Project Publications

2013

  • Allmer, Thomas, Christian Fuchs, Verena Kreilinger and Sebastian Sevignani. 2014. “Social Networking Sites in the Surveillance Society: Critical Perspectives and Empirical Findings.” In Media, Surveillance and Identity. Social Perspectives, edited by Miyase Christensen and André Jansson, 49-70. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. 2013. The Commodification of Privacy on the Internet. Science and Public Policy 40 (6): 733-739.

2012

  • Allmer, Thomas. 2012. Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  • Allmer, Thomas. 2012. “Critical Internet Surveillance Studies and Economic Surveillance.” In Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media , edited by Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund, and Marisol Sandoval, 124-143. New York: Routledge.
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2012. The political economy of privacy on Facebook. Television & New Media 13 (2): 139-159.
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2012. Critique of the political economy of web 2.0 surveillance. In Internet and surveillance. The challenges of web 2.0 and social media, eds. Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund and Marisol Sandoval, 31-70. New York: Routledge. EU COST Publication
  • Fuchs, Christian, Kess Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund and Marisol Sandoval, eds. 2012. Internet and surveillance. The challenges of web 2.0 and social media. New York: Routledge.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. 2012. Privacy on social networking sites within a culture of exchange. In Media, knowledge, and education: Cultures and ethics of sharing , eds. Wolfgang Sützl, Felix Stalder, Ronald Maier and Theo Hug, 89-104. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. Available online: http://media.brainity.com/uibk2/mwb2011/images/down/proceedings_mwb2011.pdf
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. 2012. The problem of privacy in capitalism and the alternative social networking site Diaspora. tripleC – Cognition, Communication, Co-operation 10 (2): 600-617 [special issue about “Marx is back - The importance of Marxist Theory and Research for critical communication studies today” (edited by Vincent Mosco and Christian Fuchs)].

2011

  • Allmer, Thomas. 2011. “Critical Privacy Studies.” In Living in Surveillance Societies: The Ghosts of Surveillance: Proceedings of Liss Conference 2 , edited by William Webster, Doina Balahur, Nils Zurawski, Kees Boersma, Bence Sagvari, and Christel Backman, 153-170. Iasi: University of Iasi.
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2011. How to define surveillance? MATRIZes 5 (1): 109-133. English: click for PDF ; Portugese: click for PDF
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2011. Towards an alternative concept of privacy. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 9 (4): 220-237.
  • Allmer, Thomas. 2011. Critical Surveillance Studies in the Information Society. tripleC – Cognition, Communication, Co-operation 9 (2): 566-592. click for PDF
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2011. Web 2.0, prosumption, and surveillance. Surveillance & Society 8(3): 288-309 [special issue about “Marketing, consumption and surveillance” (edited by Jason Pridmore and Detlev Zwick]. click for PDF
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2011. New media, web 2.0 and surveillance. Sociology Compass 5 (2): 134-147. click for more
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2011. An alternative view of privacy on Facebook. Information 2 (1): 140-165 (special issue on “Trust and privacy in our networked world“, edited by Dieter M. Arnold and Herman T. Tavani). click for PDF
  • Allmer, Thomas. 2011. A Critical Contribution to Theoretical Foundations of Privacy Studies. Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society 9 (2): 83-101. click for more

2010

  • Fuchs, Christian. 2010. Facebook, Web 2.0 und ökonomische Überwachung [Social networking sites, web 2.0 and economic Surveillance] DuD – Datenschutz und Datensicherheit. 7(2010): 453-458. click for more
  • Fuchs, Christian. 2010. Social networking sites and complex technology assessment. International Journal of E-Politics, special issue on “E-Democracy: Online Youth Participation and Engagement” (edited by Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Ariadne Vromen, Mary Anne Kennan) 1(3): 20-39. click for more

