Anne Kaun
@annekaun.bsky.social
Prof of media and communication studies //// interested in Digital Activism, Prison Media, Automated Decision-Making, Algorithms, AI /// Co-host of @MPodden
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
It’s soon publication day for our book. Very excited to see it in print.
January 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It’s soon publication day for our book. Very excited to see it in print.
Finally my article on temporalities of welfare automation is out. I am exploring three temporal tropes. The manuscript was initially lost in some kind of review loop but is finally seeing the light. Time in academia is weird thing...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Finally my article on temporalities of welfare automation is out. I am exploring three temporal tropes. The manuscript was initially lost in some kind of review loop but is finally seeing the light. Time in academia is weird thing...
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Updated Keywords for Media, Culture & Information textaural.com/keywords/ with Resistance Stefania Milan; Programmable politics @simonlindgren.bsky.social en.bsky.social @annekaun.bsky.social sky.social; Convenience @msteinbrg.bsky.social brg.bsky.social @joshua-neves.bsky.social eves.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Updated Keywords for Media, Culture & Information textaural.com/keywords/ with Resistance Stefania Milan; Programmable politics @simonlindgren.bsky.social en.bsky.social @annekaun.bsky.social sky.social; Convenience @msteinbrg.bsky.social brg.bsky.social @joshua-neves.bsky.social eves.bsky.social
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🔮 @annekaun.bsky.social will give a keynote on #AI in the #publicsector on 10th March in #Vienna. Afterwards we'll discuss in a panel with @allhutter.bsky.social @bprainsack.bsky.social Stefanie Büchner and Peter Biegelbauer. #UNESCO @oeaw.bsky.social
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Künstliche Intelligenz im öffentlichen Sektor
Der UNESCO Fachbeirat "Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz" lädt in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung der ÖAW und der ÖAW-Kommission „Demokratie in Digitalen Gesellschaften“ zu ...
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December 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM
🔮 @annekaun.bsky.social will give a keynote on #AI in the #publicsector on 10th March in #Vienna. Afterwards we'll discuss in a panel with @allhutter.bsky.social @bprainsack.bsky.social Stefanie Büchner and Peter Biegelbauer. #UNESCO @oeaw.bsky.social
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Skrivit i facktidningen om Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead man’s chest. Även om forskarens roll som offentlig intellektuell. universitetslararen.se/2024/12/18/f...
Forskare behöver ta mer plats i det offentliga rummet - Universitetsläraren
Att akademin och offentligheten glider ifrån varandra är skadligt för både forskningen och demokratin. Arbetsgivare behöver därför uppvärdera ”den tredje uppgiften” och göra den meriterande. Lärosäten...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Skrivit i facktidningen om Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead man’s chest. Även om forskarens roll som offentlig intellektuell. universitetslararen.se/2024/12/18/f...
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Check out our paper on how we now live in an age of Programmable Politics #programmablepolitics @annekaun.bsky.social
In this new #OnlineFirst article, @simonlindgren.bsky.social and Anne Kaun discuss the transition from digital politics to programmable politics, a concept that highlights the impact of platform architectures, algorithms, AI and non-human agency.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Check out our paper on how we now live in an age of Programmable Politics #programmablepolitics @annekaun.bsky.social
our article on the disappearance of printed news is out! you can print it out if you prefer paper or read it on screen. in any case read it.
Fredrik Stiernstedt & Anne Kaun (2024). Vanishing Act: The Disappearance of Printed Newspapers. Journalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fredrik Stiernstedt & Anne Kaun (2024). Vanishing Act: The Disappearance of Printed Newspapers. Journalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Vanishing act: The disappearance of printed newspapers - Fredrik Stiernstedt, Anne Kaun, 2024
Although it has been said for some decades that printed newspapers are dying, they are still in existence; however, Swedish newspapers have entered a new era. T...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:32 PM
our article on the disappearance of printed news is out! you can print it out if you prefer paper or read it on screen. in any case read it.
Fredrik Stiernstedt & Anne Kaun (2024). Vanishing Act: The Disappearance of Printed Newspapers. Journalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fredrik Stiernstedt & Anne Kaun (2024). Vanishing Act: The Disappearance of Printed Newspapers. Journalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jag skrev en sak som kopplar ihop AI kommissionens färdplan för Sverige med Försäkringskassans AI verktyg för att identifiera bidragsfusk. Trodde att just det senare skulle få mer uppmärksamhet i den offentliga debatten. Men tydligen inte.
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Artificiell intelligens i offentlig sektor – ja, men på rätt sätt | Dagens Arena
Utvecklingen måste ske på rätt grunder med välfärd och medborgarintresse i centrum.
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December 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Jag skrev en sak som kopplar ihop AI kommissionens färdplan för Sverige med Försäkringskassans AI verktyg för att identifiera bidragsfusk. Trodde att just det senare skulle få mer uppmärksamhet i den offentliga debatten. Men tydligen inte.
www.dagensarena.se/opinion/arti...
