Dr. M.T. (Mirko) Schaefer

Universitair hoofddocent
Media en Performance Studies
Simulation of Complex Systems
m.t.schaefer@uu.nl

For a complete overview, please visit www.mtschaefer.net/publications

Sleutelpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2008). Bastard Culture! User participation and the extension of cultural industries. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University].
Schaefer, M. T., & van Es, K. F. (Eds.) (2017). The Datafied Society: Studying Culture through Data. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462981362
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/350869/datafied.pdf?sequence=1
Schaefer, M. T. (2011). Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production. (Media Matters ed.) Amsterdam University Press.

Publicaties

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M., van Es, K., & Lauriault, T. (Eds.) (2024). Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention. AUP (Amsterdam University Press) / ICAS Publications.
van Dijck, J., de Winkel, T., & Schaefer, M. (2024). Deplatforming and deplatformization as governance strategies. In Handbook of Media and Communication Governance (pp. 500-513). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887206.00049
Winkel, T. D., Gorzeman, L., Ligny, S. D. W. D., Heuvel, T. T., Blekkenhorst, M., Prins, S., & Schäfer, M. T. (2024). The Gab Project: The Methodological, Epistemological, and Legal Challenges of Studying the Platformized Far-Right. Journal of Right-Wing Studies, 2(1), 44-71. https://doi.org/10.5070/rw3.1448
Dmitriev, E., Chekol, M. W., & Schaefer, M. T. (2024). BOLD: Knowledge Graph Exploration and Analysis Platform. In Advances in Database Technology - EDBT (3 ed., pp. 814-817). (Advances in Database Technology - EDBT; Vol. 27, No. 3). OpenProceedings.org. https://doi.org/10.48786/edbt.2024.77
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/451710/paper-241.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Fest, I., Schaefer, M., van Dijck, J., & Meijer, A. (2023). Understanding Data Professionals in the Police: A Qualitative Study of System-Level Bureaucrats. Public Management Review, 25(9), 1664-1684. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2222734
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434206/Understanding_data_professionals_in_the_police_a_qualitative_study_of_system-level_bureaucrats.pdf?sequence=1
Clausen, N., & Schaefer, M. (2023). Angewandte Ethik für Daten- und KI-Projekte in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. In T. A. Krause, C. Schachtner, & B. E. P. Thapa (Eds.), Handbuch Digitalisierung der Verwaltung (pp. 233). transcript Verlag. https://dataschool.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/425/2023/11/Clausen_Schaefer_Angewandte-Ethik-Daten-und-KI.pdf
Schaefer, M., van Es, K., & Muis, I. (2023). Investigating the Datafied Society: Entrepreneurial Research as Approach. In Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (pp. 267-272). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722971

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mucha, H., Correia de Barros, A., Benjamin, J. J., Benzmüller, C., Bischof, A., Buchmüller, S., de Carvalho, A., Dhungel, A.-K., Draude, C., Fleck, M.-J., Jarke, J., Klein, S., Kortekaas, C., Kurze, A., Linke, D., Maas, F., Marsden, N., Melo, R., Michel, S., ... Berger, A. (2022). Collaborative Speculations on Future Themes for Participatory Design in Germany. i-com, 21(2), 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2021-0030
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425885/Collaborative_speculations.pdf?sequence=1
Siffels, L., van den Berg, D., Schaefer, M., & Muis, I. (2022). Public Values and Technological Change: Mapping how Municipalities Grapple with Data Ethics. In New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power (pp. 243-266). (Transforming Communications – Studies in Cross-Media Research). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96180-0_11
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/451586/978-3-030-96180-0_11.pdf?sequence=1
Veerbeek, J., Bakker, J., Mohamed, S., Reksoprodjo, M., Stienen, T., & Schaefer, M. (2022). Online antisemitisme in 2020. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420936/Utrecht_Data_School_Online_antisemitisme_in_2020_1.pdf?sequence=1

Vakpublicaties

Gerards, J., Schäfer, M. T., Muis, I., & Vankan, A. (2022, May). Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA). Rijksoverheid. https://www.government.nl/documents/reports/2021/07/31/impact-assessment-fundamental-rights-and-algorithms

