Digitalization and Social Change

"Preface Section 1 Chapter 1: Getting lost in a the digital 1.1 Limited or liberated by ubiquitous digital technology? 1.2 It Could Be Otherwise (ICBO) – the foundation of critical thinking 1.3 Opening the black box 1.4 A response to political and corporate solutionism 1.5 Digitalization as a topic for Science and Technology Studies (STS) 1.6 A critical sociotechnical perspective 1.7 The structure of the book 1.8 Conclusion References Chapter 2: What is ""digitalization,"" exactly? 2.1 Digitalization as technological fix 2.2 Defining digitalization 2.3 Defining digitalization as a political act in itself 2.4 A digitalized world 2.5 Digitalization as a sociotechnical process 2.6 Conclusion References Section 2 Chapter 3: A sociotechnical perspective on digitalization 3.1 What is a sociotechnical perspective on digitalization? 3.2 What do we mean by ""technology""? 3.3 Technologies and their agency 3.4 Why technological determinism is a dead end 3.5 Technological reductionism 3.6 How social determinism is equally problematic 3.7 Conclusion References Chapter 4: Domestication: User perspectives on technology 4.1 A user perspective on technology 4.2 Domestication theory 4.3 The dimensional model of domestication 4.4 The history of domestication 4.5 Strengths and weaknesses of domestication theory 4.6 Re-domestication and dis-domestication 4.7 What non-users can teach us about the use of technology 4.8 Normativity and use 4.9 Conclusion References Chapter 5: Script: Technology’s manual for use 5.1 Script as technology’s manual 5.2 The historical and theoretical position of script theory 5.3 How do you do a script analysis? 5.4 Making scripts through technology development 5.5 Conclusion References Chapter 6: Technologies as normality machines 6.1 A thought experiment on a student app 6.2 Technology as inclusion or exclusion? 6.3 Scripting the use and users to create differences 6.4 The digital divide 6.5 Conclusion References Chapter 7: Digital technologies in the past and present 7.1 Becoming a communication society 7.2 What comes after the communication society? 7.3 Digitalization and some sample diagnoses of the times 7.4 Conclusion References Section 3 Chapter 8: Digitalization of health: Networks of care and technology 8.1 In search of good health: Robots to the rescue? 8.2 Digital technology for better health? 8.3 Talking flowerpots: Welfare technology in the home 8.4 Exergames: Gamifying health 8.5 Support groups in social media: Communities for mental health 8.6 Digitalization makes the actor network of health visible 8.7 Conclusion References Chapter 9: Digitalization of work: Automation, responsibility, and reskilling 9.1 Two visions of future work 9.2 From animal laborans to homo faber 9.3 Automating workers? 9.4 Who operates self-service checkouts? 9.5 The digital stopwatch and the attempt to automate care work 9.6 Craftspeople at construction sites working with robots 9.7 What will we do in the future—and how will we do it? 9.8 Conclusion References Chapter 10: Digitalization of control: Surveillance, automation, and algorithms 10.1 Control through surveillance and digital tracking 10.2 Control of animals using virtual fences 10.3 Care, technology, and the desire for boundaries when surveilling children 10.4 Predictive police algorithms: Surveillance of data sets and predictions of the future 10.5 Life in a surveillance society: What digitalization does to surveillance 10.6 Conclusion References Chapter 11: Digitalization of culture: Remix, community, and prosumers 11.1 SKAM and transmedia storytelling 11.2 Remix culture as the foundation of digital culture 11.3 Understanding where remix culture comes from: Participatory culture and networked publics 11.4 Memes: Collective creativity, both serious and humorous 11.5 Fan fiction: When fans take ownership of the story 11.6 Twitch.tv and livestreaming games: How innovative gamers made one of the world’s biggest platforms 11.7 Discussion: Prosumers’ new cultural expressions 11.8 Conclusion References Chapter 12: Digitalization of the self: Selfies, influencers and the quantified self 12.1 Picture perfect? What ""Instagram vs. reality"" can teach us about being fakeness and authenticity online 12.2 From anonymity to persistent identities on the internet 12.3 Frontstage, backstage, and the cyborg’s theater 12.4 Selfies: The cyborg’s self-portrait? 12.5 Influencers: The professionalized digital self 12.6 The quantified self: Believing in a countable and optimized self 12.7 Discussion: The cyborg’s expanded toolbox 12.8 Conclusion References Section 4 Chapter 13: Digitalization summarized 13.1 Part 1: A critical perspective on digitalization 13.2 Part 2: Theoretical Tools 13.3 Part 3: Empirical case studies 13.4 Digitalization as social change 13.5 A user perspective on digitalization 13.6 Critical thinking about digitalization Chapter 14: Analytical cheat sheet: A guide for thinking critically about digitalization 14.1 Interpretative flexibility 14.2 Delegation 14.3 Actor-network 14.4 Script 14.5 Domestication Chapter 15: Methods cheat sheet: How to study digitalization 15.1 Research question: What are you going to find out? 15.2 Choosing method: How are you going to find it? 15.3 Tips for getting good data 15.4 From data to analysis"