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Counting Clicks: Quantification and Variation in Web Journalism in the United States and France by Christin, Angèle

“…Sociological studies often emphasize the role of metrics in broader processes of convergence and homogenization. Yet numbers can take on different meanings…”
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The ethnographer and the algorithm: beyond the black box by Christin, Angèle

“…A common theme in social science studies of algorithms is that they are profoundly opaque and function as “black boxes.” Scholars have developed several…”
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Algorithms at Work: The New Contested Terrain of Control by Kellogg, Katherine C., Valentine, Melissa A., Christin, Angéle

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Technologies of Crime Prediction: The Reception of Algorithms in Policing and Criminal Courts by Brayne, Sarah, Christin, Angèle

“…The number of predictive technologies used in the U.S. criminal justice system is on the rise. Yet there is little research to date on the reception of…”
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Algorithms in practice: Comparing web journalism and criminal justice by Christin, Angèle

“…Big Data evangelists often argue that algorithms make decision-making more informed and objective—a promise hotly contested by critics of these technologies…”
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The influencer pay gap: Platform labor meets racial capitalism by Christin, Angèle, Lu, Yingdan

“…Existing research emphasizes the precarity of workers engaged in the exchange of goods and services through digital platforms. Yet few studies have…”
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Gender and highbrow cultural participation in the United States by Christin, Angèle

“…► What are the determinants of women's higher participation in the arts? ► It can partly be traced to early socialization in the arts. ► In particular, girls…”
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Platform drama: “Cancel culture,” celebrity, and the struggle for accountability on YouTube by Lewis, Rebecca, Christin, Angèle

“…Recent years have witnessed debates about so-called “cancel culture” and more broadly about online accountability practices. Here we revisit this topic through…”
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Work and Identity in an Era of Precarious Employment: How Workers Respond to “Personal Branding” Discourse by Vallas, Steven P., Christin, Angèle

“…Recent efforts to understand the significance of precarious work have been limited in at least two important respects. One is the neglect of the ideological…”
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What Data Can Do: A Typology of Mechanisms by Christin, Angele

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The Drama of Metrics: Status, Spectacle, and Resistance Among YouTube Drama Creators by Christin, Angèle, Lewis, Rebecca

“…How does it feel to have one’s online worth and status be based almost exclusively on metrics? We examine this question through a qualitative study of YouTube…”
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Making Peace with Metrics: Relational Work in Online News Production by Christin, Angèle, Petre, Caitlin

“…How do workers make peace with performance metrics that threaten their professional values? Drawing on Viviana Zelizer's concepts of relational work and "good…”
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Is Journalism a Transnational Field? Asymmetrical Relations and Symbolic Domination in Online News by Christin, Angèle

“…Are all transnational exchanges ‘fielded’? This article explores the limits of the concept of transnational field by focusing on the case of journalism. At…”
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“Sex, Scandals, and Celebrities”? Exploring the Determinants of Popularity in Online News by Christin, Angèle

“…What kinds of articles are read most often on news websites? In web newsrooms, journalists now have access to software programs that allow them to track the…”
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Internal Fractures: The Competing Logics of Social Media Platforms by Christin, Angèle, Bernstein, Michael S., Hancock, Jeffrey T., Jia, Chenyan, Mado, Marijn N., Tsai, Jeanne L., Xu, Chunchen

“…Social media platforms are too often understood as monoliths with clear priorities. Instead, we analyze them as complex organizations torn between starkly…”
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Counting Clicks: Quantification and Variation in Web Journalism in the United States and France1 by Christin, Angèle

“…Sociological studies often emphasize the role of metrics in broader processes of convergence and homogenization. Yet numbers can take on different meanings…”
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Walking the Walk of AI Ethics: Organizational Challenges and the Individualization of Risk among Ethics Entrepreneurs by Ali, Sanna J, Christin, Angèle, Smart, Andrew, Katila, Riitta

“…Amidst decline in public trust in technology, computing ethics have taken center stage, and critics have raised questions about corporate ethics washing. Yet…”
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Retour sur le Voyage Dans Les Ghettos du Gotha by Pinçon, Michel, Pinçon-Charlot, Monique, Christin, Angèle, Pasquali, Paul

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Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don’t Find) Work Today by Gershon, I. (2017) by Christin, Angèle

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Clicks or Pulitzers? Web journalists and their work in the United States and France by Christin, Angele

“…This study examines the process of quantification taking place in web journalism. The internet is transforming journalism in many ways. Yet one of the most…”
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