Our paper studying Netflix #datadonations is out. We reflect on the method and use computational methods to analyze trace data from 126 #Netflix subscribers to consider bingeing, popularity and diversity. journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/article/...

📢✨ New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social, & @fvandervlist.bsky.social. Access: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

@dataschool.nl @robkitchin.bsky.social (article also in English available)

Join my team: Postdoc: VR and Immersive Technologies - Postcolonial and Creative Approaches. Utrecht Universities, Department of Media and Culture Studies DEADLINE: 23 April 2025 Part of the NWO project “VR As Empathy Machine led by Prof Sandra Ponzanesi vrmigration.sites.uu.nl tinyurl.com/26ndfw2n

Already a time capsule, but back in January a bunch of us working at the intersection of the humanities and AI/ML came together to sketch out eight provocations from the humanities for genAI research. Here's a 🧵 1/ arxiv.org/abs/2502.19190

Excited to see our paper, "Where Are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems" (doi.org/10.1145/3654...), selected as a #TORS EIC Featured Article for 2024! Great collaboration with @kfvanes.bsky.social 🚀📚 #ACMTORS #RecSys #News #vales #EXDIGIT #PLUS #UniSbg

This AUP open access book edited with José van Dijck, Anne Helmond, and Fernando van der Vlist is coming soon. Very fortunate to be part of such a wonderful community at Utrecth University. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Hurray my new publication with Dennis Nguyen is out in open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Today at the Streaming Video Network in Utrecht I am presenting research on data donations and Netflix more specifically. Exploring binge watching, diversity and popularity with 126 data donations from users in NL.

Our Collaborative Research conference is on April 7-8 in Utrecht (right before @algosoc.org conference). See amazing program w. keynotes @robkitchin.bsky.social, Payal Arora & Minna Ruckenstein + awesome workshops with a.o. @annettemarkham.bsky.social and societal partners impact.dataschool.nl

First read of 2025. So far, so good ... #dontbelievethehype #AI

My open access article: "Exploring Netflix myths: Towards more media industry studies and empirical research in studying video-on-demand" in Critical Studies in Television journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@mtschaefer.bsky.social and I are launching the open-access edited volume Collaborative Research in a Datafied Society (2024, AUP) in Utrecht on 22 Jan. 2025 15.30. More info and registration: cdh.uu.nl/events/book-...

Calling all PhD candidates and motivated RMA students affiliated with RMeS to join @kfvanes.bsky.social and I in Rome first week of April 2025 to do research on media in the city with an intro to datawalking! RMeS KNIR course Media in the (Eternal) City is back! www.rmes.nl/rmes-knir-co...

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