The politics of data friction
The politics of data friction
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DOI：
10.1108/jd-05-2017-0080
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Bates, Jo
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作者：
Bates, Jo
目的-本文件的目的有两个：首先，通过研究在研究数据和在线通信数据的情况下塑造数据运动的社会物质力量，进一步发展Paul Edwards的“数据摩擦”概念，其次，阐明数据摩擦的政治，确定数据摩擦的相互关联的基础设施，社会文化和监管动态，以及如何这些都有助于宪法的社会关系。设计/方法/方式-该文件开发的社会物质因素影响的数字数据的社会行为者之间的研究数据共享和在线通信数据的情况下移动的文献的解释性审查。这两种情况之间的相似之处被确定，并用于进一步发展的政治理解的“数据摩擦”超出了概念的当前使用范围内的科学研究literature.Findings - A数量的总体相似之处被确定为有关的方式，其中新的数据流和摩擦，塑造他们带来社会行为者到新的形式的相互关系，数据流通基础设施的平台化，以及影响数据流动动态的国家行动。时刻和网站的“数据摩擦”被确定为深刻的政治-从人类演员谁的经验显着不同水平的授权方面形成的整体output.Research限制/影响-本文进一步发展保罗爱德华兹的概念“数据摩擦”超出其目前的应用在科学Study. Research的集体决策。跨不同的情况下，数据摩擦的更广泛的动态分析确定了一些相似之处，需要进一步的实证研究和theorisation.Practical影响-观察到的数据摩擦的网站是深刻的政治有重大影响，所有从事数字数据生产的实践和管理，社会影响-有人认为，“数据摩擦”的概念可以帮助社会行为者识别、审查和采取行动，应对一些复杂的社会物质动态，这些动态塑造了跨各种领域的新兴数据流动，并通知审议在各个层面-从日常实践到国际监管如何这样的摩擦可以集体塑造对创造更公平和公正的society.Originality/值-该文件作出了原创性的贡献，在数字数据运动的动态摩擦的文献，认为在许多情况下，数据摩擦可能是什么，使和促进，而不是克服。它还汇集了来自不同学科领域的文献，以研究这些摩擦动力学在两个案件中，以前没有被检查在相互关系。
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to further develop Paul Edwards' concept of "data friction" by examining the socio-material forces that are shaping data movements in the cases of research data and online communications data, second, to articulate a politics of data friction, identifying the interrelated infrastructural, socio-cultural and regulatory dynamics of data friction, and how these are contributing to the constitution of social relations.Design/methodology/approach - The paper develops a hermeneutic review of the literature on socio-material factors influencing the movement of digital data between social actors in the cases of research data sharing and online communications data. Parallels between the two cases are identified and used to further develop understanding of the politics of "data friction" beyond the concept's current usage within the Science Studies literature.Findings - A number of overarching parallels are identified relating to the ways in which new data flows and the frictions that shape them bring social actors into new forms of relation with one another, the platformisation of infrastructures for data circulation, and state action to influence the dynamics of data movement. Moments and sites of "data friction" are identified as deeply political - resulting from the collective decisions of human actors who experience significantly different levels of empowerment with regard to shaping the overall outcome.Research limitations/implications - The paper further develops Paul Edwards' concept of "data friction" beyond its current application in Science Studies. Analysis of the broader dynamics of data friction across different cases identifies a number of parallels that require further empirical examination and theorisation.Practical implications - The observation that sites of data friction are deeply political has significant implications for all engaged in the practice and management of digital data production, circulation and use.Social implications - It is argued that the concept of "data friction" can help social actors identify, examine and act upon some of the complex socio-material dynamics shaping emergent data movements across a variety of domains, and inform deliberation at all levels - from everyday practice to international regulation about how such frictions can be collectively shaped towards the creation of more equitable and just societies.Originality/value - The paper makes an original contribution to the literature on friction in the dynamics of digital data movement, arguing that in many cases data friction may be something to enable and foster, rather than overcome. It also brings together literature from diverse disciplinary fields to examine these frictional dynamics within two cases that have not previously been examined in relation to one another.