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M., & Clausen, N. (2021). Participatory Data Ethics: A practical appraoch. In Mensch und Computer 2021 - Workshopband Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2021-mci-ws06-316
Radstok, W., Chekol, M., & Schaefer, M. (2021). Are knowledge graph embedding models biased, or is it the data that they are trained on?. Paper presented at Wikidata Workshop 2021 co-located with the 20th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2021). http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2982/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415645/paper_5.pdf?sequence=1
van Dijck, J., de Winkel, T., & Schaefer, M. (2021). Deplatformization and the governance of the platform ecosystem. New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211045662
van den Berg, D., de Graaf, L., & Schaefer, M. (2021). Expert opinion: Considering the ethical issues of invasive technologies Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) & CoronaMelder. In Conditions for technological solutions in a COVID-19 exit strategy, with particular focus on the legal and societal conditions: Report for ZonMw (pp. 104-110). University of Amsterdam.
Bakker, J., Cornelisse, D., Mohamed, S., Schaefer, M., & Veerbeek, J. (2021). Van scherm naar straat: Hoe sociale media-conversaties protest op straat mobiliseren. Utrecht University. https://dataschool.nl/nieuws/van-scherm-naar-straat/
van Es, K., Schaefer, M., & Wieringa, M. (2021). Tool Criticism and the Computational Turn: A 'Methodological Moment' in Media and Communication Studies. 46-64. https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/1615-634X-2021-1-46/tool-criticism-and-the-computational-turn-a-methodological-moment-in-media-and-communication-studies-volume-69-2021-issue-1?page=1
van Es, K., Schaefer, M., & Wieringa, M. (2021). Tool-kritik und der computational turn: Ein „methodologischer moment“ in den medien-und kommunikationswissenschaften. Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 69(1), 46-64. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2021-1-46
Franzke, A., Muis, I. M., & Schaefer, M. T. (2021). Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA): a dialogical framework for ethical inquiry of AI and data projects in the Netherlands. Ethics and Information Technology, 23(3), 551-567. Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09577-5

Vakpublicaties

Gerards, J., Schaefer, M., Vankan, A., & Muis, I. (2021). Impact Assessment Mensenrechten en Algoritmes. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2021/02/25/impact-assessment-mensenrechten-en-algoritmes
van den Berg, D., Schaefer, M., Muis, I., de Graaf, L., Banning, R., & Klein, S. (2021). Op weg naar een datagedreven gemeente: Randvoorwaarden voor verantwoord datagedreven bestuur. Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeenten.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415400/20210201a_vng_rapport_spreads.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Vakpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T., Boiten, M. J., Veerbeek, J., Prins, S., Krijgsman, M., Hopstaken, M., Muis, R., & Mullaart, P. (2020). Online bedreigingen in het lokaal bestuur. (Cahier; Vol. 2020, No. 15). Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC), Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie.

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. T., & van Schie, G. (2019). Utrecht Data School. An Entrepreneurial Platform for Teaching and Applied Research in the Field of Datafication1. Web publication/site https://dataschool.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/272/2019/02/Schafer_Van-Schie_Utrecht-Data-School_Entrepreneurial-Platform_working-paper-3.pdf
Meijer, A. J., Schaefer, M. T., & Branderhorst, M. (2019). Principes voor goed lokaal bestuur in de digitale samenleving: Een aanzet tot een normatief kader. Bestuurswetenschappen, 73(4), 8-23. https://doi.org/10.5553/Bw/016571942019073004003
Schaefer, M. T., & van Schie, G. (2019). Utrecht Data School. Eine unternehmerische Plattform für Unterricht und angewandte Forschung im Bereich der Datafizierung. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 29(1), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s4135

Vakpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2019). Een versplinterd publiek domein: Hoe sociale media het politieke debat transformeren. In R. Claessen, & J. Van Erp (Eds.), Ondernemen in de open samenleving (pp. 83-96). Boom bestuurskunde.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389216/Een_versplinterd_publiek_domein.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. T., & Samson, A. (2018). Static Glow. In M. Maria Hlavajova, & R. Braidotti (Eds.), Posthuman Glossary (pp. 407-410). Bloomsbury.
Schaefer, M. T., & Kessler, F. E. (2018). Trust in Techno-images: Early Media Collections as Precursors of Big Data. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 21(2), 52-66. http://www.tmgonline.nl/index.php/tmg/article/view/366/558
van Es, K. F., Wieringa, M. A., & Schaefer, M. T. (2018). Tool Criticism: From Digital Methods to Digital Methodology. In E. Reyes, M. Bernstein, G. Ruffo, & I. Saleh (Eds.), WS.2 2018 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web Studies (pp. 24-27). Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/3240431.3240436
Wieringa, M. A., van Geenen, D., Schaefer, M. T., & Gorzeman, L. (2018). Political topic-communities and their framing practices in the Dutch Twittersphere. Internet Policy Review, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2018.2.793

