How do users of emerging technologies make sense of their realness? My OA paper in @icsjournal.bsky.social, “Holographic authenticities: Constructing the real in the encounter with Holocaust survivors”, explores discourses of historical and technological authenticity. doi.org/10.1080/1369...

#OutNow in #iCS This article follows #MeToo conversations on Twitter/X to show how activism gradually gave way to polarisation. As political identities took over, partisan debates reshaped the movement’s online visibility and momentum. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Analysing posts from Weibo, this article traces how Chinese views of AI mental health care changed over time. What began with optimism turned to caution, as everyday experiences raised questions about trust and effectiveness. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Focusing on the Dimensions in Testimony project, this article examines how visitors experience virtual Holocaust survivors as authentic. It argues that emotion and mediation together shape what feels real in digital memory. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Reviewing 57 studies, this article maps how digital engagement shapes young people’s learning and wellbeing. It argues that online opportunities and risks depend on socioeconomic resources, not technology alone. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Nomophobia, impulsivity, and self-esteem intersect in complex ways. This article shows how fear of disconnection and low self-control combine to fuel compulsive smartphone use among South Korean students. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS How can researchers collect mobile data responsibly? This article tests several data donation methods in Switzerland and finds that manual entry encourages more people to share their app use. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Using data from Chile, this article argues that question wording and framing influence how adolescents engage with web surveys on media and politics, shaping when they respond and when they disengage. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Gifting, play, and queer connection on Lespark. This article shows how gamification turns intimacy into visibility in digital spaces. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Sun and Zhao analyse U.S. data to separate how age, generation, and time each affect online health information seeking. They conclude that digital health gaps persist, driven more by generational habits than by ageing itself. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Digital inclusion efforts can backfire. Based on fieldwork in the Netherlands, Smit and colleagues show how one program turned citizenship into an obligation for low-literate participants rather than a source of empowerment. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Using national data from China, Fu and Peng find that internet use promotes productive ageing by strengthening friendships that encourage work, caregiving, and volunteering. Online connection becomes a pathway to social participation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Reviewing over 1,300 studies, Fam maps TikTok as an academic field. The review outlines its main research areas and emerging debates, calling for a clearer agenda to guide future scholarship. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Cohen and Toch examine how conservative users on X reframe the idea of “algorithmic bias” to accuse ChatGPT of anti-conservative bias. They reveal how political actors hijack liberal tech discourses to advance new ideological agendas. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Zhuang and Goggin call for disability to be central in governing generative AI. They show how rapid innovation risks reproducing exclusion and argue for inclusive policies that treat accessibility as core to AI ethics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Cools analyses how the ideals of responsible AI are implemented in practice. This article reveals how competing demands and institutional gaps make turning ethical principles into concrete action a persistent challenge. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Based on interviews with scientists active on social media, Zhang shows how credibility is not only claimed but performed. The study reveals how online visibility reshapes trust and authority in public science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Using machine learning, this study tracks how gambling firms adapted to COVID-19 by reshaping their online marketing, exposing how crises accelerate strategic and regulatory change in digital industries. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article examines generative AI through the lens of the information commons. Authors argue that while commons management offers insights for governance, it cannot, by itself, address AI’s challenges to knowledge and control. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Tracking #StopAsianHate on Twitter across 2021–2022, Wang and colleagues show how the movement lost momentum as networks fragmented. Their study reveals that serial participants are vital for sustaining online anti-racism activism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Bruno Magalhães introduces delayed technological discrimination to explain how Brazil’s biometric asylum systems exclude not through rejection but through slow procedural erosion, in which technical misfits become grounds for suspicion. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Based on a survey of Italian retail investors, this study develops a taxonomy of six trader types and shows how social background, education, and motivation shape distinct patterns of digital finance participation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Using TikTok data from Germany’s 2024 EU elections, this study shows how the AfD normalised extremism by mixing populist messages with everyday concerns, moving beyond simple anti-elite or anti-migrant appeals. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Familiarity, safety, and trust in science shape how people assess AI risks. A U.S. survey shows that scientific literacy reduces fear only in certain conditions, showing that context, rather than knowledge alone, shapes public confidence. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS A study of Philadelphia’s broadband strategy shows how efforts to close the digital divide can reinforce corporate power. Popiel and Berman trace how public subsidies and networked governance advanced dominance more than digital inclusion. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New paper out in @icsjournal.bsky.social — and one I’m especially proud of! I interviewed scientists with big social media followings about how they present themselves on social media — and what’s at stake when they do. Full access to article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I have penned an @icsjournal.bsky.social editorial: a reflective pause, lookong back on the journey iCS has been on since 1998. lt's helped assemble a vibrant academic community, nurtured new ideas, intellectual discontinuities, critical & rigorous scholarship. Great research, lots more to come!

