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A brand new interdisciplinary, international journal exploring how digitalisation has changed our world. Articles are in dialogue format with each article having peer commentary. journals-sagepub-com.may.idm.oclc.o…

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Chris Muellerleile @muellerleile.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Trump's crypto $billions are in the news again. I wrote about exactly this as part of an excellent special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age edited by @kylzjarrett.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @steelecat717.bsky.social @jwhiah.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The book/culture forum is centred on Tiziana Terranova’s book After the Internet, bringing a variety of perspectives to interrogate the central tension between capital and commons it explores. 4/4

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The second forum explores Alessandro Gandini, Silvia Keeling and Urbano Reviglio’s paper Conceptualising the ‘algorithmic public opinion': Public opinion formation in the digital age. It offers a new framework for how to approach the role of automated systems in shaping news and knowledge. 3/4

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s 1st forum features Governing artificial intelligence means governing data: (Re)setting the agenda for data justice vy Linnet Taylor, Siddharth Peter de Souza, Aaron Martin and Joan López Solano which brings a data justice lens to the rapidly evolving AI universe. 2/4

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Our first issue for 2026 has just been published, once again showcasing new and emerging frameworks for understanding our digital society and commentary by leading scholars on those ideas. Keep scrolling for more details. 🧵 1/4

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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🧵My paper on "Uneven Datafication" just came out! It draws on literature on coloniality, uneven development and dependency. Uneven datafication operates through three interrelated dynamics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Screenshot of the paper's title and abstract called uneven datafication, for the journal Dialogues in Digital Society

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Trying to understand the use of autonomous drones in the current assault on Iran? Check out this article published in our special issue on authoritarianism in the digital age. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Autonomous occupation: Israel's AI-driven drone warfare and the digital architecture of authoritarian power - Ramón Reichert, 2025

This article examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous drone technologies into contemporary military infrastructures, focusing on ...

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It would be helpful if we spelled Authoritarianism correctly. We promise it is correct in the edition.

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The special issue on Authortarianism in the Digital Age is now live (eds. @kylzjarrett.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @steelecat717.bsky.social and Jing Hiah). It is comprised of 48 commentaries from around the world exploring how the digital is implicated in creeping authoritarianism.

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Amir Cahane @amircahane.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The editorial for the special issue of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @kylzjarrett.bsky.social, Jing Hiah and @steelecat717.bsky.social is out. I am happy to have contributed my commentary 'Surveil and control?' Monitoring of web activity in Israel' to this volume.

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

They are short commentaries only but it is still a lot of papers!

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Ahead of publication of our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, the editorial sets out the approach we have taken to the topic and describes the 48 diverse and rich papers in the volume- most of which are already available to read. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Scott Markley @snmarkley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Glad to see this new piece on quantification, counter-data, "evidence," and what we call "authoritarian counting" out now in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social with @itspangler.bsky.social, @emtl.bsky.social, and @marxist.af! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Another of papers that will appear in our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age exploring surveillance of Arab-Israelis in Israel. Do check it out.

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Avery Everhart @averyeverhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Extremely proud of the title “How to lose a culture war” & of the connections we make to FOSTA/SESTA & fears of reproductive futures reimagined. Short, free to read and hopefully provocative. My latest with @tsdav.bsky.social in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Dechun Zhang's paper on how nationalist propaganda works as an authoritarian infrastructure in China is another of the papers in our forthcoming special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age. Check them all out here: journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

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Norma Möllers @normamoellers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

we can learn more about emergent technofascist formations by looking at the ordinary digital infrastructures of state violence than the spectacular fantasies of some Silicon Valley tech bros. New piece on technofascism out in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social.

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We have never not been fascist: Infrastructures of state violence as technofascist laboratories - Norma Möllers, 2025

This commentary critiques narratives of Silicon Valley exceptionalism in current efforts to diagnose technofascism. The rapid global spread of fascism has not b...

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

If you would like a sneak peek at our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, have a look at some of the commentaries that have come out already in OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The book forum is on Jia Tan's Digital Masquerade with reviews by Sara Liao, Quinyue Sun and Qi Ling and Jia Tan's response journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 6/6

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Responses to this proposition are by Shintaro Miyazaki, Timo Kaerlein, Jessa Lingel, Nikolaus Poechhacker and Orit Halpern, with an author's response rounding out the dialogue about media as counter-practice 5/6

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The second article by Christoph Borbach and Max Kanderske proposes a situated, praxeological approach to understanding sensors, following strands of counter-practices that allow for critical perspectives. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 4/6

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This is followed by commentaries on the paper by Noortje Marres, Haiqing Yu, Kari Dahlgren, Lucie Chateau, Martin Tironi and Dan Podjed extending and challenging the paper, followed by a response by the author which develops the original paper. 3/6

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Our first article is by Minna Ruckenstein reflecting on collaborative explorations within the MyData initiative. She identifies 3 modes of engagement in this approach enabling integration of social science perspectives into the core of digital society-making journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 2/6

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The second issue of Dialogues on Digital Society is now out. Explore it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/DDS/curr... 1/6

Title of Dialogues on Digital Society with Volume 1 Issue 2 August 2025 written beneath

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We have been overwhelmed by the response to our CFP for the SI on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age with over 170 abstracts - although perhaps this is mostly a sad indictment on the state of the world. Thanks to all those who submitted such interesting and complex proposals. We will be in touch.

