Robin Elizabeth Mansell is a distinguished Professor of New Media and the Internet whose work delves into the critical aspects of media and communications regulation, internet governance, privacy, and surveillance. She champions an interdisciplinary approach, drawing strength from various social science disciplines to understand the complex socio-technical features of data and information systems. Her current research scrutinizes the political economy of 'platformisation' and 'datafication,' examining their profound social consequences. Mansell's scholarship is dedicated to navigating the challenges of creating and implementing effective regulatory norms and processes in our increasingly digitized global landscape.
This book brings together and reviews different disciplinary approaches to digital information and communication systems across the social sciences. It synthesises the developments of the Internet Age, and the micro and macro consequences of these developments.
36th Boehm-Bawerk Lecture, Inauguration of the Department of Media, Society and Communication
This booklet documents the 36th Boehm-Bawerk Lecture, presented by Prof. Robin Mansell on October 31, 2017 as a ceremonial opening ceremony for the Institute of Media, Society and Communication at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.