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Dr. Karin van Es

Associate Professor 
Humanities
Department of Media and Culture Studies
Media and Performance Studies
Media and Performance Studies
Muntstraat 2-2a
Muntstraat 2-2A
3512 EV Utrecht

Dr. Karin van Es

Associate Professor
Media and Performance Studies
k.f.vanes@uu.nl
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Profile Publications Activities In the media Research Teaching Contact
Research areas

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. (2024). Exploring Netflix myths: Towards more media industry studies and empirical research in studying video-on-demand. Critical Studies in Television. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020241297618
van Es, K., & Nguyen, D. (2024). “Your friendly AI assistant”: the anthropomorphic self-representations of ChatGPT and its implications for imagining AI. AI and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02108-6
Schäfer, M. T., van Es, K., & Lauriault, T. (2024). Making a Difference: The Epistemic Value of Collaborative Research in a Datafied Society. In M. T. Schäfer, K. van Es, & T. Lauriault (Eds.), Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (pp. 19-34). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463727679_ch01
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241481153/Collaborative_Research_in_the_Datafied_Society_ch1.pdf
van Es, K., & Nguyen, D. (2024). Balancing Needs and Values: A Multi-Stakeholder Examination of Algorithmic News Recommenders in the Netherlands. Journalism Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2392654
Schaefer, M., van Es, K., & Lauriault, T. (Eds.) (2024). Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463727679
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/238575208/9789048555925.pdf
Nguyen, D., & van Es, K. (2024). Exploring the Value of Computational Methods for Metajournalistic Discourse: The Example of COVID-19 Reporting in Dutch Newspapers. Journalism Studies, 25(10), 1160-1181. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2358118
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235507330/Exploring_the_Value_of_Computational_Methods_for_Metajournalistic_Discourse_The_Example_of_COVID-19_Reporting_in_Dutch_Newspapers.pdf
Bauer, C., Bagchi, C., Hundogan, O., & van Es, K. (2024). Where are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems. ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems, 2(23), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3654805
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/229165051/3654805.pdf
van Geenen, D., van Es, K., & Gray, J. (2024). Pluralising Critical Technical Practice. Convergence : The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(1), 7-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231192105
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452475/van-geenen-et-al-2023-pluralising-critical-technical-practice.pdf?sequence=1
Veerbeek, J., van Es, K. F., & Müller, E. (2024). Professional follow-up communication as an indicator of public value: Analyzing Dutch PSM’s Role in Public Debates Through Topic Modelling Newspaper Coverage. Journal of Mass Communication Inquiry, 48(3), 468-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/01968599211039213
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452459/veerbeek-et-al-2021-professional-follow-up-communication-as-an-indicator-of-public-value-analyzing-dutch-psm-s-role-in.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Salman, J., van Es, K., van Gorp, J., Huijnen, P., van Liere, L., Merx, S., Mulders, I., Pinto, M., Quené, H., Firet, A., & Klein, D. (2024). Matrix of proposed learning goals that may contribute to the learning outcome _digital literacy_ ("digitale geletterdheid") in the various BA programmes in Humanities ("GW") at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Web publication/site, Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14056709
Leurs, K., Quené, H., van den Bosch, A., van Es, K., Kessels, L., de Liagre Böhl, F., & Huijser, D. (2024, Oct 14). Self-reflection guide Human-Related Big Data Research (MBDO). Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13990169
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/245786381/gw-Selfreflection-Guide-MBDO.pdf

2023

Scholarly publications

van Es, K., & Broersma, M. (2023). Place-Maintenance at the Trevi Fountain. Mediapolis. https://www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/11/place-maintenance/
van Es, K. (2023). Unpacking tool criticism as practice, in practice. Digital Humanities Quarterly, 17(2). https://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/2/000692/000692.html
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434201/000692.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K., & Verhoeff, N. (2023). Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722971
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426974/9789048555444.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K., van der Weijden, D., & Bakker, J. (2023). The Multifaceted and Situated Data Center Imaginary of Dutch Twitter. Big Data & Society. Big Data & Society, 10(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231155064
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427101/20539517231155064.pdf?sequence=1
Stauff, M., van Romondt Vis, P., & van Es, K. (2023). Coffee Roasters’ Data Vernacular: On the Entanglement of Digital Data and Craft. In Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (pp. 31-48). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722971
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426831/Coffee_Roasters_Data_Vernacular.pdf?sequence=1
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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426830/Investigating_the_Datafied_Society.pdf?sequence=1
Verhoeff, N., & van Es, K. (2023). Introduction: Situating Data as Cultural Inquiry. In Situating Data: Inquiries into Algorithmic Culture (pp. 13-37). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722971
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426829/introduction.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. (2023). Netflix & Big Data: The Strategic Ambivalence of an Entertainment Company. Television and New Media, 24(6), 656-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764221125745
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431079/van-es-2022-netflix-big-data-the-strategic-ambivalence-of-an-entertainment-company.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

