Introduction: Datapublics Beyond the Rise and Fall Narrative

Jannie Møller Hartley; Mathieu David; Jannick Kirk Sørensen

doi:10.51952/9781529228649.ch001

Introduction: Datapublics Beyond the Rise and Fall Narrative

Jannie Møller Hartley, Mathieu David, Jannick Kirk Sørensen

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This chapter introduces the framework of the book and discusses its central concepts: datafication and publics. The chapter lays out the conjunctures of a technological drama, with a rise and fall narrative regarding processes of public formation in datafied societies. The drama stages three characters: a victim, in the form of the passive, defenceless public; a villain, Big Tech; and a hero, journalism. The chapter argues that the drama needs to be challenged by theoretical and empirical research. We suggest the notion of datapublics as a lens to investigate how publics are constructed at the junction of journalistic media, technological infrastructures and agentic citizens.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DataPublics : The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies
Editors	Jannie Møller Hartley, Jannick Kirk Sørensen, David Mathieu
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Publication date	31 Jul 2023
Pages	1-24
Chapter	1
ISBN (Print)	9781529228625
ISBN (Electronic)	9781529228632, 9781529228649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529228649.ch001
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2023

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DATAPUBLICS - Transforming Journalism and Audiences in the age of datafication
Hartley, J. M. (PI) & Sørensen, J. K. (Project Participant)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
European Open Web Privacy Measurement
Sørensen, J. K. (PI) & Kosta, S. (PI)
01/12/2017 → 01/06/2020
Project: Research
Algorithmic Public Service Media Content Recommendation
Sørensen, J. K. (PI)
19/10/2015 → 30/12/2022
Project: Research

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DataPublics: The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies. ed. / Jannie Møller Hartley; Jannick Kirk Sørensen; David Mathieu. Bristol University Press, 2023. p. 1-24.

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Algorithmic Public Service Media Content Recommendation

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