Datafication and Regulation: Today’s Controversies in Publicness and Public Opinion Research

Interview with Professor Slavko Splichal

Authors

  • Gabriella Szabó HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • Slavko Splichal University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.16.2(34).650

Keywords:

datafication, social media, media history

Abstract

Slavko Splichal was interviewed by Gabriella Szabó on the 14th October 2023.

Author Biographies

Gabriella Szabó, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Gabriella Szabó is a senior research fellow at HUN‑ REN Centre for Social Sciences (Budapest, Hungary). Her research interests lie in political communication, expressivity, and emotionalization in politics.

Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slavko Splichal holds the position of Professor of Communication and Public Opinion at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. He is a fellow of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Academia Europaea. As the founder and director of the European Institute for Communication and Culture (EURICOM), he also serves as the editor of its journal Javnost‑The Public. His research interests include communication theory and research methods, media politics, public opinion, and the public sphere. Some of his most recent English-language publications include The Liquefaction of Publicness: Communication, Democracy and the Public Sphere in the Internet Age (editor, Routledge 2018), “In data we (don’t) trust: The public adrift in data-driven public opinion models” (Big Data & Society, 2022), “The public sphere in the twilight zone of publicness” (European Journal of Communication, 2022), and Datafication of Public Opinion and the Public Sphere (Anthem 2022).

References

Splichal, S. (Ed.). (2019). The Liquefaction of Publicness: Communication, Democracy and the Public Sphere in the Internet Age (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429450259

Splichal, S. (2022). In data we (don’t) trust: The public adrift in data-driven public opinion models. Big Data & Society, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221097319

Splichal, S. (2022). The public sphere in the twilight zone of publicness. European Journal of Communication, 37(2), 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231211061490

Splichal, S. (2022). Datafication of Public Opinion and the Public Sphere. Anthem Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2s2pp3n

CEJC vol16 no2(34) Fall 2023

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Published

2024-02-22

How to Cite

Szabó, G., & Splichal, S. (2024). Datafication and Regulation: Today’s Controversies in Publicness and Public Opinion Research : Interview with Professor Slavko Splichal . Central European Journal of Communication, 16(2(34), 279-284. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.16.2(34).650

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Vol. 16 No. 2(34) (2023): Fall 2023

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