Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies ESRC COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant The App Studies Initiative has received a grant for a short-term research project about apps as a key part of the response to COVID-19 around the world. We look forward to continuing our collaborations in this context. Project description Apps have emerged as… Read more Grant: COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies
We just published a new article (open access🔓): Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, Fernando van der Vlist, and Esther Weltevrede (alphabetical). “Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations between Apps and Social Media.†Computational Culture 7 (2019). http://computationalculture.net/regramming-the-platform Abstract In this article, we empirically analyse the infrastructural relations between mobile apps and social media platforms and present a… Read more Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations between Apps and Social Media
We just published a new article (open access🔓): Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, David Nieborg, and Fernando van der Vlist (alphabetical). “Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda.†Computational Culture 7 (2019). http://computationalculture.net/apps-and-infrastructures-a-research-agenda Abstract In this special issue editorial, we introduce a research agenda for empirical app studies. First, we introduce the three main strands of… Read more Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda
We are very excited to announce the launch of the special issue of Computational Culture on “Apps and Infrastructures†(open access🔓), edited by Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, David Nieborg, and Fernando van der Vlist (alphabetical). We also revamped the journal’s website!✨ http://computationalculture.net/issue-seven/ The special issue includes nine articles that challenge how we conceive and study… Read more Special Issue of Computational Culture on “Apps and Infrastructuresâ€
We just published a new article (open access🔓): Dieter, Michael, Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, Nathaniel Tkacz, Fernando N. van der Vlist, and Esther Weltevrede (2019). “Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions.†Social Media + Society, 5(2), 1–15. doi:10.1177/2056305119846486. Abstract This article discusses methodological approaches to app studies, focusing on their embeddedness and situatedness within multiple… Read more Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions
Please to announce that I’ll be speaking at this wonderful workshop on researching apps with Fernando van der Vlist (U of Siegen) and Nathaniel Tkacz (U of Warwick). Read the full call for all information. Workshop organized by Dr Rik Smit (RUG), within the context of the Research School for Media Studies (RMeS) PhD Workshop… Read more RMeS Workshop Appnography: Researching the apps of life and the life of apps