Dialogues on Digital Society

Autonomous occupation: Israel's AI-driven drone warfare and the digital architecture of authoritarian power - Ramón Reichert, 2025 This article examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous drone technologies into contemporary military infrastructures, focusing on ...

Trying to understand the use of autonomous drones in the current assault on Iran? Check out this article published in our special issue on authoritarianism in the digital age. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It would be helpful if we spelled Authoritarianism correctly. We promise it is correct in the edition.

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The special issue on Authortarianism in the Digital Age is now live (eds. @kylzjarrett.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @steelecat717.bsky.social and Jing Hiah). It is comprised of 48 commentaries from around the world exploring how the digital is implicated in creeping authoritarianism.

The editorial for the special issue of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @kylzjarrett.bsky.social, Jing Hiah and @steelecat717.bsky.social is out.

I am happy to have contributed my commentary 'Surveil and control?' Monitoring of web activity in Israel' to this volume.

They are short commentaries only but it is still a lot of papers!

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Ahead of publication of our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, the editorial sets out the approach we have taken to the topic and describes the 48 diverse and rich papers in the volume- most of which are already available to read. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Glad to see this new piece on quantification, counter-data, "evidence," and what we call "authoritarian counting" out now in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social with @itspangler.bsky.social, @emtl.bsky.social, and @marxist.af!

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Another of papers that will appear in our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age exploring surveillance of Arab-Israelis in Israel. Do check it out.

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Extremely proud of the title “How to lose a culture war” & of the connections we make to FOSTA/SESTA & fears of reproductive futures reimagined.

Short, free to read and hopefully provocative.

My latest with @tsdav.bsky.social in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social

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Dechun Zhang's paper on how nationalist propaganda works as an authoritarian infrastructure in China is another of the papers in our forthcoming special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age. Check them all out here: journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

We have never not been fascist: Infrastructures of state violence as technofascist laboratories - Norma Möllers, 2025 This commentary critiques narratives of Silicon Valley exceptionalism in current efforts to diagnose technofascism. The rapid global spread of fascism has not b...

we can learn more about emergent technofascist formations by looking at the ordinary digital infrastructures of state violence than the spectacular fantasies of some Silicon Valley tech bros.

New piece on technofascism out in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social.

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If you would like a sneak peek at our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, have a look at some of the commentaries that have come out already in OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

The book forum is on Jia Tan's Digital Masquerade with reviews by Sara Liao, Quinyue Sun and Qi Ling and Jia Tan's response journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 6/6

Responses to this proposition are by Shintaro Miyazaki, Timo Kaerlein, Jessa Lingel, Nikolaus Poechhacker and Orit Halpern, with an author's response rounding out the dialogue about media as counter-practice 5/6

The second article by Christoph Borbach and Max Kanderske proposes a situated, praxeological approach to understanding sensors, following strands of counter-practices that allow for critical perspectives. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 4/6

This is followed by commentaries on the paper by Noortje Marres, Haiqing Yu, Kari Dahlgren, Lucie Chateau, Martin Tironi and Dan Podjed extending and challenging the paper, followed by a response by the author which develops the original paper. 3/6

Our first article is by Minna Ruckenstein reflecting on collaborative explorations within the MyData initiative. She identifies 3 modes of engagement in this approach enabling integration of social science perspectives into the core of digital society-making journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 2/6

Title of Dialogues on Digital Society with Volume 1 Issue 2 August 2025 written beneath

The second issue of Dialogues on Digital Society is now out. Explore it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/DDS/curr... 1/6

We have been overwhelmed by the response to our CFP for the SI on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age with over 170 abstracts - although perhaps this is mostly a sad indictment on the state of the world. Thanks to all those who submitted such interesting and complex proposals. We will be in touch.

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Submission to our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age close tomorrow. Get your proposal in! More details here: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Don't forget to get your abstracts in for our special edition of <2,000 word commentaries on authoritarianism in the digital age. Deadline is the end of the week. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Just over a week to get your abstracts in for the special issue exploring the role of the digital in authoritarian politics, movements, and governance. Use your commentary of <2,000 words to document, critique, & catalyse dialogue about this important topic. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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Just a reminder about our special issue of <2,000 word commentaries reflecting on and documenting the role of the digital in authoritarian politics and regimes. Send in an abstract before May 16. Follow the link for details. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal... #authoritarianism #cfp

Algorithmic Gatewatching and Its Implications Axel Bruns Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology This response to the article ‘Conceptualising the “Algorithmic Public Opinion”: Public Opinion Formation in the Digital Age’ by Alessandro Gandini, Silvia Keeling, and Urbano Reviglio considers the concept of algorithmic public opinion and highlights that while the algorithms of digital and social media platforms and associated information and communication infrastructures now exert a substantial influence on how public opinion formation unfolds (the process) and what public opinion patterns emerge as a result (the product), these algorithms are by no means the sole determinant of process and product. It argues instead that the ordinary users of these platforms – and they are active users of these communicative spaces, not just passive ‘audiences’ for the communicative efforts of others – retain significantly more agency than this article’s discussion affords them.

🖨️ I've had the pleasure of responding to an insightful article in Dialogues on Digital Society that considers the role of algorithms in public opinion formation. The journal actively invites scholarly commentary on its articles – a somewhat unusual format for me.

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Don't forget to submit a proposal to our special issue of commentaries (<2000 words) on the role of the digital in authoritarian governments and movements. More details here: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

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We hope to use this edition to document this role and to generate further dialogue on this crucial dimension of our digital age. Please submit and share.

SI CFP: Recent events have highlighted the role of the digital in the authoritarian movements, politics and governance. DDS is commissioning a series of short commentaries (up to 2000 words) exploring the digital contours of authoritarianism. See CFP for details drive.google.com/file/d/1VbW5...

Thanks to all the contributors, reviewers, and the editorial and production teams who have made this first edition possible. We look forward to publishing the next in a few months. 7/7

Furthering the agenda of algorithmic resistance: Integrating gender and decolonial perspectives - Tiziano Bonini, Emiliano Treré, 2025 Not only are books written from positions that are never neutral, but they are also read from positions which are also never neutral. The three commentaries we ...

And we conclude with reviews of Algorithms of Resistance by @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com followed by the authors' response engaging with these diverse readings of their work... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 6/7