van Es, K. (2023). Media en AI: VOGIN Snijtafel. Digital or Visual Products
van Es, K. (2023). S02e08: In Media Res RMeS/NICA Special. Digital or Visual Products
Nguyen, D., Polimeno, A., Mohamed, S., & van Es, K. (2023). Een evaluatie van de coronaberichtgeving in Nederlandse DPG-kranten.

2022

Scholarly publications

Veerbeek, J., van Es, K. F., & Müller, E. (2022). Public Broadcasting and Topic Diversity in The Netherlands: Mentions of Public Broadcasters’ Programming in Newspapers as Indicators of Pluralism. Javnost, 29(4), 420-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2022.2067956
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424556/Public_Broadcasting_and_Topic_Diversity_in_The_Netherlands_Mentions_of_Public_Broadcasters_Programming_in_Newspapers_as_Indicators_of_Pluralism.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

van Es, K., Everts, D., & Muis, I. (2021). Gendered language and employment Web sites: How search algorithms can cause allocative harm. First Monday, 26(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v26i8.11717
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233898456/kves.pdf
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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411611/1615_634X_2021_1_46.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Everts, D., Muis, I., van Es, K., & van Santen , M. (2021). Wie zoekt zal vinden, of toch niet?: Een verkenning van zoekalgoritmen op vacaturewebsites en het effect op gelijke kansen. Utrecht University. https://mensenrechten.nl/nl/publicatie/60653d031e0fec037359cb0e
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415428/Wie_zoekt_zal_vinden_of_toch_niet_onderzoek_zoekalgoritmen_op_vacaturesites.pdf?sequence=1

Popularising publications

van Es, K., & de Winkel, T. (2021). Reflections on the GDS Workshop: Covid-19, ventilation norms & measuring CO2. Web publication/site https://www.uu.nl/en/opinion/reflections-on-the-gds-workshop-covid-19-ventilation-norms-measuring-co2
van Es, K., & de Winkel, T. (2021). University offers too little protection by returning to lecture hall. Web publication/site, DUB (UU). https://dub.uu.nl/en/depth/university-offers-too-little-protection-returning-lecture-hall

Other output

Kanetake, M., Belder, L., & van Es, K. (2021). Reflection on the GDS webinar by Sandra Wachter: ‘The (im)possibility of algorithmic fairness’. Web publication/site, GDS Blog. https://www.uu.nl/en/opinion/reflection-on-the-gds-webinar-by-sandra-wachter-the-impossibility-of-algorithmic-fairness