Contributions at Conferences and Workshops

2012

  • Allmer, Thomas. “Surveillance and Privacy on Social Media: Critical Perspectives and Empirical Findings”. Presentation at the Bi-annual Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, October 18-20, 2012.
  • Allmer, Thomas. “A Critical Empirical Study of Surveillance and Privacy on Social Media.” Talk at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.
  • Allmer, Thomas. Chair of the Parallel Session “Tales and Theories of Commodification and Ideology: Informational Capitalism and Capitalist Media Today” at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.
  • Kreilinger, Verena. “Privacy and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites. Findings from an Empirical Study Among Austrian Students.” Talk at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.
  • Kreilinger, Verena. Chair of the Parallel Session “Digital Culture and the Digital Everyday: Whole Way of Life. Whole Way of Struggles?” at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.
  • Sevigani, Sebastian. “Privacy Crisis and Alternative Social Networking Sites: Empirical Findings and Critical Reflections”. Presentation at the Bi-annual Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, October 18-20, 2012.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. “Surveillance, Immaterial Labour, and Exploitation on Social Networking Sites: Empirical Findings and Critical Reflections” Talk at the International Association for Media and Commonication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference, Political Economy Section. KwaZulu-Natal University, Durban, South Africa. July 15-19, 2012.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. “The Problem of Privacy in Capitalism and the Alternative Social Networking Site Diaspora” Talk at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. Chair of the Parallel Session “Surveillance 2.0? Commodification, Policification, and Discrimination in the ‘Surveillance Society’” at the Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. Uppsala University, Sweden. May 2-4, 2012.

2011

  • Allmer, Thomas. Participation in the Meeting of Working Group 1 “Living in the Surveillance Age” of the EU COST Action “Living in Surveillance Societies“ (LiSS). University of Haifa, Israel. December 6-8, 2011.
  • Sevignani, Sebastian. Privacy on Social Networking Sites within a Culture of Exchange. Talk at International Conference “Cultures & Ethics of Sharing: Media, Knowledge, & Education”, University of Innsbruck, Austria, November 18-19, 2011
  • Kreilinger, Verena. Participation in the EU COST Action “Living in Surveillance Societies” (LiSS) and “The DigIDeas Project” Workshop. Amsterdam. November 7-9, 2011.
  • Fuchs, Christian, Thomas Allmer, Verena Kreilinger, Sebastian Sevignani. Critique of the political economy of privacy on Facebook. Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. (together with Pieter Verdegem). July 16th, 2011.
  • Fuchs, Christian. What does it mean to study the Internet critically? Talk at the 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, July 12th, 2011.
  • Allmer, Thomas: A Critical Contribution to Theoretical Foundations of Privacy Studies. Talk at the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) Annual Conference 2. University of Iasi, Romania. May 3, 2011.
  • Kreilinger, Verena and Thomas Allmer: Social Networking Sites in the Surveillance Society. Project Presentation at the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) Annual Conference 2. University of Iasi, Romania. May 5, 2011.
  • Allmer, Thomas: Critical Surveillance Studies. Invited Lecture. Vienna University of Technology, Austria. May 10, 2011.
  • Fuchs, Christian: Facebook and Capitalism. Invited Talk at the Symposium “Organized Producers of Net Culture“. Organized by Jönköping University’s research project „Organized producers of net culture“ (project co-ordinator: Tobias Olsson, funded by KK-stiftelsen). Malmö, Sweden. May 20, 2011.

2010

  • Fuchs, Christian: Critique of the Political Economy of Web 2.0 Surveillance. Talk at the 2010 Conference of the European Association for the Studies of Science and Technology (EASST). University of Trento, Italy. September 2, 2010.
  • Fuchs, Christian: Organization of the Conference Track “Surveillance in Society“ (together with Anders Albrechtslund (Aarhus University), Kees Boersma (VU University Amsterdam), Peter Lauritsen (Aarhus University)). 2010 Conference of the European Association for the Studies of Science and Technology (EASST). University of Trento, Italy. September 2-4, 2010.
  • Kreilinger, Verena: Participation in The Political Economy of Surveillance: A Research Workshop, organized by “The New Transparency” Research Initiative and EU COST Action “Living in Surveillance Societies“Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, September 9-11, 2010
  • Kreilinger, Verena: Participation in the 3rd meeting of the EU COST Action “Living in Surveillance Societies“ (LiSS) WG3 “The Business of Surveillance“, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK,  September 9, 2010
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