M.t. Schäfer
Dep. Media- en Cultuurwetenschappen - Media en Performance S
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Mirko is co-founder and the project lead of the Utrecht Data School. His research interest revolves around the socio- political impact of media technology. His publications cover user participation in cultural production, datafication, politics of software design and communication in social media. He is co-editor and co-author of the volume Digital Material. Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology (Amsterdam University Press, 2009). His book Bastard Culture! How User participation Transforms Cultural Production (Amsterdam University Press 2011) was listed as best-seller in the section computer science by The Library Journal. His most recent book publication is the edited volume (together with Karin van Es) The Datafied Society. Studying Culture through Data (Amsterdam University Press 2017).
Research Interest
Information Technologies in Science and Society
Publications
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Schaefer, M.T. (2016). Out of Control? Regulating Consent and Dissent in Social Media. In Ine Gevers (Eds.), Hacking Habitat. Art of Control (pp. 51-63). NAi Uitgevers.
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Schaefer, M.T. (2016). Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 25 (2), (pp. 111-113).
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Schaefer, M.T., Zoomers, E.B. & Gekker, A. (01-02-2016). Between two hypes: Will big data help unravel blind spots in understanding the global land rush?. Geoforum, 69 (February 2016), (pp. 147) (159 p.).
