Arne Hintz
Biographic Data
| ID | 297977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arne Hintz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arne |
| FAMILY NAME | Hintz |
| SIGNATURE | HINTZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9902-4736 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Collectivity in data governance and data justice
With this special issue, we seek to critically reflect on contemporary debates on data governance and data justice by foregrounding the question of collectivity from different perspectives. The issue brings together scholars from across the globe to consider how the collective features within ideas of data governance and justice, and what responses to concerns about datafication might look like beyond the individualist paradigm. It builds on the …
Towards Civic Participation in the Datafied Society: Can Citizen Assemblies Democratize Algorithmic Governance
Citizens are increasingly assessed, profiled, categorized and scored according to data analytics, their future behavior is predicted, and services are allocated accordingly. State-citizen relations become quasi-automated and dependent on algorithmic decision-making, yet (largely) without people’s knowledge and without avenues to meaningfully engage and intervene. This raises significant challenges for democratic processes and active citizenship. …
Citizen Journalism and Participation
This chapter begins with identifying a set of particularly important conceptual issues for citizen journalism, namely by tracing the shifting, uneven contexts of media participation. It addresses journalism’s participatory cultures, providing a broader context of theoretical understandings of how technological drivers give shape to communicative platforms to make possible alternative, citizen-centered forms of reportage. The chapter focuses on tw…
Exploring Data Justice: Conceptions, Applications and Directions
In May 2018 over 200 people from around the world met at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom to participate in a conference on ‘Data Justice’ hosted by the Data Justice Lab. They included scho
Prediction, pre-emption and limits to dissent: Social media and big data uses for policing protests in the United Kingdom
Social media and big data uses form part of a broader shift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’ forms of governance in which state bodies engage in analysis to predict, pre-empt and respond in real time to a range of social problems. Drawing on research with British police, we contextualize these algorithmic processes within actual police practices, focusing on protest policing. Although aspects of algorithmic decision-making have become prominent in …
Restricting digital sites of dissent: Commercial social media and free expression
The widespread use of commercial social media platforms by protesters and activists has enhanced protest mobilisation and reporting but it has placed social media providers in the intermediary role as facilitators of dissent and has thereby created new challenges. Companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly restricting content that is published on or distributed through their platforms; they have been subject to obstruction by governments…
Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism
The Snowden leaks, first published in June 2013, provided unprecedented insights into the operations of state-corporate surveillance, highlighting the extent to which everyday communication is integrated into an extensive regime of control that relies on the 'datafication' of social life. Whilst such data-driven forms of governance have significant implications for citizenship and society, resistance to surveillance in the wake of the Snowden lea…
Amy Goodman in conversation with Julian Assange and Slavoj Žižek
The following is a shortened and edited transcript of a conversation between Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, and Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist. The conversation was moderated by journalist Amy Goodman from the TV news show Democracy Now! and sponsored by the Frontline Club. It took place in front of a live audience on July 2, 2011 at the Troxy, London, England. These keywords were added by machine and not…
Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression: WikiLeaks, Policy Hacking, and Digital Freedoms
The recent history of Internet development can easily be interpreted as a constant expansion of free communication and citizen journalism. From the open-publishing experiments by the global Indymedia network (http://www.indymedia.org), to their emergence as a mass phenomenon through blogging and commercial social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, to the incorporation of user-generated content by established media (e.g., CNN’s iRe…
Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression
Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society
The 2010 release of US embassy diplomatic cables put WikiLeaks into the international spotlight. Revelations by the leaks sparked intense debate within international diplomacy, journalism and society
Challenging the Digital Gatekeepers: International Policy Initiatives for Free Expression
Can civil society interventions preserve openness on the Internet? Dr. Hintz presents an array of examples of successful policy advocacy for free and open communications, from both within and without formal structures. These are analyzed to show the technical, social, and political responses in resisting enclosures and restrictions on digital communications. The strategies, characteristics, and conditions of successful communications policy activ…
From Media Niche to Policy Spotlight: Mapping Community-Media Policy Change in Latin America
