Digital resignation and the datafied welfare state
This commentary calls for further research into digital resignation within non-market contexts, particularly in relation to the datafied welfare state, as distinct from commercial big tech platforms. We aim to nuance the concept of digital resignation by relating it to the digitization of institutio...
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| author | Christoffer Bagger Arni Már Einarsson Victoria Andelsman Alvarez Maja Klausen Stine Lomborg |
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| description | This commentary calls for further research into digital resignation within non-market contexts, particularly in relation to the datafied welfare state, as distinct from commercial big tech platforms. We aim to nuance the concept of digital resignation by relating it to the digitization of institutions and public services upholding the Danish welfare state, including health services, childcare, and news consumption. These cases illustrate that datafication stimulates citizens’ discomfort by registering privacy-intrusive information and setting new standards for being a good citizen, which resignation research can help us understand. We use the case examples to propose new avenues for digital resignation research and question whether organizations, institutions, and governments themselves can be digitally resigned. As such, the usefulness of digital resignation as a concept can be expanded. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c45da9c3784078bd81967e8eca3ea92024-02-22T05:03:41ZengSAGE PublishingBig Data & Society2053-95172023-07-011010.1177/20539517231206806Digital resignation and the datafied welfare stateChristoffer Bagger0Arni Már Einarsson1Victoria Andelsman Alvarez2Maja Klausen3Stine Lomborg4 Center for Tracking and Society, , Copenhagen, Denmark Center for Tracking and Society, , Copenhagen, Denmark Center for Tracking and Society, , Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, , Odense, Denmark Center for Tracking and Society, , Copenhagen, DenmarkThis commentary calls for further research into digital resignation within non-market contexts, particularly in relation to the datafied welfare state, as distinct from commercial big tech platforms. We aim to nuance the concept of digital resignation by relating it to the digitization of institutions and public services upholding the Danish welfare state, including health services, childcare, and news consumption. These cases illustrate that datafication stimulates citizens’ discomfort by registering privacy-intrusive information and setting new standards for being a good citizen, which resignation research can help us understand. We use the case examples to propose new avenues for digital resignation research and question whether organizations, institutions, and governments themselves can be digitally resigned. As such, the usefulness of digital resignation as a concept can be expanded.https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231206806 |
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