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Schie, G., Westra, I., & Schäfer, M. T. (2017). Get Your Hands Dirty: Emerging Data Practices as Challenge for Research Integrity. In M. T. Schäfer, & K. van Es (Eds.), The Datafied Society: Studying Culture through Data (pp. 183-200). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048531011-016
van Es, K. F., & Schaefer, M. T. (2017). Introduction: Brave New World. In K. van Es, & M. T. Schäfer (Eds.), The Datafied Society: Studying Culture through Data (pp. 13-22). Amsterdam University Press.
Schaefer, M. T., & van Es, K. F. (Eds.) (2017). The Datafied Society: Studying Culture through Data. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462981362
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/350869/datafied.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2016). Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 25(2), 111-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-016-9255-8
Schaefer, M. T., Zoomers, E. B., & Gekker, A. (2016). Between two hypes: Will big data help unravel blind spots in understanding the global land rush? Geoforum, 69(February 2016), 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.11.017

Vakpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2016). Out of Control? Regulating Consent and Dissent in Social Media. In I. Gevers (Ed.), Hacking Habitat. Art of Control (pp. 51-63). NAi Uitgevers.

Overige resultaten

Van Geenen, D., Schaefer, M. T., Boeschoten, T., Hekman, E., Bakker, P., & Moons, J. (2016). Mining One Week of Twitter. Mapping Networked Publics in the Dutch Twittersphere.. Paper presented at The 17th Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Berlin, Germany.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/358313/1394_1362_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Schaefer, M. T., & Verhaar, P. (2016, Jun). Onderzoek naar Tweets met #gelukszoeker: Utrecht Data School onderzoekt vluchtelingendebat op Twitter.

2015

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. (2015). The Trouble with Modchips: How hardware hacking constitutes grey markets, user participation and innovation. In T. Baumgärtel (Ed.), A Reader in International Media Piracy: Pirate Essays (pp. 111-129). Amsterdam University Press.

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. (2014). Programmierte Partizipation? Zur Konstitution inhärenter Partizipation in Web Applikationen. In D. Mersch, & J. Paech (Eds.), Programm(e) (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG). diaphanes.
Schaefer, M., Allen, D., Bailey, M., Fenton, N., Jenkins, H., Lothian, A., Qui, J. L., & Srinivasan, R. (2014). Participations: Dialogues on the Participatory Promise of Contemporary Culture & Politics. Part 3: Politics. International Journal of Communication, 8, 1129 – 1151.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/306834/2787_11159_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Schaefer, M. (2014). Instabile (Gegen-)Öffentlichkeiten: Online-Plattformen als hybride Foren gesellschaftspolitischer Debatten. In I. Baxmann, T. Beyes, & C. Pias (Eds.), Soziale Medien - Neue Massen (pp. 281-300). diaphanes. https://doi.org/10.4472/9783037347485.0017

Overige resultaten

Schaefer, M. (2014, Oct). Censuur als antwoord op terrorisme. (5 ed.) Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie. http://www.nctv.nl/Images/magazine-nationale-veiligheid-en-crisisbeheersing-2014-5_tcm126-567921.pdf?cp=126&cs=73791

2013

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. (2013). Excerpt from Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production. In P. Du Gay, S. Hall, L. Janes, A. Madsen, H. Mackay, & K. Negus (Eds.), Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman (2 ed., pp. 157-160). SAGE.
Schaefer, M. T., Paßmann, J., & Boeschoten, T. (2013). The Gift of the Gab: Retweet Cartels and Gift Economies on Twitter. In K. Weller (Ed.), Twitter and Society Peter Lang .

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. (2012). Vorprogrammierte Partizipation: Zum Spannungsfeld von Appropriation und Design in Social-Media-Plattformen. In U. Rußmann, A. Beinsteiner, H. Ortner, & T. Hug (Eds.), Grenzenlose Enthüllungen: Medien zwischen Öffnung und Schließung (pp. 73-86). innsbruck university press.
Schaefer, M. (2012). \run subversion.exe: Mythos und Praxis subversiver Medien-Nutzung. In D. Hartmann, I. Lemke, & J. Nitsche (Eds.), Interventionen: Grenzüberschreitungen in Ästhetik, Politik und Ökonomie (pp. 203-213). Wilhelm Fink Verlag.

Vakpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T., Overheul, N., & Boeschoten, T. (2012). Politiek in 140 tekens. Een netwerkanalyse van twitterende Nederlands politici. In C. Van 't Hof, J. Timmer, & R. Van Est (Eds.), Voorgeprogrammeerd. Hoe internet ons leven leidt (pp. 193-214). Boom | Lemma.

