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Governing Credit in the Digital Age: Public Perceptions and Engagement in China's Credit Systems

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a global trend toward embedding personal credit systems and their scoring mechanisms within broader governance infrastructures. A prominent and controversial example is China's Social Credit System (SCS), which plays a central role in the country's data‐driven financial and social governance.
Mo Chen, Carmen Loefflad, Jens Grossklags   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Big Data Discourses| Reframing Datafication: News Media Discourses on Big Data and AI

International Journal of Communication
This article examines how the news media reshape discourses on technology, focusing on datafication between 2019 and 2024—from the decline of big data to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative tools such as ChatGPT. Media narratives now
Maria Cristina Paganoni, Gastón Becerra
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Uncovering Edtech's Embedded Values: Making the Case for Socio‐Technical Audits in Ethnographic Inquiry

Anthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Drawing on three ethnographic studies of secondary schools in England, this article makes a case for “socio‐technical audits”—a method combining technological walkthroughs with observations, workshops, and interviews—as part of ethnographic inquiry. A case example is presented to illustrate how the integration of socio‐technical audits enables
Louise Couceiro, Rebecca Eynon, Laura Hakimi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reclaiming Melancholy by Emotion Tracking? Datafication of Emotions in Health Care and at the Workplace

Open Cultural Studies, 2018
Since the time between the world wars, the language of emotions has been dominated by the discourse of therapy, starting a style of emotional expression and practice.
Janasik-Honkela Nina
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How Algorithmic Technologies ‘Constitute’ the Older Body: A Study of Fall‐Detection Wearables

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 6, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The cultural politics of the ‘problematic’ ageing body have led to a search for solutions in the form of algorithmic technologies. In this article, we look at one problem associated with the ageing body—unintentional falls—and one proposed algorithmic intervention: wearable fall‐detection technology.
Geoffrey Mead, Barbara B. Neves, Alex Broom   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Creativity and Human Fragility

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 543-558, July 2026.
Abstract This article critiques the widespread assumption that generative AI systems exhibit genuine artistic creativity. While such systems can produce novel and aesthetically appealing outputs, assessments based solely on results obscure fundamental differences between human and artificial agents.
Johanna Merz
wiley   +1 more source

(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 449-459, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
wiley   +1 more source

Resistance in the data-driven society

Internet Policy Review
Individuals and groups increasingly seek to resist the harms and risks of a data-driven society. This essay explores the possibility of individual and collective resistance vis-à-vis datafication, drawing on examples from across the globe.
Stefania Milan
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Map Room Conversations

Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract In this introduction to the Special Section entitled ‘Map Room Conversations’ we explain the origins of the collection in a set of sessions co‐organised by the authors at the 2024 Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). The co‐authored papers in this collection reflect on these conversations, and the
Stephen Legg, Katherine Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Datafication in Public Health Surveillance : Making Authoritative Accounts

, 2021
The data traces we increasingly leave behind through interactions with information technology are being integrated into public health practice for continuous real-time monitoring and decision-making in a process of datafication.
Stojanov, Martin
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