Tag: mobile apps

Gatekeepers of the mobile ecosystem: Understanding app store moderation

A new book chapter by Esther Weltevrede, Anne Helmond, Fernando van der Vlist, Stefanie Duguay and Michael Dieter in Content Moderation across Social Media Platforms, edited by Richard Rogers (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003693192-9). Gatekeepers of the mobile ecosystem: Understanding app store moderation The chapter examines how app stores moderate the mobile ecosystem and interact with external regulatory frameworks,… Read more Gatekeepers of the mobile ecosystem: Understanding app store moderation

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App ecosystem analysis

A new book chapter by Fernando van der Vlist, Anne Helmond and Esther Weltevrede in The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media (edited by Gerard Goggin and Larissa Hjorth, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003166016-38. This chapter introduces methods for analysing app ecosystems, emphasizing that apps are not stand-alone entities but exist within larger ecosystems. It outlines three approaches: apps “for… Read more App ecosystem analysis

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Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations between Apps and Social Media

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

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Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda

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 scholarship… Read more Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda

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Special Issue of Computational Culture on “Apps and Infrastructures”

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 Infrastructures”

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Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions

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

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