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Karin van Es

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Associate professor Media and Culture | Utrecht University | Coordinator Streaming video network | Platforms, Data & AI http://www.karinvanes.net/ | http://www.vodmethods.net

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Dec 2

My open access article: "Exploring Netflix myths: Towards more media industry studies and empirical research in studying video-on-demand" in Critical Studies in Television journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our paper studying Netflix #datadonations is out. We reflect on the method and use computational methods to analyze trace data from 126 #Netflix subscribers to consider bingeing, popularity and diversity. journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/article/...

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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · May 20

📢✨ New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social, & @fvandervlist.bsky.social. Access: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Governing the Digital Society

Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...

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DUB @dubnieuws.bsky.social · Apr 14

@dataschool.nl @robkitchin.bsky.social (article also in English available)

‘Wetenschapper moet zich opstellen als kritische vriend’

Steeds meer wetenschappers zoeken de samenwerking met bedrijven of maatschappelijke organisaties. Hoe moeten ze zich opstellen om het meeste effect te sorteren? Volgens de Ierse geograaf Rob Kitchin, ...

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Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join my team: Postdoc: VR and Immersive Technologies - Postcolonial and Creative Approaches. Utrecht Universities, Department of Media and Culture Studies
DEADLINE: 23 April 2025

Part of the NWO project “VR As Empathy Machine led by Prof Sandra Ponzanesi
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Postdoc: VR and Immersive Technologies - Postcolonial and Creative Approaches

Do you want to critically investigate the role of VR as an immersive technology and its relation to emotions and embodiment and knowledge production? Join us!

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Mar 7

I didn't see these in your materials, which I always love to use: ig.ft.com/generative-ai/

Generative AI exists because of the transformer

The technology has resulted in a host of cutting-edge AI applications — but its real power lies beyond text generation

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · Mar 3

Already a time capsule, but back in January a bunch of us working at the intersection of the humanities and AI/ML came together to sketch out eight provocations from the humanities for genAI research. Here's a 🧵 1/

arxiv.org/abs/2502.19190

Provocations from the Humanities for Generative AI Research

This paper presents a set of provocations for considering the uses, impact, and harms of generative AI from the perspective of humanities researchers. We provide a working definition of humanities res...

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Christine Bauer @christinebauer.bsky.social · Feb 28

Excited to see our paper, "Where Are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems" (doi.org/10.1145/3654...), selected as a #TORS EIC Featured Article for 2024!

Great collaboration with @kfvanes.bsky.social 🚀📚

#ACMTORS #RecSys #News #vales #EXDIGIT #PLUS #UniSbg

TORS EIC Selected 2024 Featured Articles
ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Li Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Dietmar Jannach, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems (TORS) publishes high quality papers that address various aspects of recommender systems research, from algorithms to the user experience, to questions of the impact and value of such systems, on a quarterly basis. The journal takes a holistic view on the field and calls for contributions from different subfields of computer science and information systems, such as machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, web-based systems, data science and big data, and human-computer interaction. Moreover, interdisciplinary research works are welcome as well. Such works may either be based on insights from related fields, e.g., marketing or psychology, or apply recommendation technology in novel application areas.

Recommender Systems

TORS EICs are pleased to announce the following 2024 Featured Articles:
Values into Recommender Systems: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis
Where Are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems
Revisiting Bundle Recommendation for Intent-aware Product Bundling
Towards a Causal Decision-Making Framework for Recommender Systems
Assessing the Impact of Music Recommendation Diversity on Listeners: A Longitudinal Study

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Feb 11

This AUP open access book edited with José van Dijck, Anne Helmond, and Fernando van der Vlist is coming soon. Very fortunate to be part of such a wonderful community at Utrecth University. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hurray my new publication with Dennis Nguyen is out in open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Today at the Streaming Video Network in Utrecht I am presenting research on data donations and Netflix more specifically. Exploring binge watching, diversity and popularity with 126 data donations from users in NL.

Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Jan 21

Our Collaborative Research conference is on April 7-8 in Utrecht (right before @algosoc.org conference). See amazing program w. keynotes @robkitchin.bsky.social, Payal Arora & Minna Ruckenstein + awesome workshops with a.o.
@annettemarkham.bsky.social and societal partners

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Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research | Impact Conference

Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research Two-day Workshopping Conference for collaborative research experts and those who want to get onto the game! Dates: April 7–8, 2025Lo...

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Jan 3

First read of 2025. So far, so good ... #dontbelievethehype #AI

Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Dec 2

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Dec 2

@mtschaefer.bsky.social and I are launching the open-access edited volume Collaborative Research in a Datafied Society (2024, AUP) in Utrecht on 22 Jan. 2025 15.30. More info and registration: cdh.uu.nl/events/book-...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Nov 27

Calling all PhD candidates and motivated RMA students affiliated with RMeS to join @kfvanes.bsky.social and I in Rome first week of April 2025 to do research on media in the city with an intro to datawalking! RMeS KNIR course Media in the (Eternal) City is back!

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RMeS KNIR Course | Media in the (Eternal) City - Research school for Media Studies (RMeS)

31 March – 6 April 2025 | KNIR - Rome In collaboration with the Royal Dutch Institute in Rome, RMeS will organize a course on Media in the (Eternal) City. Media are ambiguous in cities, whether we thi...

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Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hello world!

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