#Now in #iCS Marking the first year of a new editorial team, @danmercea.bsky.social reflects on iCS’s evolving role in the field. The journal looks back to move forward, reaffirming our commitment to rigour and to the well-being of the academic community. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Analysing US media coverage of China’s Social Credit System, von Blomberg and Liu show how techno-orientalism frames it as a dystopian emblem of digital authoritarianism, reflecting Western anxieties about technology and control. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article explores far-right social movements in Germany. Gong demonstrates that platform governance, affordances, and user cultures influence opportunities for mobilisation and dissemination of extremist content. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article links everyday social media use to algorithmic literacy in China. It shows how more active, critical engagement, not just exposure, enhances users’ awareness of how recommendation systems shape what they see online. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Wiesner examines beliefs on managing online incivility and misinformation. Survey data from Austria reveal broad backing for eliminating personal insults, yet a preference for dialogue-based methods against false claims. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Analysing Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts from Ugandan LGBTI organisations, this article shows how online engagement is shaped by fear of visibility and state surveillance. In this context, to be seen means both safety and risk. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Surveying 1,010 users of China’s Doubao chatbot, this study shows that warmth, competence, and civility increase perceived value, but moral traits can undermine trust—challenging the ‘more human is better’ idea. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS House chat groups are reshaping civic life. Through interviews in Germany and Israel, this study shows how everyday messaging facilitates local coordination while fostering “ambient responsibility,” where awareness supplants action. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS What drives students to use ChatGPT for assignments, and how do they decide what counts as ethical use? This study demonstrates that expectations of better grades and peer approval influence intention. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This study examines how digital democracy operates across different policy domains in Taiwan. It shows that citizen petitions gain traction in open and collaborative areas, but face limits in technocratic or adversarial settings. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Na Liu and Yutian Xiong trace how digital media shape motherhood and womanhood across generations in Chinese migrant families, showing how technology deepens feminist aspirations yet remains bound by patriarchy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS In her review of Crooks’ Access Is Capture, Ciccone emphasises how the book highlights datafication in schools as both extractive and incomplete. This ethnography fits within critical debates on edtech, equity, and racial inequality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Analysing Facebook discussions in Italy and Germany, this article shows how prenatal and newborn screening debates express digital biocitizenship. Crabu et al. reveal contrasting ways people engage with biomedical authority and reproductive health. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article tests “deepfake self-debunking,” where AI-generated videos show a misinformation source retracting its own false claims. Hang Lu finds that humorous versions can reduce misbeliefs and engage resistant audiences. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Why does AI regulation look so different across countries? This article shows how legal frameworks vary, shaped by risk perceptions, political priorities, and institutional legacies. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article examines the social lives of COVID-19 data, illustrating how statistics on infections and deaths have become tools of governance, sources of anxiety, and everyday reference points. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article reveals how Danish regulators frame influencers within the context of welfare traditions. The result is a mix of protection and constraint, with implications for digital labour and media policy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Across 46 countries, concerns about false news look very different. This article maps the global patterns, linking them to trust, politics, and media environments. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Based on survey research with disabled emerging adults, this article explores the links between social media practices and mental health. It highlights the importance of studying digital life in contexts of disability. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS This article reports on surveys in Germany, Norway and the UK to study awareness of algorithmic personalisation. The findings highlight differences in how people notice and interpret platform curation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS Drawing on a qualitative analysis of digital platforms during the 2022 Brazilian elections, this article uncovers how online misogyny targeted women candidates, highlighting the dangers such abuse poses to democratic participation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OutNow in #iCS What does “social cohesion” mean in practice? This article examines civil-society debates, revealing how organisations use value talk (trust, participation, solidarity) to promote different visions of collective life. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....