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Submission to our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age close tomorrow. Get your proposal in! More details here: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our special edition of <2,000 word commentaries on authoritarianism in the digital age. Deadline is the end of the week. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Just over a week to get your abstracts in for the special issue exploring the role of the digital in authoritarian politics, movements, and governance. Use your commentary of <2,000 words to document, critique, & catalyse dialogue about this important topic. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Just a reminder about our special issue of <2,000 word commentaries reflecting on and documenting the role of the digital in authoritarian politics and regimes. Send in an abstract before May 16. Follow the link for details. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal... #authoritarianism #cfp

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 30/04/2025

🖨️ I've had the pleasure of responding to an insightful article in Dialogues on Digital Society that considers the role of algorithms in public opinion formation. The journal actively invites scholarly commentary on its articles – a somewhat unusual format for me. journals.sagepub.com...

Algorithmic Gatewatching and Its Implications
Axel Bruns
Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology

This response to the article ‘Conceptualising the “Algorithmic Public Opinion”: Public Opinion Formation in the Digital Age’ by Alessandro Gandini, Silvia Keeling, and Urbano Reviglio considers the concept of algorithmic public opinion and highlights that while the algorithms of digital and social media platforms and associated information and communication infrastructures now exert a substantial inﬂuence on how public opinion formation unfolds (the process) and what public opinion patterns emerge as a result (the product), these algorithms are by no means the sole determinant of process and product. It argues instead that the ordinary users of these platforms – and they are active users of these communicative spaces, not just passive ‘audiences’ for the communicative efforts of others – retain signiﬁcantly more agency than this article’s discussion affords them.

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Don't forget to submit a proposal to our special issue of commentaries (<2000 words) on the role of the digital in authoritarian governments and movements. More details here: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

And here is a more shareable link from the DDS website: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We hope to use this edition to document this role and to generate further dialogue on this crucial dimension of our digital age. Please submit and share.

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

SI CFP: Recent events have highlighted the role of the digital in the authoritarian movements, politics and governance. DDS is commissioning a series of short commentaries (up to 2000 words) exploring the digital contours of authoritarianism. See CFP for details drive.google.com/file/d/1VbW5...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Thanks to all the contributors, reviewers, and the editorial and production teams who have made this first edition possible. We look forward to publishing the next in a few months. 7/7

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

And we conclude with reviews of Algorithms of Resistance by @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com followed by the authors' response engaging with these diverse readings of their work... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 6/7

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Furthering the agenda of algorithmic resistance: Integrating gender and decolonial perspectives - Tiziano Bonini, Emiliano Treré, 2025

Not only are books written from positions that are never neutral, but they are also read from positions which are also never neutral. The three commentaries we ...

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The articles are followed by two book/culture review forums. The first offers reviews of Josie Williams' exhibition Eye to Eye at Stony Brook Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery and a response by Williams herself... 5/7 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Commentaries on this article engage with, expand, and critique the article's position, further complicating the novel agenda it brings to research into digital societies. This is complemented by a response from Datta and Hoefsloot continuing this dialogue.... 4/7

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

These are followed by the first article by @ayonadatta.bsky.social and @fennaimara.bsky.social advocating for consideration of time and timing for understanding statecraft in Kenya's Silicon Savannah journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 3/7

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

followed by commentaries from a range of Editorial Board members approaching the question of how the digital has transformed the world from their unique disciplinary and geographic perspectives.... 2/7

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The first edition of Dialogues on Digital Society is out at last. It features an editorial by the Editorial team, @kylzjarrett.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @pinkydigital.bsky.social, Jing Hiah, and @steelecat717.bsky.social .... 1/7 #DDS @journals.sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

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Alessandro Gandini @afrontiercity.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The last bit of the Algocount journey is finally here! Our article on the conceptualisation of an "algorithmic public opinion" is now published on the new, fantastic journal 'Dialogues on Digital Society'. You can read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📣 Pleased to announce response paper with @fennaimara.bsky.social out on @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social responding to brilliant commentaries by @andretwp.bsky.social Jack Odeo @jpaddie.bsky.social @xazaaradjame.bsky.social @princeguma.bsky.social Nancy Odendaal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Timing the state - Ayona Datta, Fenna Imara Hoefsloot, 2025

We wish to express our gratitude to the interlocutors for their considered and thoughtful commentaries on our article. They invoke new questions around the powe...

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨Submissions for #AoIR2025: Ruptures are DUE 1 MARCH (this Saturday)!🚨 Submission information: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi... Call for Proposal: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi... Submit here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025

reminder: submissions for #AoIR2025 are due on 1 March, this Saturday!

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Jean-Paul Addie @jpaddie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

"State as Auteur" is an incisive, provocative paper. I had the exciting opportunity to engage @ayonadatta.bsky.social and @fennaimara.bsky.social's argument in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social and my commentary, "Time and the State in Digital Society", is out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Time and the state in digital society - Jean-Paul D. Addie, 2025

In this commentary, I argue that while the digitalizing state mobilizes the anticipatory imaginary of network time, its own temporal ontology remains anchored i...

Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Commentaries on the article by a range of contributors and an author response to those interventions still to come.

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

New - if not first - article in Dialogues on Digital Society: "State as Auteur" by @ayonadatta.bsky.social and @fennaimara.bsky.social exploring timing - the synchronising of disparate events - as a mechanism of state craft in Kenya's digital transformations. doi.org/10.1177/2976...

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Do consider submitting your paper describing a new research agenda to Dialogues on Digital Society. Contact Kylie Jarrett @kylzjarrett.bsky.social if you want to talk about your ideas 10/10

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

There are a few more commentaries to come in this editorial forum but this sample showcases the diversity of perspectives and disciplines we want to capture in DDS and also how we use the commentaries to generate dialogues. 9/10

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

And finally, Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social takes on the challenges posed by digitalisation to the principles and practices of higher education. 8/10 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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