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Living in a digital society

• The social dimensions of web search

  Publications:

  • Jobin, A. 2023. “Valuating Words: Semantic Practices in Web Search Advertising.” Social Media + Society 9(3):20563051231195549. doi: 10.1177/20563051231195549.
  • Jobin, A, Prezioso, S., Glassey, O., Kaplan, F. 2019. “La mémoire kaléidoscopique: l’histoire au prisme des algorithmes d’autocomplétion.” Geschichte und Informatik / Histoire et informatique (20):83–101. doi: 10.33057/chronos.1466.
  • Jobin, A., and Ziewitz, M. 2018. “Organic Search: How Metaphors Help Cultivate the Web.” Alexander von Humboldt Institut Für Internet Und Gesellschaft (HIIG). Retrieved March 8, 2018 (https://www.hiig.de/en/organic-search-metaphors-help-cultivate-web/).
  • Jobin, A. 2016. “Google Autocomplete Revisited.” Sociostrategy. Retrieved June 20, 2018 (https://sociostrategy.com/2016/google-autocomplete-revisited/).
  • Jobin, A. and Glassey, O.2014. “‘I Am Not A Web Search Result! I Am A Free Word.’ The Categorization and Commodification of ‘Switzerland’ by Google.” in Society of the Query Reader: Reflections on Web Search, edited by M. Rasch and R. König. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.
  • Jobin, A. 2013. “Google’s Autocompletion: Algorithms, Stereotypes and Accountability.” Sociostrategy. Retrieved January 24, 2017 (https://sociostrategy.com/2013/googles-autocompletion-algorithms-stereotypes-accountability/).
  • Jobin, A. and Kaplan, F. 2013. “Are Google’s Linguistic Prosthesis Biased towards Commercially More Interesting Expressions? A Preliminary Study on the Linguistic Effects of Autocompletion Algorithms.” Pp. 245–48 in Conference Abstracts. Lincoln, NE (USA): Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.
• Dealing with information and disinformation

  Publications:

  • S. H. Kessler, M. S. Cano Pardo, A.  Jobin, and F. Georgi. 2022. “How Informed Are the Swiss about Covid-19 and Prevention Measures? Results of a Survey on Information Awareness, Behaviour, and Deficits.” European Journal of Health Communication 3(3):118–42. doi: 10.47368/ejhc.2022.306.
  • S. H. Kessler, A. Jobin, S. Grüninger, and F. Georgi. 2021. “Was können wir aus Covid-19 Fake News über die Verbreitung von Fehlinformationen im Allgemeinen lernen?: Ein Projekt der Swiss Young Academy.” Swiss Academies. Communications 16(5):68–75. doi: 10.5167/uzh-208133.
  • A. Jobin (2019). Diagnose: Ambivalenz. Freiheit im digitalen Zeitalter [Diagnosis: ambivalence. Freedom in the digital era]. In: M. L. Marti & J.-D. Strub (eds.), Freiheit [Freedom]. Baden: hier + jetzt.
• Citizen science in the digital age

  Publications:

  • F. Gille, J. Amann, A. Hofer, A. Jobin & M. Schneider (in press). Citizen Science - Recht und Ethik [Citizen Science – law and ethics]. In: Citizen Science – Gemeinsam forschen! Ein Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft [Citizen Science – researching together! A handbook for science and society].
  • J. Scheibner, A. Jobin, and E. Vayena. 2022. “Internet of Things Devices, Citizen Science Research and the Right to Science: Ethical and Legal Issues.” Pp. 231–43 in The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights, Cambridge Law Handbooks, edited by M. Ienca, O. Pollicino, L. Liguori, E. Stefanini, and R. Andorno. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
  • J. Scheibner, A. Jobin, and E. Vayena. 2021. “Ethical Issues with Using Internet of Things Devices in Citizen Science Research: A Scoping Review.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 9. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.629649.