Anne Kaun – författare

Den som vill förstå dagens mediesamhälle har mycket att hämta genom att återvända till tidigare analyser, teorier och idéer – till medie­vetenskapens idétraditioner. Den här antologin både inventerar och förmedlar ett förråd av olika traditioner och texter som har haft stor betydelse för ämnet. Den är fylld av verktyg som behövs för att navigera i det samtida medielandskapet. Varje kapitel behandlar en klassisk medievetenskaplig text, placerar den i sitt historiska och vetenskapliga sammanhang, presenterar en närläsning av dess centrala innehåll och diskuterar dess relevans idag. Bokens kapitel är tänkta att erbjuda ett stöd till egen läsning av original­texterna, inte att ersätta sådan läsning. Denna andra upplaga är reviderad efter de senaste forskningsrönen och utökad med fyra nya kapitel.Boken riktar sig främst till studenter och lärare i medie- och kommunikations­vetenskap med närliggande ämnen, men också till andra som intresserar sig för medievetenskapens idétraditioner.

Häfte som ingår i RJ:s årsbok 2026.

ALGORITMER I Fronesis nr 64–65 undersöker vi med hjälp av en rad nyskrivna och översatta texter algoritmer ur olika samhällsteoretiska infallsvinklar. Genom att belysa sociala och politiska aspekter av teknikutvecklingen som ofta förbises i den dagliga debatten hoppas vi kunna bidra till en fördjupad diskussion om algoritmernas roll i vår gemensamma framtid. Begrepp som algoritmer och AI har ofta något av ett mystiskt skimmer av ogenomtränglighet kring sig. Några av numrets texter närmar sig algoritmer som kulturella objekt. Ian Bogosts text »Datavetenskapens domkyrka« belyser samtidens närmast religiösa dyrkan av algoritmer och big data. Andra texter i numret tar ett avmystifierande grepp, som fysikern Christina Gratorps essä »Molnets materialitet«, som stegvis blottlägger det digitala molnets materiella förutsättningar. Ett annat tema rör algoritmernas roll i klassificeringen av sociala data. För sociologerna Marion Fourcade och Kieran Healy är klassificering, rankning och kvantifierade poäng sociala processer som alltmer förmedlas via algoritmiska system, vilka tenderar att förstärka godtyckliga sociala kategorier. Sociologen Anton Törnberg diskuterar tron på big datas förmåga att objektivt beskriva den sociala verkligheten och argumenterar för behovet av en kritisk samhällsvetenskap. Filosofen Denise Celentano analyserar den digitala automatiseringens roll för arbetslivet ur ett filosofiskt rättviseperspektiv. Forskaren och aktivisten Lilly Iranis bidrag ger en inblick i villkoren för de digitala mikroarbetare som genom plattformen Amazon Mechanical Turk erbjuds IT-företag för utförande av repetitiva uppgifter som AI inte kan hantera. Utbildningsforskaren Lina Rahm ger i sin text ett vidgat historiskt perspektiv på automatiseringsdebatten genom en exposé över den svenska arbetarrörelsens skiftande förhållningssätt till datorn och automatiseringen sedan 1950-talet. Innehåll i Fronesis nr 64–65 (255 sidor): Kalle Eriksson och Anders Hylmö: Algoritmerna i samhället och samhället i algoritmerna Christina Gratorp, Francis Lee och Jakob Svensson: Samhällsanalys i algoritmernas tidevarv: Introduktion till avsnittets texter Tarleton Gillespie: Algoritm Christina Gratorp: Molnets materialitet: Om den mjuka digitaliseringens hårda förutsättningar Natasha Dow Schüll: Slumpens ingenjörskonst: Den enarmade banditens algoritmiska förtrollning Ian Bogost: Datavetenskapens domkyrka Anders Hylmö: Algoritmernas kunskapssociologi: Introduktion till avsnittets texter Marion Fourcade och Kieran Healy: Kategorier rakt igenom Anton Törnberg: Teorins död?: Om framväxten av en digital empirism Anne Kaun: Att automatisera orättvisor: Tre kritiska perspektiv på algoritmer i samhället Johan Söderberg: Automatiseringens politiska ekonomi: Introduktion till avsnittets texter Lina Rahm: Den svenska arbetarrörelsens datapolitik: En berättelse om folkbildning Denise Celentano: Automatisering, rättvist arbete och jämlikhet Lilly Irani: Skillnad och beroende hos digitala arbetare: Fallet Amazon Mechanical Turk Alexander Paulsson och Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren: Med algoritmen bakom ratten: Autonoma fordon och experimentell stadsplanering i Göteborg Jesper Olsson: Främmanden: Algoritmer och poesi Redaktion: Charlotte Fridolfsson, Christina Gratorp, Anne Kaun, Francis Lee, Lina Rahm, Jakob Svensson, Johan Söderberg och Anton Törnberg.