2011

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2011). Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production. (Media Matters ed.) Amsterdam University Press.

2009

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kessler, F. E., & Schaefer, M. T. (2009). Navigating YouTube: Constituting a Hybrid Information Management System. In P. Snickars, & P. Vonderau (Eds.), The YouTube Reader (pp. 275-291). National Library of Sweden.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/386529/Pages_from_FULLTEXT01.pdf?sequence=1
Lammes, S., van der Boomen, M., Lehmann, A., Schaefer, M. T., & Raessens, J. (2009). Introduction: From the Virtual to Matters of Fact and Concern. In M. van den Boomen, S. Lammes, A. Lehmann, & J. Raessens (Eds.), Digital Material: Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology (pp. 7-17). Amsterdam University Press.
Lehmann, A. S., van der Boomen, M., Lammes, S., Schaefer, M. T., & Raessens, J. F. F. (2009). Digital Material. Amsterdam University Press.

Vakpublicaties

Schaefer, M. T., van der Boomen, M., Lehmann, A. S., Lammes, S., & Raessens, J. (2009). Digital Material. Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology. Amsterdam University Press. http://mtschaefer.net/media/uploads/docs/Digital-Material.PDF
Schaefer, M. T. (2009). Participation Inside? User Activities between Design and Appropriation. In M. van den Boomen, AS. Lehmann, S. Lammes, & J. Raessens (Eds.), Digital Material. Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology (pp. 147-159). Amsterdam University Press. http://mtschaefer.net/entry/participation-inside/

2008

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. T. (2008). Bastard Culture! User participation and the extension of cultural industries. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University].
Schäfer, M. T., & Rieder, B. (2008). Beyond Engineering. Software Design as Bridge over the Culture/Technology Dichotomy. In P. E Vermaas, P. Kroes, A. Light, & S. A Moore (Eds.), Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture (pp. 152-164). Springer. http://mtschaefer.net/media/uploads/docs/Rieder_Schaefer_Beyond-Engineering.pdf
Schäfer, M. T. (2008). Bastard Culture! User participation and the extension of the cultural industries. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/33564/schaefer.pdf?sequence=2
Schäfer, M. T., & Bernhard, H. (2008). Subversion ist Schnellbeton. Zur Ambivalenz des Subversiven in Medienproduktionen. In T. Ernst, S. Richter, N. Sennewald, & P. G Cantó (Eds.), SUBversionen. Zum Verhältnis von Politik und Ästhetik in der Gegenwart (pp. 63-81). transcript Verlag. http://www.mtschaefer.net/entry/subversion-ist-schnellbeton/

2007

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schäfer, M. T., & Kranzmüller, P. (2007). RTFM! Teach-Yourself Culture in Open Source Software Projects. In T. Hug (Ed.), Didactics of Microlearning (pp. 324-340). Waxmann Verlag.

Overige resultaten

Schäfer, M. T. (2007). User Participation in a socio-technical ecosystem. Media in Transition 5, poster presentatie, Boston, USA.
Schäfer, M. T. (2007). From Netwerk to Foam. New Network Theory Conference, paper presentatie, Amsterdam.
Schäfer, M. T., & Rieder, B. (2007). Hybrid Foam, Social Structure before Network and Community. BSA Annual Conference, Londen.

2006

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schaefer, M. (2006). Spielen jenseits der Gebrauchsanweisung: Partizipation als Output des Konsums softwarebasierter Produkte. In B. Neitzel, & R. Nohr (Eds.), Das Spiel mit dem Medium: Partizipation - Immersion - Interaktion (pp. 296-312). (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft). Schüren Verlag.

2005

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van den Boomen, M. V. T., & Schäfer, M. T. (2005). Will the revolution be open-sourced? How open source travels through society. In J. Cornelis, & M. Wynants (Eds.), How open is the future? Economic, social and cultural scenarios inspired by Free and Open Source Sofware (pp. 31-67). VUB University Press.

2004

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schäfer, M. T. (2004). Homework: The Extension of the Cultural Industry. In G. Cox, & J. Krysa (Eds.), DATA Browser 01, Economising Culture (pp. 191-199). autonomedia. http://www.data-browser.net/editors.html
Schäfer, M. T. (2004). Made by Users. How Users Improve Things, Provide Innovation and Change Our Idea of Culture. In O. Goriunova, & A. Shulgin (Eds.), Read_Me, Software Art and Cultures 2004 (pp. 62-77). Aarhus Universitetsforlag. http://www.unipress.dk/en-gb/Item.aspx?sku=1143