Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 04/05/2026*Publication alert* Our first attempt at conceptualizing *Digital Vulnerability* has taken shape and is now available through Media, Culture and Society. picture of my favorite drink *a negroni* for attention and future reference. 100
Reposted by Anne KaunFEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 11/03/2026With: 👉 Simon Vinge, Chief Economist, Akademikerförbundet SSR 👉 @annekaun.bsky.social, Professor of Media & Communication Studies, Södertörn University 👉 @leevisaari.bsky.social , PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam 111
Reposted by Anne KaunProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/ 478104544648
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It’s soon publication day for our book. Very excited to see it in print. 280
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Finally my article on temporalities of welfare automation is out. I am exploring three temporal tropes. The manuscript was initially lost in some kind of review loop but is finally seeing the light. Time in academia is weird thing... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 040
Reposted by Anne KaunSteve Jankowski @textaural.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Updated Keywords for Media, Culture & Information textaural.com/keywords/ with Resistance Stefania Milan; Programmable politics @simonlindgren.bsky.social en.bsky.social @annekaun.bsky.social sky.social; Convenience @msteinbrg.bsky.social brg.bsky.social @joshua-neves.bsky.social eves.bsky.social 193
Reposted by Anne KaunJuliane Jarke @julianejarke.bsky.social · 19/12/2024🔮 @annekaun.bsky.social will give a keynote on #AI in the #publicsector on 10th March in #Vienna. Afterwards we'll discuss in a panel with @allhutter.bsky.social @bprainsack.bsky.social Stefanie Büchner and Peter Biegelbauer. #UNESCO @oeaw.bsky.social www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...oeaw.ac.atKünstliche Intelligenz im öffentlichen SektorDer UNESCO Fachbeirat "Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz" lädt in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung der ÖAW und der ÖAW-Kommission „Demokratie in Digitalen Gesellschaften“ zu ... 0103
Reposted by Anne KaunSaga Hansén @sagachansen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Skrivit i facktidningen om Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead man’s chest. Även om forskarens roll som offentlig intellektuell. universitetslararen.se/2024/12/18/f...universitetslararen.seForskare behöver ta mer plats i det offentliga rummet - UniversitetslärarenAtt akademin och offentligheten glider ifrån varandra är skadligt för både forskningen och demokratin. Arbetsgivare behöver därför uppvärdera ”den tredje uppgiften” och göra den meriterande. Lärosäten... 072
Reposted by Anne KaunSimon Lindgren @simonlindgren.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Check out our paper on how we now live in an age of Programmable Politics #programmablepolitics @annekaun.bsky.social 052
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 10/12/2024our article on the disappearance of printed news is out! you can print it out if you prefer paper or read it on screen. in any case read it. Fredrik Stiernstedt & Anne Kaun (2024). Vanishing Act: The Disappearance of Printed Newspapers. Journalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comVanishing act: The disappearance of printed newspapers - Fredrik Stiernstedt, Anne Kaun, 2024Although it has been said for some decades that printed newspapers are dying, they are still in existence; however, Swedish newspapers have entered a new era. T... 082
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Jag skrev en sak som kopplar ihop AI kommissionens färdplan för Sverige med Försäkringskassans AI verktyg för att identifiera bidragsfusk. Trodde att just det senare skulle få mer uppmärksamhet i den offentliga debatten. Men tydligen inte. www.dagensarena.se/opinion/arti...dagensarena.seArtificiell intelligens i offentlig sektor – ja, men på rätt sätt | Dagens ArenaUtvecklingen måste ske på rätt grunder med välfärd och medborgarintresse i centrum. 001
Reposted by Anne KaunSimon Lindgren @simonlindgren.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Me and @annekaun.bsky.social have published a piece introducing the notion of "Programmable Politics" as an emerging keyword that highlights the impact of platform architectures, algorithms, AI, and non-human agency on the political landscape 🤖 doi.org/10.1177/0163...doi.orgProgrammable politics in the aftermaths of the pandemic - Simon Lindgren, Anne Kaun, 2024This Crosscurrent contribution presents programmable politics as an emerging keyword for understanding the complex interplay between technology, society and pol... 073
Reposted by Anne KaunSarah Myers West @smw.bsky.social · 02/12/2024NEW from @davidthewid.bsky.social @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and I in Nature: we break down the political economy around ‘open’ AI and how it’s been wielded in corporate lobbying to exacerbate rather than reduce corporate concentration. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 69845
Reposted by Anne KaunAske Kammer @askekammer.dk · 01/12/2024The first entry in #AskeXmas: "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life. www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati... 1/24nordicom.gu.seThe Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection | Nordicom“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. Through ca... 1114
Reposted by Anne KaunMeredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Hot off the presses! New investigation from @lhreports.bsky.social reveals that "secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent." www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...lighthousereports.comSweden’s Suspicion MachineBehind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented 36128
Reposted by Anne KaunGabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.” 616569
Reposted by Anne KaunHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/11/2024Arsonists funding research on fire safety.techcrunch.comOpenAI is funding research into 'AI morality' | TechCrunchOpenAI is funding academic research at Duke into algorithms that can predict humans' moral judgements. 717851
Reposted by Anne KauncyborgChris @cyborgchris.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Har skrivit om den offentliga sektorns många havererade IT-upphandlingar www.expressen.se/kultur/ide/m...expressen.seCHRISTINA GRATORP: Millenniumhaveriet är bara ett exempelVarför liknar så ofta teknikupphandlingar i offentliga sektorn en arbetsmaknadsåtgärd för ingenjörer? Christina Gratorp påminner om pusselbiten som saknas: marknadsekonomin. 1710039
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Om du bara har tid med en debattartikel idag, läs den här! www.dn.se/debatt/nar-d... 010
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Mera bildning åt alla. Läs vår nya sommarkurs Digitala medier, desinformation och källkritik på distans! Sista ansökningsdag imorgon 15/3. Högt aktuell och redan ganska stark söktryck men det finns plats till dig med: www.sh.se/program--kur... 010
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Vi skriver i dagens arena om kriminalvård och teknologi som icke-lösning: www.dagensarena.se/opinion/tekn... 000
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 28/12/2023Are you enjoying your in between days of drifting but are starting to get a bit bored? Perfect state for reading an accessible article on the role of Swedish welfare service centers for the digitalization ideology varsågod journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 043
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 02/12/2023MKV-podden is back with a new episode! This time with our dear friend Jannie Møller Hartley discussing her latest book on Data Publics open.spotify.com/episode/4kMW... 000
Anne Kaun @annekaun.bsky.social · 15/11/2023This first review of our book Prison Media published by @mitpress.bsky.social in the distribution matters series ed. by Joshua Braun and Ramon Lobato really moved me. It came at the very right moment. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254549... 071
Reposted by Anne KaunGöran Bolin @goranbolin.eurosky.social · 16/10/2023Bra inlägg om automatiserad vård och vårdrådgivning av bl.a. @annekaun.bsky.socialdn.seDN Debatt. ”En trygg vård kräver människor – inte maskiner”Fem experter på vård och samhällsfrågor om riskerna med att den som ringer 1177 möts av en chattbot och inte en person. 021