In the limited frame of this article, these developments and environments can only be outlined as a brief and necessarily sketchy overview. What this article will highlight is, in particular, a way of approaching the analysis of media policy change and a starting-point for investigating the specific policy context of community media
CHAPTER 14 Developing the “Third Sector”: Community Media Policies in Europe
14.1. Introduction The phenomenon of community media is not new to Europe. But recognition of community media as a formal “third sector” of broadcasting is emerging on the policy radar, as pressure for states and international bodies to expand, support, and develop sectors for “citizen” access to broadcasting continues to grow. Though specific definitions of community media vary, the concept generally refers to self-organized, participatory, not-…
At the margins of Internet governance: Grassroots tech groups and communication policy
This article examines grassroots tech groups as civil society media (CSM) actors marginalised in the communications policy debate. We aim to insert these key providers of information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure into discussions on enabling CSM policy agendas. The article maps their policy objectives, traces their connections to broader Internet governance mechanisms and explores their potential roles as policy stakeholders. We c…
Azione collettiva e governance della comunicazione globale: La sfida della partecipazione nei processi decisionali transnazionali
New modes of governance increasingly go beyond the traditional intergovernmental approach to include business actors and sections of civil society. Multi-stakeholder processes claim to involve all relevant parties in decisionmaking. However, a closer look reveals that opportunities of participation are often limited to large professionalised NGOs, while grassroots movements are missing. This paper seeks to identify the challenges and obstacles fo…
Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism
The Snowden leaks, first published in June 2013, provided unprecedented insights into the operations of state-corporate surveillance, highlighting the extent to which everyday communication is integrated into an extensive regime of control that relies on the 'datafication' of social life. Whilst such data-driven forms of governance have significant implications for citizenship and society, resistance to surveillance in the wake of the Snowden lea…
Prediction, pre-emption and limits to dissent: Social media and big data uses for policing protests in the United Kingdom
Social media and big data uses form part of a broader shift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’ forms of governance in which state bodies engage in analysis to predict, pre-empt and respond in real time to a range of social problems. Drawing on research with British police, we contextualize these algorithmic processes within actual police practices, focusing on protest policing. Although aspects of algorithmic decision-making have become prominent in …
Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society
The 2010 release of US embassy diplomatic cables put WikiLeaks into the international spotlight. Revelations by the leaks sparked intense debate within international diplomacy, journalism and society
At the margins of Internet governance: Grassroots tech groups and communication policy
This article examines grassroots tech groups as civil society media (CSM) actors marginalised in the communications policy debate. We aim to insert these key providers of information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure into discussions on enabling CSM policy agendas. The article maps their policy objectives, traces their connections to broader Internet governance mechanisms and explores their potential roles as policy stakeholders. We c…
Restricting digital sites of dissent: Commercial social media and free expression
The widespread use of commercial social media platforms by protesters and activists has enhanced protest mobilisation and reporting but it has placed social media providers in the intermediary role as facilitators of dissent and has thereby created new challenges. Companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly restricting content that is published on or distributed through their platforms; they have been subject to obstruction by governments…
At the margins of Internet governance: Grassroots tech groups and communication policy
This article examines grassroots tech groups as civil society media (CSM) actors marginalised in the communications policy debate. We aim to insert these key providers of information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure into discussions on enabling CSM policy agendas. The article maps their policy objectives, traces their connections to broader Internet governance mechanisms and explores their potential roles as policy stakeholders. We c…
Azione collettiva e governance della comunicazione globale: La sfida della partecipazione nei processi decisionali transnazionali
New modes of governance increasingly go beyond the traditional intergovernmental approach to include business actors and sections of civil society. Multi-stakeholder processes claim to involve all relevant parties in decisionmaking. However, a closer look reveals that opportunities of participation are often limited to large professionalised NGOs, while grassroots movements are missing. This paper seeks to identify the challenges and obstacles fo…
CHAPTER 14 Developing the “Third Sector”: Community Media Policies in Europe
14.1. Introduction The phenomenon of community media is not new to Europe. But recognition of community media as a formal “third sector” of broadcasting is emerging on the policy radar, as pressure for states and international bodies to expand, support, and develop sectors for “citizen” access to broadcasting continues to grow. Though specific definitions of community media vary, the concept generally refers to self-organized, participatory, not-…