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Me and @annekaun.bsky.social have published a piece introducing the notion of "Programmable Politics" as an emerging keyword that highlights the impact of platform architectures, algorithms, AI, and non-human agency on the political landscape 🤖 doi.org/10.1177/0163...
Programmable politics in the aftermaths of the pandemic - Simon Lindgren, Anne Kaun, 2024
This Crosscurrent contribution presents programmable politics as an emerging keyword for understanding the complex interplay between technology, society and pol...
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December 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Me and @annekaun.bsky.social have published a piece introducing the notion of "Programmable Politics" as an emerging keyword that highlights the impact of platform architectures, algorithms, AI, and non-human agency on the political landscape 🤖 doi.org/10.1177/0163...
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NEW from @davidthewid.bsky.social @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and I in Nature: we break down the political economy around ‘open’ AI and how it’s been wielded in corporate lobbying to exacerbate rather than reduce corporate concentration. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 2, 2024 at 6:44 PM
NEW from @davidthewid.bsky.social @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and I in Nature: we break down the political economy around ‘open’ AI and how it’s been wielded in corporate lobbying to exacerbate rather than reduce corporate concentration. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The first entry in #AskeXmas:
"The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life.
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1/24
"The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life.
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1/24
The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection | Nordicom
“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. Through ca...
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December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The first entry in #AskeXmas:
"The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life.
www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...
1/24
"The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life.
www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...
1/24
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Hot off the presses! New investigation from @lhreports.bsky.social reveals that "secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent." www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
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November 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Hot off the presses! New investigation from @lhreports.bsky.social reveals that "secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent." www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”
November 27, 2024 at 12:55 PM
I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”
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Arsonists funding research on fire safety.
OpenAI is funding research into 'AI morality' | TechCrunch
OpenAI is funding academic research at Duke into algorithms that can predict humans' moral judgements.
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November 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Arsonists funding research on fire safety.
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Har skrivit om den offentliga sektorns många havererade IT-upphandlingar
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CHRISTINA GRATORP: Millenniumhaveriet är bara ett exempel
Varför liknar så ofta teknikupphandlingar i offentliga sektorn en arbetsmaknadsåtgärd för ingenjörer? Christina Gratorp påminner om pusselbiten som saknas: marknadsekonomin.
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November 21, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Har skrivit om den offentliga sektorns många havererade IT-upphandlingar
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Om du bara har tid med en debattartikel idag, läs den här! www.dn.se/debatt/nar-d...
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Om du bara har tid med en debattartikel idag, läs den här! www.dn.se/debatt/nar-d...
Mera bildning åt alla. Läs vår nya sommarkurs Digitala medier, desinformation och källkritik på distans! Sista ansökningsdag imorgon 15/3. Högt aktuell och redan ganska stark söktryck men det finns plats till dig med: www.sh.se/program--kur...
March 14, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Mera bildning åt alla. Läs vår nya sommarkurs Digitala medier, desinformation och källkritik på distans! Sista ansökningsdag imorgon 15/3. Högt aktuell och redan ganska stark söktryck men det finns plats till dig med: www.sh.se/program--kur...
Vi skriver i dagens arena om kriminalvård och teknologi som icke-lösning: www.dagensarena.se/opinion/tekn...
February 22, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Vi skriver i dagens arena om kriminalvård och teknologi som icke-lösning: www.dagensarena.se/opinion/tekn...
Are you enjoying your in between days of drifting but are starting to get a bit bored? Perfect state for reading an accessible article on the role of Swedish welfare service centers for the digitalization ideology varsågod journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 28, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Are you enjoying your in between days of drifting but are starting to get a bit bored? Perfect state for reading an accessible article on the role of Swedish welfare service centers for the digitalization ideology varsågod journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
MKV-podden is back with a new episode! This time with our dear friend Jannie Møller Hartley discussing her latest book on Data Publics open.spotify.com/episode/4kMW...
December 2, 2023 at 6:48 PM
MKV-podden is back with a new episode! This time with our dear friend Jannie Møller Hartley discussing her latest book on Data Publics open.spotify.com/episode/4kMW...
This first review of our book Prison Media published by @mitpress.bsky.social in the distribution matters series ed. by Joshua Braun and Ramon Lobato really moved me. It came at the very right moment. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254549...
November 15, 2023 at 8:44 PM
This first review of our book Prison Media published by @mitpress.bsky.social in the distribution matters series ed. by Joshua Braun and Ramon Lobato really moved me. It came at the very right moment. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254549...
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Bra inlägg om automatiserad vård och vårdrådgivning av bl.a. @annekaun.bsky.social
DN Debatt. ”En trygg vård kräver människor – inte maskiner”
Fem experter på vård och samhällsfrågor om riskerna med att den som ringer 1177 möts av en chattbot och inte en person.
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October 16, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Bra inlägg om automatiserad vård och vårdrådgivning av bl.a. @annekaun.bsky.social