[Commlist] New special issue published "Data reflectivity and user reflexivity" (Convergence)

New special issue published

"Data reflectivity and user reflexivity: New conceptual pathways for 
connecting structural approaches with user perspectives"

Convergence (Sage)

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/cona/30/6 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/cona/30/6>

Some articles are open access and some with restricted access

Edited by

Martina S Mahnke, Roskilde University, Denmark

Joelle Swart, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands

David Mathieu, Roskilde University, Denmark

Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Malmö University, Sweden

 From the introduction:

Ongoing societal datafication and, most recently, the widely noticed 
launch of ChatGPT, continue to raise the “user question”: what role(s) 
does the user play in datafied, artificial, and automated environments? 
Recent technological advancements have begun to challenge fundamental 
assumptions in media and communication theory and, thus, urge scholars 
to (re-)visit and (re-)examine the interrelations, dynamics, and 
entanglements of (human) users with datafied environments. Two rapidly 
expanding but still largely distinct bodies of research are addressing 
these topics: critical data and platform studies, primarily focusing on 
structural approaches, and user-centered perspectives anchored in the 
tradition of audience research. Situated at the intersection of studying 
platform power and user agency, the aim of this special issue is to 
connect structural approaches with studies of lived user experiences 
through the lenses of reflectivity and reflexivity. We believe that 
linking platform and data perspectives dealing with questions of power, 
accountability, and governance on a societal level to users’ engagement 
with digital technologies and automated systems in an everyday context 
is a fruitful path when aiming for a comprehensive understanding of the 
societal implications of the widespread adoption and integration of 
digital platforms and intelligent technologies. The concepts of 
reflectivity and reflexivity provide a valuable conceptual starting 
point for a more integrated and holistic discussion of the complex 
user-data relations emerging in and from datafied environments. While 
the individual contributions in this special issue present their own 
take on the proposed concepts, the purpose of this introduction is to 
establish a broader theoretical foundation by outlining some overarching 
considerations on how these concepts can be understood and integrated.

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