Automation is a reality of the modern world, yet it is fraught with contradictions. On the surface it appears sleek, efficient and seamlessly integrated, and yet it is also changing, uncertain, troubling. This book delves into that frictional interface, exploring themes like welfare automation experiments, citizen resistance, and the invisible technology woven into our lives. In this book you will encounter:- An international perspective, with examples drawn from Germany, Sweden and Estonia- Diverse viewpoints, from welfare professionals to citizens who rely on welfare services- A bold vision and urgent call to action, advocating for the reorganization of the data welfare stateFascinating and timely, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in data welfare.Published in collaboration with the Data Justice Lab as part of the Data Justice Series (Editors: Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz, Joanna Redden and Emiliano Treré)

Automation is a reality of the modern world, yet it is fraught with contradictions. On the surface it appears sleek, efficient and seamlessly integrated, and yet it is also changing, uncertain, troubling. This book delves into that frictional interface, exploring themes like welfare automation experiments, citizen resistance, and the invisible technology woven into our lives. In this book you will encounter:- An international perspective, with examples drawn from Germany, Sweden and Estonia- Diverse viewpoints, from welfare professionals to citizens who rely on welfare services- A bold vision and urgent call to action, advocating for the reorganization of the data welfare stateFascinating and timely, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in data welfare.Published in collaboration with the Data Justice Lab as part of the Data Justice Series (Editors: Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz, Joanna Redden and Emiliano Treré)

It is said that the ontology of data resists slowness and also that the digital revolution promised a levelling of the playing field. Both theories are examined in this timely collection of chapters looking at time in the digital world. Since data has assumed such a paramount place in the modern neoliberal world, contemporary concepts of time have undergone radical transformation. By critically assessing the emerging initiatives of slowing down in the digital age, this book investigates the role of the digital in ultimately reinforcing neo-liberal temporalities. It shows that both "speed-up" and "slow down" imperatives often function as a form of biopolitical social control necessary to contemporary global capitalism. Problematic paradoxes emerge where a successful slow down and digital detox ultimately are only successful if the individual returns to the world as a more productive, labouring neoliberal subject. Is there another way? The chapters in this collection, broken up into three parts, ask that question.

Throughout history, innovations in media have had a profound impact on protest and dissent. But while these recent developments in social media have been the subject of intense scholarly attention, there has been little consideration of the wider historical role of media technologies in protest. Drawing on the work of key theorists such as Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, Crisis and Critique provides a historical analysis of media practices within the context of major economic crises.Through richly detailed case studies of the movements which emerged during three different economic crises – the unemployed workers' movement of the Great Depression, the rent strike movement of the early 1970s and the Occupy Wall Street protests which followed the recession of 2007 – Kaun provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural, economic and social consequences of media technologies, and their role in shaping and facilitating resistance to capitalism.

Throughout history, innovations in media have had a profound impact on protest and dissent. But while these recent developments in social media have been the subject of intense scholarly attention, there has been little consideration of the wider historical role of media technologies in protest. Drawing on the work of key theorists such as Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, Crisis and Critique provides a historical analysis of media practices within the context of major economic crises.Through richly detailed case studies of the movements which emerged during three different economic crises – the unemployed workers' movement of the Great Depression, the rent strike movement of the early 1970s and the Occupy Wall Street protests which followed the recession of 2007 – Kaun provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural, economic and social consequences of media technologies, and their role in shaping and facilitating resistance to capitalism.

Throughout history, innovations in media have had a profound impact on protest and dissent. But while these recent developments in social media have been the subject of intense scholarly attention, there has been little consideration of the wider historical role of media technologies in protest. Drawing on the work of key theorists such as Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, Crisis and Critique provides a historical analysis of media practices within the context of major economic crises.Through richly detailed case studies of the movements which emerged during three different economic crises – the unemployed workers' movement of the Great Depression, the rent strike movement of the early 1970s and the Occupy Wall Street protests which followed the recession of 2007 – Kaun provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural, economic and social consequences of media technologies, and their role in shaping and facilitating resistance to capitalism.

Throughout history, innovations in media have had a profound impact on protest and dissent. But while these recent developments in social media have been the subject of intense scholarly attention, there has been little consideration of the wider historical role of media technologies in protest. Drawing on the work of key theorists such as Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, Crisis and Critique provides a historical analysis of media practices within the context of major economic crises.Through richly detailed case studies of the movements which emerged during three different economic crises – the unemployed workers' movement of the Great Depression, the rent strike movement of the early 1970s and the Occupy Wall Street protests which followed the recession of 2007 – Kaun provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural, economic and social consequences of media technologies, and their role in shaping and facilitating resistance to capitalism.

