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- Beuster, G., et al.
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Protocol
- 2022
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In: Internet Policy Review. - : Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. - 2197-6775. ; 11:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Protocol describes a cascade of formalised standards or agreements to be implemented as control regimes for flexible material and/or semiotic organisation. It predictably structures in an often layered, sometimes hierarchical way the behaviours of data and objects to participate in infrastructural networks. While 'protocol' may refer specifically to Internet protocols, it also describes a mode of organisation evident in a variety of technical and non-technical settings.
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- Kaldrack, Irina, et al.
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Divide and Share : Taxonomies, Orders and Masses in Facebooks Open Graph
- 2014
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In: Computational Culture. - 2047-2390. ; :4
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Open Graph protocol, introduced in 2010, has allowed Facebook to extend its reach far beyond the confines of the platform itself. It provides the basic technical infrastructure of connecting and sharing and encourages specific forms of analysis and usage. We argue that, if Facebook is to be conceptualized as a mass medium, the Open Graph is where media and masses mutually (re-)configure one another. In order to disentangle these relationships, we investigate backend and frontend practices from three different angles – descriptive, analytical and historical – and investigate how seemingly incompatible media promises converge.
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- Nohr, Rolf F., et al.
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’Schulen ohne zu schulmeistern’ : Unternehmensplanspiele in den 1960er-Jahren
- 2016
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In: Zeithistorische Forschungen. - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. - 1612-6033 .- 1612-6041. ; , s. 38-60
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ›Teaching without Lecturing‹. Business Simulation Games in the 1960sBusiness simulation games emerged in the USA around 1956 amidst a range of impacting factors such as military simulations, case studies at business schools, and war games. Situated at the intersection of corporate management, increasing computerisation and shifting paradigms in economics, the field of business simulation games provides an exceptional opportunity to trace the transformations of the logics of social control in the post-WWII era. These early ›serious games‹ were sites where practices of decision-making, changing concepts of rationality and the challenges of adapting to a new medium were explored in a playful manner. In this article, the field is approached from a media and cultural studies perspective. The focus is on the early 1960s, when business simulation games were first introduced in West German companies for the purpose of management training. Special attention is paid to the deployment of the IBM-developed business simulation game TOPIC 1 at the chemicals company Hoechst AG.
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- Röhle, Theo, 1976
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DDoS: From Activist Event to Perpetual Crisis
- 2021
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In: communication +1. - 2380-6109. ; 8:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper focuses on recent changes in the way Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are technically administered in order to reassess their role as an activist tactic. By contextualising current forms of attacks within the history of hacktivism, it is possible to discern a shift from DDoS as short-lived event to an enduring phenomenon. The paper discusses the implications of this temporal shift, in terms of a growing reliance on DDoS protection providers and increasingly opaque traffic flows that are managed by these new intermediaries. This discussion then extends towards infrastructure studies in order to question established notions about the relationship between breakdown and visibility. The paper concludes by calling for a stronger engagement with different temporal aspects of recurring communication crises in general and DDoS attacks in particular.
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- Röhle, Theo, 1976-
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Desperately seeking the consumer : Personalized search engines and the commercial exploitation of user data
- 2007
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In: First Monday. - : University of Illinois Libraries. - 1396-0466. ; 12:9
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- With reference to surveillance studies theory, this paper critically assesses the role of personalized search engines as a mediator between advertisers and users. It first sketches the economic and technical background of online marketing and personalized searches. Then, it engages in an in-depth discussion of two examples of personalized search engines with regard to the data collection process used and the way in which this data is used for advertising purposes. The discussion shows that users' information needs, as well as their personal data, are subject to a growing pressure in terms of commercial exploitation. Essentially, search engines now fulfill the task of translating information needs into consumption needs.
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- Röhle, Theo, 1976-
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Gamification
- 2014
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In: Pop. Kultur und Kritik. - Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag. - 2194-6981. ; :5, s. 61-64
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)
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- Röhle, Theo, 1976-
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Power, Reason, Closure : Critical Perspectives on New Media Theory
- 2005
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In: New Media and Society. - : SAGE Publications. - 1461-4448 .- 1461-7315. ; 7:3, s. 403-422
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article addresses the question of new media studies’ meta-theoretical premises. It is argued that the field’s exceptional openness towards theory and method is a valuable asset, which needs to be cultivated by means of a more explicit meta-theoretical debate. Drawing on critical theory, three meta-theoretical criteria concerning power, reason and closure are suggested and applied in a review of common theoretical perspectives at use in the field. A discussion of political economy and postmodern perspectives prepares the ground for an analysis of approaches inspired by Habermas and Foucault. The article concludes by advocating the theoretical concept of the dispositif or social apparatus, developed by Foucault and Deleuze. It is argued that the concept provides an effective tool to map the intricate relations of power and knowledge around the internet, as well as a possibility to analyse how processes of subjectification are fostered or circumscribed in specific settings.
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