From Media Niche to Policy Spotlight: Mapping Community-Media Policy Change in Latin America
In the limited frame of this article, these developments and environments can only be outlined as a brief and necessarily sketchy overview. What this article will highlight is, in particular, a way of approaching the analysis of media policy change and a starting-point for investigating the specific policy context of community media
Challenging the Digital Gatekeepers: International Policy Initiatives for Free Expression
Can civil society interventions preserve openness on the Internet? Dr. Hintz presents an array of examples of successful policy advocacy for free and open communications, from both within and without formal structures. These are analyzed to show the technical, social, and political responses in resisting enclosures and restrictions on digital communications. The strategies, characteristics, and conditions of successful communications policy activ…
Amy Goodman in conversation with Julian Assange and Slavoj Žižek
The following is a shortened and edited transcript of a conversation between Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, and Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist. The conversation was moderated by journalist Amy Goodman from the TV news show Democracy Now! and sponsored by the Frontline Club. It took place in front of a live audience on July 2, 2011 at the Troxy, London, England. These keywords were added by machine and not…
Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression: WikiLeaks, Policy Hacking, and Digital Freedoms
The recent history of Internet development can easily be interpreted as a constant expansion of free communication and citizen journalism. From the open-publishing experiments by the global Indymedia network (http://www.indymedia.org), to their emergence as a mass phenomenon through blogging and commercial social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, to the incorporation of user-generated content by established media (e.g., CNN’s iRe…
Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression
Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society
The 2010 release of US embassy diplomatic cables put WikiLeaks into the international spotlight. Revelations by the leaks sparked intense debate within international diplomacy, journalism and society
Restricting digital sites of dissent: Commercial social media and free expression
The widespread use of commercial social media platforms by protesters and activists has enhanced protest mobilisation and reporting but it has placed social media providers in the intermediary role as facilitators of dissent and has thereby created new challenges. Companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly restricting content that is published on or distributed through their platforms; they have been subject to obstruction by governments…
Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism
The Snowden leaks, first published in June 2013, provided unprecedented insights into the operations of state-corporate surveillance, highlighting the extent to which everyday communication is integrated into an extensive regime of control that relies on the 'datafication' of social life. Whilst such data-driven forms of governance have significant implications for citizenship and society, resistance to surveillance in the wake of the Snowden lea…
Prediction, pre-emption and limits to dissent: Social media and big data uses for policing protests in the United Kingdom
Social media and big data uses form part of a broader shift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’ forms of governance in which state bodies engage in analysis to predict, pre-empt and respond in real time to a range of social problems. Drawing on research with British police, we contextualize these algorithmic processes within actual police practices, focusing on protest policing. Although aspects of algorithmic decision-making have become prominent in …
Citizen Journalism and Participation
This chapter begins with identifying a set of particularly important conceptual issues for citizen journalism, namely by tracing the shifting, uneven contexts of media participation. It addresses journalism’s participatory cultures, providing a broader context of theoretical understandings of how technological drivers give shape to communicative platforms to make possible alternative, citizen-centered forms of reportage. The chapter focuses on tw…
Exploring Data Justice: Conceptions, Applications and Directions
In May 2018 over 200 people from around the world met at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom to participate in a conference on ‘Data Justice’ hosted by the Data Justice Lab. They included scho
Towards Civic Participation in the Datafied Society: Can Citizen Assemblies Democratize Algorithmic Governance
Citizens are increasingly assessed, profiled, categorized and scored according to data analytics, their future behavior is predicted, and services are allocated accordingly. State-citizen relations become quasi-automated and dependent on algorithmic decision-making, yet (largely) without people’s knowledge and without avenues to meaningfully engage and intervene. This raises significant challenges for democratic processes and active citizenship. …
Collectivity in data governance and data justice
With this special issue, we seek to critically reflect on contemporary debates on data governance and data justice by foregrounding the question of collectivity from different perspectives. The issue brings together scholars from across the globe to consider how the collective features within ideas of data governance and justice, and what responses to concerns about datafication might look like beyond the individualist paradigm. It builds on the …
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