). They change our perception of the world and affect our behavior by influencing our choices. Consider the selection of online information via search engine…
View article: Internet use in Switzerland 2011-2019: Trends, attitudes and effects: Summary report World Internet Project - Switzerland
Internet use in Switzerland 2011-2019: Trends, attitudes and effects: Summary report World Internet Project - Switzerland Open
This report summarizes results from our representative Internet survey in 2019 and highlights major developments and trends of the past decade, based on data from our long-term biannual studies since 2011. The World Internet Project (WIP) …
Coping Practices Related to Algorithmic Selection in Switzerland Open
Algorithms on the internet govern our lives and our realities (Just & Latzer, 2017). They change our perception of the world and affect our behavior by influencing our choices. Consider the selection of online information via search engine…
Who Remains Offline and Why? Growing Social Stratification of Internet Use in the Highly Digitized Swiss Society Open
In a highly digitized society, internet use yields many advantages in everyday life. The share of non-users is dwindling but at the same time their disadvantages become increasingly severe. For more evidence-based public policies to mitiga…