Andreas Schellewald
Biographic Data
| ID | 322839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Schellewald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Schellewald |
| SIGNATURE | SCHELLEWALD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goldsmiths University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5736-9090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Algorithmic imaginaries
Algorithmic systems play an increasingly central role across a variety of social domains. Over the last few years, various concepts have been developed in the interdisciplinary field of algorithm studies to understand how people make sense of these systems and interact with them – including mental models of algorithms, folk theories of algorithms, or algorithmic imaginaries. This theoretical article engages with the concept of the algorithmic ima…
Outlines of the Gamer Data Subject Position and Its Implications for Trust
In this paper, we outline the data subject position of the gamer within the contemporary media landscape, looking at gamers not just as players but as a broader position of social media and internet users. We draw on findings from a more extensive project investigating privacy, trust, and data literacy in online gaming to do so. More specifically, we draw on a formative analysis of the data practices of 37 multiplayer online games (e.g., League o…
This program was brought to you by the algorithm
The days of television have repeatedly been deemed over. Today, we are told, television is a dying medium replaced by viral and new digital platforms like TikTok where millions gather every day to consume content. This paper is an extended literature review of television and TikTok scholarship to highlight similarities and differences amongst key concepts in both fields. By focusing on political economy, textual analysis, and audience/reception s…
Data Practices and Privacy in Gaming
Video games are mainstream cultural artefacts that millions engage with every day, constituting an increasingly data‐intensive aspect of people's leisure time. Previous research has established the foundational role data plays in the production and distribution of video games, as well as the management of gamers as platform users and advertising audiences. This study consolidates this view and establishes a baseline of data practices in gaming. A…
Putting Trust to the Test
People's interaction with online content is increasingly facilitated by intelligent user interfaces and artificial agents. In this article, I explore this shift by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with users of the TikTok app. More specifically, I write on their interactions with the TikTok algorithm as a form of human-machine interaction and through the lens of trust. Along concrete ethnographic data, this article lays out the multifaceted proc…
Understanding the popularity and affordances of TikTok through user experiences
In this paper I discuss the affordances and popularity of the short-video app TikTok from an audience studies point of view. I do so by drawing on findings from ethnographic fieldwork with young adult TikTok users based in the United Kingdom that was conducted in 2020 and 2021. I trace how using the app, specifically scrolling through the TikTok For You Page, the app’s algorithmic content feed, became a fixed part of the everyday routines of youn…
Theorizing 'Stories About Algorithms' as a Mechanism in the Formation and Maintenance of Algorithmic Imaginaries
In this article, I report from an ethnographic investigation into young adult users of the popular short-video app TikTok. More specifically, I discuss their experience of TikTok's algorithmic content feed, or so-called 'For You Page.' Like many other personalized online environments today, the For You Page is marked by the tension of being a mechanism of digital surveillance and affective control, yet also a source of entertainment and pleasure.…
On Getting Carried Away by the Tiktok Algorithm
In this paper I respond to debates on the addictive and distractive quality associated with algorithmic environments like the popular short-video app TikTok. TikTok has frequently been discussed for its addictive nature. Many commentators and critics rendering the app as emblematic for the ways in which digital media as such distract their users from more meaningful and profound experiences. Contrasting such commentary, I draw on a one and half y…
Understanding the popularity and affordances of TikTok through user experiences
In this paper I discuss the affordances and popularity of the short-video app TikTok from an audience studies point of view. I do so by drawing on findings from ethnographic fieldwork with young adult TikTok users based in the United Kingdom that was conducted in 2020 and 2021. I trace how using the app, specifically scrolling through the TikTok For You Page, the app’s algorithmic content feed, became a fixed part of the everyday routines of youn…
Theorizing 'Stories About Algorithms' as a Mechanism in the Formation and Maintenance of Algorithmic Imaginaries
In this article, I report from an ethnographic investigation into young adult users of the popular short-video app TikTok. More specifically, I discuss their experience of TikTok's algorithmic content feed, or so-called 'For You Page.' Like many other personalized online environments today, the For You Page is marked by the tension of being a mechanism of digital surveillance and affective control, yet also a source of entertainment and pleasure.…
Putting Trust to the Test
People's interaction with online content is increasingly facilitated by intelligent user interfaces and artificial agents. In this article, I explore this shift by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with users of the TikTok app. More specifically, I write on their interactions with the TikTok algorithm as a form of human-machine interaction and through the lens of trust. Along concrete ethnographic data, this article lays out the multifaceted proc…
On Getting Carried Away by the Tiktok Algorithm
In this paper I respond to debates on the addictive and distractive quality associated with algorithmic environments like the popular short-video app TikTok. TikTok has frequently been discussed for its addictive nature. Many commentators and critics rendering the app as emblematic for the ways in which digital media as such distract their users from more meaningful and profound experiences. Contrasting such commentary, I draw on a one and half y…
Theorizing 'Stories About Algorithms' as a Mechanism in the Formation and Maintenance of Algorithmic Imaginaries
In this article, I report from an ethnographic investigation into young adult users of the popular short-video app TikTok. More specifically, I discuss their experience of TikTok's algorithmic content feed, or so-called 'For You Page.' Like many other personalized online environments today, the For You Page is marked by the tension of being a mechanism of digital surveillance and affective control, yet also a source of entertainment and pleasure.…
Understanding the popularity and affordances of TikTok through user experiences
In this paper I discuss the affordances and popularity of the short-video app TikTok from an audience studies point of view. I do so by drawing on findings from ethnographic fieldwork with young adult TikTok users based in the United Kingdom that was conducted in 2020 and 2021. I trace how using the app, specifically scrolling through the TikTok For You Page, the app’s algorithmic content feed, became a fixed part of the everyday routines of youn…
Data Practices and Privacy in Gaming
Video games are mainstream cultural artefacts that millions engage with every day, constituting an increasingly data‐intensive aspect of people's leisure time. Previous research has established the foundational role data plays in the production and distribution of video games, as well as the management of gamers as platform users and advertising audiences. This study consolidates this view and establishes a baseline of data practices in gaming. A…
Putting Trust to the Test
People's interaction with online content is increasingly facilitated by intelligent user interfaces and artificial agents. In this article, I explore this shift by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with users of the TikTok app. More specifically, I write on their interactions with the TikTok algorithm as a form of human-machine interaction and through the lens of trust. Along concrete ethnographic data, this article lays out the multifaceted proc…
Algorithmic imaginaries
Algorithmic systems play an increasingly central role across a variety of social domains. Over the last few years, various concepts have been developed in the interdisciplinary field of algorithm studies to understand how people make sense of these systems and interact with them – including mental models of algorithms, folk theories of algorithms, or algorithmic imaginaries. This theoretical article engages with the concept of the algorithmic ima…
Outlines of the Gamer Data Subject Position and Its Implications for Trust
In this paper, we outline the data subject position of the gamer within the contemporary media landscape, looking at gamers not just as players but as a broader position of social media and internet users. We draw on findings from a more extensive project investigating privacy, trust, and data literacy in online gaming to do so. More specifically, we draw on a formative analysis of the data practices of 37 multiplayer online games (e.g., League o…
This program was brought to you by the algorithm
The days of television have repeatedly been deemed over. Today, we are told, television is a dying medium replaced by viral and new digital platforms like TikTok where millions gather every day to consume content. This paper is an extended literature review of television and TikTok scholarship to highlight similarities and differences amongst key concepts in both fields. By focusing on political economy, textual analysis, and audience/reception s…
Digital Media and Philosophy (6 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)