2020

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F., & Poell, T. (2020). Platform Imaginaries and Dutch Public Service Media. Social Media + Society, 6(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/205630512093328
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432466/van-es-poell-2020-platform-imaginaries-and-dutch-public-service-media.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F., & de Lange, M. L. (2020). Data with its boots on the ground: Datawalking as research method. European Journal of Communication, 35(3), 278-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323120922087
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408163/0267323120922087.pdf?sequence=1
Masson, E., & van Es, K. F. (2020). Rain on Your Radar: Engaging in Weather Data as Part of Everyday Routines. In N. M. Engebretsen, & H. Kennedy (Eds.), Data Visualization in Society (pp. 77-94). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722902_ch05
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414542/Data_Visualization_in_Society.pdf?sequence=1
Masson, E., van Es, K. F., & Wieringa, M. A. (2020). Data Walking for Critical Data Studies: An Explorative Survey of Walking Methodologies. Digital Culture & Education, 11(1), 36-52.
van Es, K. F. (2020). YouTube’s Operational Logic: “The View” as Pervasive Category. Television and New Media, 21(3), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476418818986
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407549/1527476418818986.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F., Müller, E., Veerbeek, J., Krijgsman, M., Wieringa, M. A., & Boiten, M. (2019). Maatschappelijk draagvlak en binding van KRO-NCRV in een digitaal tijdperk.
Masson, E., & van Es, K. F. (2019). Encounters at the Threshold: Interfacing Data in Urban Space. Leonardo Electronic Almanac, 22(4). https://www.leoalmanac.org/encounters-at-the-threshold-interfacing-data-in-urban-space-eef-masson-karin-van-es/
Wieringa, M. A., van Geenen, D., van Es, K. F., & van Nuss, J. (2019). The fieldnotes plugin: making network visualization in Gephi accountable. In Good Data (pp. 277-296). (Theory on demand; Vol. 29). Institute of Network Cultures. http://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Good_Data.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/384588/Good_Data.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Auslander, P., van Es, K. F., & Hartmann, M. (2019). A Dialogue About Liveness. In M. Hartmann, E. Prommer, K. Deckner, & S. O. Görland (Eds.), Mediated Time: Perspectives on Time in a Digital Age (1 ed., pp. 275-296). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24950-2_14
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391340/Auslander2019_Chapter_ADialogueAboutLiveness.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F. (2018). Sobre os desafios enfrentados na segunda tela: o dilema da participação em The Voice, In A. Holzbach, & M. Castellano (Eds.), TeleVisões : Reflexões para além da TV (pp. 85-104). E-papers Serviços Editoriais.
Verhoeff, N., & van Es, K. F. (2018). Situated Installations for Urban Data Visualization: Interfacing the Archive-City. In P. Dibazar, & J. Naeff (Eds.), Visualizing the Street. New Practices of Documenting, Navigating and Imagining the City (pp. 117-136). (NUR; Vol. 670). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462984356_ch6
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375604/doi_10.5117_9789462984356_ch06.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F., & Masson, E. L. (2018). Big Data Histories: An Introduction. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 21(2), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.18146/2213-7653.2018.363
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375336/363_1616_2_PB.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F. (Guest ed.), & Masson, E. L. (Guest ed.) (2018). Big Data Histories. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 21(2). http://www.tijdschriftmediageschiedenis.nl/index.php/tmg/issue/view/36/showToc
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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375598/tool.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F., & Keilbach, J. (2018). Keeping up the Live: Recorded Television as Live Experience. VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture/E-journal, 7(13). https://doi.org/10.18146/2213-0969.2018.jethc142
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396521/vanes.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Masson, E., & van Es, K. F. (2017). Visualizing Connectivity: Data as Evidence in The Architecture of Radio. First Monday, 22(10). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v22i10.8039
van Es, K. F. (2017). Liveness Redux: On Media and Their Claim to be Live. Media, Culture and Society, 39(8), 1245-1256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443717717633
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/358207/liveness.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F. (2017). An Impending Crisis of Imagination: Data‐Driven Personalization in Public Service Broadcasters. Media@LSE Working Paper Series, (43), 1-18.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/358206/impending.pdf?sequence=1
van Es, K. F., López Coombs, N., & Boeschoten, T. (2017). Towards a Reflexive Digital Data Analysis. In M. T. Schäfer, & K. van Es (Eds.), The Datafied Society: Studying Culture through Data (pp. 171-180). Amsterdam University Press.
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

Professional publications

van Es, K. F., & Verhoeff, N. (2017). Data voor discussie: installaties in de stad als interventie. Boekman : tijdschrift voor kunst, cultuur en beleid, 111, 40-43.

2016

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F. (2016). The Future of Live. Polity Press.
van Es, K. F. (2016). Social TV and the Participation Dilemma in NBC’s The Voice. Television and New Media, 108-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476415616191
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/329385/Voice.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F., van Geenen, D., & Boeschoten, T. (2015). Re-imagining television audience research: Tracing viewing patterns on Twitter. M/C Journal. A Journal of Media and Culture, 18(6). http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/1032

2014

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F., van Geenen, D., & Boeschoten, T. (2014). Mediating the Black Pete discussion of Facebook: Slacktivism, flaming wars and deliberation. First Monday, 19(12). http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5570/4180#author
van Es, K. F. (2014). The Paradox of Liveness. From the Broadcast Media Era to the Social Media Era. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/293051/es.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

van Es, K. F. (2014). The Paradox of Liveness: From the Broadcast Media Era to the Social Media Era.

2012

Scholarly publications

van Es, K. F., & Müller, E. (2012). THE VOICE. Über das ‹Soziale› des sozialen Fernsehens. Montage/AV, 21(1), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/400
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