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vor google
On the 9th of April the book “Vor Google. Eine Mediengeschichte der Suchmaschine im analogen Zeitalter” will be presented and discussed in the Wienbibliothek im Rathaus (in German). The book is edited by Thomas Brandstetter, Thomas Hübel & Anton Tantner … continue reading
momentum 13
I’ve been invited to moderate the track “technology and regulation” at the Momentum 13 symposium. I’ve never heard of this conference before, but it seems to be an exciting platform for political discourse concerning societal challenges of all sorts. Its … continue reading
Technoscientific Promotion and Biofuel Policy
Jenny Eklöf and I have been collaborating on a project during my HUMlab fellowship (2010-2012). Our study investigated how the biofuel controversy plays out in the Swedish press and Google search results. The results will be published in the journal … continue reading
Posted in internet, publications
Tagged biofuel, controversy, digital methods, Google, press, search engine, STS
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Out of Control – What the Web Knows about You
Yesterday I’ve attended the opening of the new Ars Electronica exhibition “Out of Control”. According to its website the exhibition aims at “demonstrating what exactly is being captured in conjunction with telecommunications data retention and all the interesting information about … continue reading
Themenabend: Black Box Suchmaschine, 25.4.2012, 18.30, MQ/ Raum D
I’m already looking forward to the event “Black Box Suchmaschine. Google & co. im gesellschaftspolitischen Kontext” I’m organizing together with René König (in cooperation with our research group Internet Research). Here’s the abstract & the program featuring great speakers!!! (in … continue reading
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Tagged algorithm, Google, net politics, privacy, search engine
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verfassungsklage.at
I just filled in, printed, signed and sent out the online form provided on the website verfassungsklage.at (initiated by AKVorrat & the Austrian Green Party). It should help to topple the data retention law by bringing it to the Austrian … continue reading
critically making the “internet of things”
I’m still inspired by the international conference we had last week at HUMlab: Critically making the internet of things. That’s why I’d like to share some of my personal highlights in this post. First, and not surprisingly, it was exciting … continue reading
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Tagged conference, humlab, internet of things
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internet of things conference @ HUMlab
HUMlab will be hosting another exciting conference in December (8-9): “Critically Making the Internet of Things”. The speaker list is impressive: Johanna Drucker, Lisa Gitelman, Finn Arne Jørgensen, Martijn de Waal, Johanna Björklund, David Zahle, Mash, Haibo Li, Chris Speed, … continue reading
Internet & Society/ Berlin
The second event I attended, just last week, was the Inauguration Symposium of the “Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society” – also referred to as the Google Institute or Google-financed Institute (see its mission statement here). Even though … continue reading
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Tagged berlin, conference, Google, net politics, search engine
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Knowledge machines between freedom and control/ Hainburg
I’ve attended two great events in October. The first one was a symposium organized by the Institute of Media Archeology (IMA) and Theo Röhle, author of the book “Der Google Komplex. Über Macht im Zeitalter des Internets“. The symposium/ workshop … continue reading
