[Commlist] New book: Datapublics – The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies

New book: Datapublics –  The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies

Our new Open Access book, DataPublics – The Construction of Publics in 
Datafied Democracies | Bristol University 
Press<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9781529228649/9781529228649.xml> 
<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9781529228649/9781529228649.xml%3e>, 
is now out. Edited by Jannie Møller Hartley, David Mathieu and Jannick 
Kirk Sørensen.

The book might be of interest to some of you, much of it has come out of 
vibrant discussions in this community.

Description: This book addresses new challenges to the formation of 
publics in datafied democracies. It proposes a fresh, complex and 
nuanced approach to understand 'datapublics' by considering datafication 
and public formation in the context of audience, journalism and 
infrastructure studies.

The tightly woven chapters shed new light on how platforms, algorithms 
and their data infrastructure are embedded in journalistic values, 
discourses and practices, opening up new conditions for publics to 
display agency, mobilize and achieve legitimacy.

Endorsements:

"Is the public the principal victim of the big tech take-over of media 
infrastructure? It may well be. Against this backdrop, this excellent 
edited collection introduces us to "data publics," a different kind of 
collective, at once less innocent, more contested and entangled than the 
ideal of the general public, this one created with small tech, still 
uncertain, but also, decidedly vibrant."

Noortje Marres, Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary 
Methodologies – University of Warwick

“What does governance look like as democracies become increasingly 
datafied? This insightful and timely report offers key conclusions on 
how publics are activated, how citizens are engaged, and how movements 
attain agency. Impeccably crafted and deeply researched, this is a must 
read.”

Zizi Papacharissi, Professor of Communication and Political Science, U 
of Illinois

“Drawing on rich and wide-ranging empirical evidence to challenge 
simplistic accounts of the role of digital technologies in shaping 
public life, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the 
future of democracies.”

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University


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