It is said that the ontology of data resists slowness and also that the digital revolution promised a levelling of the playing field. Both theories are examined in this timely collection of chapters looking at time in the digital world. Since data has assumed such a paramount place in the modern neoliberal world, contemporary concepts of time have undergone radical transformation. By critically assessing the emerging initiatives of slowing down in the digital age, this book investigates the role of the digital in ultimately reinforcing neo-liberal temporalities. It shows that both "speed-up" and "slow down" imperatives often function as a form of biopolitical social control necessary to contemporary global capitalism. Problematic paradoxes emerge where a successful slow down and digital detox ultimately are only successful if the individual returns to the world as a more productive, labouring neoliberal subject. Is there another way? The chapters in this collection, broken up into three parts, ask that question.

This collection reflects the need for suitable methods to answer emerging questions that result from the ever-changing media environment. As media technologies and infrastructures become inseparably interwoven with social constellations, scholars from varying disciplines increasingly investigate their characteristics, functioning, relevance and impact – facing new methodological challenges as well as opportunities. Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research engages with the substantial need to rethink established methods to research acute changes in the media environment. The book gathers chapters dedicated to the multifacetedness and liveliness of emerging methods – from lifelogging and ethnography to digital methods and visualization – while embedding them in the rich history of interdisciplinary empirical research. Innovation here is a call for widening and rethinking research methods to stimulate a sophisticated debate on and exploration of contemporary methodological approaches for scholars at various levels of academic life. Accompanied by introductory sections of prominent scholars, the majority of empirical studies gathered in this volume are accomplished through early-career scholars who strive to advance cutting-edge and in parts even provocative approaches for the study of media and communication. The book's four sections on Materiality, Technology, Experience and Visualization are introduced by Saskia Sassen, Noortje Marres, Sarah Pink and Lev Manovich.

This collection reflects the need for suitable methods to answer emerging questions that result from the ever-changing media environment. As media technologies and infrastructures become inseparably interwoven with social constellations, scholars from varying disciplines increasingly investigate their characteristics, functioning, relevance and impact – facing new methodological challenges as well as opportunities. Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research engages with the substantial need to rethink established methods to research acute changes in the media environment. The book gathers chapters dedicated to the multifacetedness and liveliness of emerging methods – from lifelogging and ethnography to digital methods and visualization – while embedding them in the rich history of interdisciplinary empirical research. Innovation here is a call for widening and rethinking research methods to stimulate a sophisticated debate on and exploration of contemporary methodological approaches for scholars at various levels of academic life. Accompanied by introductory sections of prominent scholars, the majority of empirical studies gathered in this volume are accomplished through early-career scholars who strive to advance cutting-edge and in parts even provocative approaches for the study of media and communication. The book''s four sections on Materiality, Technology, Experience and Visualization are introduced by Saskia Sassen, Noortje Marres, Sarah Pink and Lev Manovich.

Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys samlar samhällsvetenskaplig och historisk forskning från Sverige och världen. Alla artiklar finns fritt tillgängliga, gratis att läsa och ladda ned, på www.tidskriftenarkiv.se. För dem som hellre vill läsa mellan två pärmar tillhandahåller vi den här tryckta utgåvan. Det här specialnumret är ett temanummer om de sociala dimensioner som omgärdar, villkorar och formar tekniken. I detta nummer: Majsa Allelin, "Introduktion: Tekniken i samhället, samhället i tekniken"; Ursula Franklin, "Teknikens faktiska värld"; Majsa Allelin, "Dygd, konstart eller entreprenörskap? Om teknisk kunskap och (ny)skapande genom tid och rum"; Boel Berner, "Arbetskunskap som agerande. Om den praktiska kunskapen om maskiner"; Katarina Winter & Anne Kaun, "Digitala (o)trygghetsteknologier som sociotekniska system: föreställningar, materialitet och praktiker"; Ella Petrini, "Kommentar: Den politiska ekonomin bakom algoritmerna".

“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 calls for more restrictive, or more “mindful”, uses of digital technologies, “mobile-free” schools, work regulations along the lines of a “right to disconnect” framework, the rise of new entrepreneurs in the growing “digital detox” industry, as well as critiques of the role of Big Tech – society is deliberating on the stakes of the digital for the human condition. The digital backlash can best be described as a kind of zeitgeist: a moment in history in which the norms about digital behaviour, consumption, and habits are being questioned, and where the early hype of the digital era beginning in the 1990s is being challenged. This edited volume offers a collection of empirical and theoretical analyses of the digital backlash as it manifests across national, institutional, and everyday contexts. The contributions span analyses of discourses and public debates around disconnection and the so-called techlash, the ambiguities and tensions of digital connectivity for work, labour, and productivity, the reordering of family and school life along with the perceived negative consequences of digital connectivity for the well-being of children and young people, as well as the playful and sometimes subversive recreational practices that people reinvent in search of authenticity as a response to all things digital. A distinct focus is placed on social practices and dilemmas related to new ways that people adapt to, appropriate, and push back against digital technologies in everyday life.