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View article: Strategising imaginaries: How corporate actors in China, Germany and the US shape AI governance
Strategising imaginaries: How corporate actors in China, Germany and the US shape AI governance Open
Corporate actors have been actively shaping the normative framing and socio-material infrastructure related to AI governance. We show how they achieve this by analysing documents from corporate actors headquartered in China, Germany and th…
View article: Sociotechnical imaginaries and public communication: Analytical framework and empirical illustration using the case of artificial intelligence
Sociotechnical imaginaries and public communication: Analytical framework and empirical illustration using the case of artificial intelligence Open
The concept of sociotechnical imaginaries (SIs) has been widely used and proven fruitful to understand diverging trajectories of technologies. While scholars have acknowledged the multi-layered materialisation of SIs and highlighted the im…
View article: Negotiating AI(s) Futures: Competing Imaginaries of AI by Stakeholders in the US, China, and Germany
Negotiating AI(s) Futures: Competing Imaginaries of AI by Stakeholders in the US, China, and Germany Open
This paper examines how artificial intelligence (AI) imaginaries are negotiated by key stakeholders in the United States, China, and Germany, focusing on how public perceptions and discourses shape AI as a sociotechnical phenomenon. Drawin…
View article: TIKTOK’S AI HYPE - CREATORS’ ROLE IN SHAPING (PUBLIC) AI IMAGINARIES
TIKTOK’S AI HYPE - CREATORS’ ROLE IN SHAPING (PUBLIC) AI IMAGINARIES Open
Artificial Intelligence (AI), often hailed as a transformative force, has become an ambivalent buzzword, simultaneously promising utopian possibilities and fueling dystopian anxieties. Social media platforms have emerged as pivotal spaces …
View article: AI INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERPERFORMING IMAGINARIES
AI INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERPERFORMING IMAGINARIES Open
The panel takes up AoIR’s theme of how industry pre-mediates the future of internet technology and its effects and inquiries into alternatives. Utilising ideas from the study of sociotechnical imaginaries, it aims to locate, map, and criti…
View article: THE POLITICS OF PLATFORM IMAGINARIES
THE POLITICS OF PLATFORM IMAGINARIES Open
Examining the competing images, values, and purposes attached to digital health tracking platforms, this paper analyzes how platform imaginaries are constructed and negotiated in complex intersectional realities. It pursues this inquiry th…
View article: Influencers’ Instagram imaginaries as a global phenomenon: Negotiating precarious interdependencies on followers, the platform environment, and commercial expectations
Influencers’ Instagram imaginaries as a global phenomenon: Negotiating precarious interdependencies on followers, the platform environment, and commercial expectations Open
Instagram has become a place of work for many content creators, including influencers; however, the inherent power imbalance between creator and platform dictating influencers’ success, requires creators to negotiate user expectations and …
View article: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS MULTI-SIDED STAKEHOLDERS: YOUTUBE’S ROLE IN SHAPING IMAGINARIES OF AI
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS MULTI-SIDED STAKEHOLDERS: YOUTUBE’S ROLE IN SHAPING IMAGINARIES OF AI Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered a key technology in contemporary societies with high amounts of resources being dedicated globally to its development. Simultaneously, AI technology has been at the center of public debate conside…
View article: FROM BUZZFEED CREATOR TO (IN)DEPENDENT YOUTUBER - MANAGING PRECARIOUS LABOUR THROUGH GOSSIP
FROM BUZZFEED CREATOR TO (IN)DEPENDENT YOUTUBER - MANAGING PRECARIOUS LABOUR THROUGH GOSSIP Open
Several known Buzzfeed Creators have left the company’s toxic culture by beginning a career as YouTubers. They hoped that their Buzzfeed audience would migrate to support their company-independent channel. Often represented as a move towar…