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Dr Lina Dencik BA (Lancaster), MA (Warwick), PhD (Goldsmiths)
Professor
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75461
- Two Central Square, Room 0.61A, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Media commentator
Overview
Lina Dencik is Professor in Digital Communication and Society at Cardiff's School of Journalism, Media and Culture and Co-Founder/Director of the Data Justice Lab. Her research concerns the interplay between media developments and social and political change, with a particular focus on resistance, governance and the politics of data.
Lina works across a number of projects and is Principal Investigator on the project DATAJUSTICE funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (2018-2023). With the Data Justice Lab, she has also worked on two further projects, Data Scores as Governance funded by the Open Society Fondations and Data Policies funded by IDRC India (in collaboration with IT for Change), and is currently working on a two-year project Towards Democratic Auditing funded by the Open Society Foundations. Previously, she worked on the ESRC-funded project Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society and the project Managing Threats: Social Media Uses for Policing Domestic Extremism and Disorder funded by the Media Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations.
She has published five books including Media and Global Civil Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), Worker Resistance and Media: Challenging Global Corporate Power in the 21st Century (co-authored with Peter Wilkin, Peter Lang, 2015), Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Emancipation and Control (co-edited with Oliver Leistert, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015) and Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society (co-authored with Arne Hintz and Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Polity Press 2018). Her fifth book The Media Manifesto (with Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg) was published by Polity Press in 2020. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London and has previously worked at the Central European University in Budapest where she is still a Fellow with the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS). Prior to that she worked as a television producer/director at Brook Lapping Productions in London.
Publication
2023
- Brand, J., Dencik, L. and Murphy, S. 2023. The Datafied Workplace and Trade Unions in the UK. Working paper. Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales: Data Justice Lab. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2023/04/Unions-Report_final.pdf
- Brand, J. and Dencik, L. 2023. Advancing data justice in the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales: Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University. Available at: https://datajusticelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FutureGenerationsReport-Final-1.pdf
2022
- Dencik, L. and Sanchez-Monedero, J. 2022. Justicia de datos. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía y Sociedad Digital (10.53857/kynu7699)
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2022. Data justice. Sage Publications.
- Dencik, L. 2022. The datafied welfare state: a perspective from the UK. In: Hepp, A., Jarke, J. and Kramp, L. eds. New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies The Ambivalences of Data Power. Transforming Communications – Studies in Cross-Media Research Palgrave, pp. 145-165., (10.1007/978-3-030-96180-0_7)
- Granell, C. et al. 2022. Emerging approaches for data-driven innovation in Europe. Technical Report.
- Lange, S. et al. 2022. Digital reset: redirecting technologies for the deep sustainability transformation. Technical Report.
- Dencik, L. and Sanchez-Monedero, J. 2022. Data Justice. Internet Policy Review 11, article number: 1. (10.14763/2022.1.1615)
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2022. The politics of deceptive borders: 'biomarkers of deceit' and the case of iBorderCtrl. Information, Communication and Society 25(3), pp. 413-430. (10.1080/1369118X.2020.1792530)
2021
- Dencik, L. and Stevens, S. 2021. Regimes of justification in the datafied workplace: the case of hiring. New Media and Society (10.1177/14614448211052893)
- Niklas, J. and Dencik, L. 2021. What rights matter? Examining the place of social rights in the EU's artificial intelligence policy debate. Internet Policy Review 10(3) (10.14763/2021.3.1579)
- Dencik, L. 2021. Towards data justice unionism? A labour perspective on AI governance. In: Verdegem, P. ed. AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives.. Westminster University Press, pp. 267-284., (10.16997/book55)
- Jansen, F., Sánchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2021. Biometric identity systems in law enforcement and the politics of (voice)recognition: the case of SiiP. Big Data and Society 8(2), pp. 1-13. (10.1177/20539517211063604)
- Warne, H., Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2021. Advancing civic participation in algorithmic decision-making: a guidebook for the public sector. Manual. Data Justice Lab.
- Dencik, L. 2021. Overvågning og digitale medier. In: Fugl Eskjær, M. and Mortensen, M. eds. Klassisk og moderne medieteori. Gyldendal
2020
- Dencik, L. 2020. Authenticity. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. Critical Perspectives on Citizen Media Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Dencik, L. 2020. Advancing data justice in public health and beyond. American Journal of Bioethics 20(10) (10.1080/15265161.2020.1806945)
- Redden, J., Dencik, L. and Warne, H. 2020. Datafied child welfare services: unpacking politics, economics and power. Policy Studies 41(5), pp. 507-526. (10.1080/01442872.2020.1724928)
- Andrejevic, M., Dencik, L. and Trere, E. 2020. From pre-emption to slowness: assessing the contrasting temporalities of data-driven predictive policing. New Media and Society 22(9), pp. 1528-1544. (10.1177/1461444820913565)
- Dencik, L. 2020. Mobilizing media studies in an age of datafication. Television and New Media 21(6), pp. 568-573. (10.1177/1527476420918848)
- Niklas, J. and Dencik, L. 2020. European artificial intelligence policy: mapping the institutional landscape. Working paper. datajusticeproject.net: DATAJUSTICE. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/07/WP_AI-Policy-in-Europe.pdf
- Fenton, N., Freedman, D., Schlosberg, J. and Dencik, L. 2020. The media manifesto. The Manifesto Series. Polity Press.
- Dencik, L. and Kaun, A. 2020. Introduction: datafication and the welfare state. Global Perspectives 1(1) (10.1525/gp.2020.12912)
- Lomborg, S., Dencik, L. and Moe, H. 2020. Methods for datafication, datafication of methods: introduction to the special issue. European Journal of Communication 35(3), pp. 203-212. (10.1177/0267323120922045)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
- Dencik, L. 2020. Il realismo della sorveglianza e le politiche dell’immaginazione: non c’è alternativa? [translated by Philip di Salvo]. Studies in Communication Sciences 19(2), pp. 173-188. (10.24434/j.scoms.2019.02.003)
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2020. Digital activism and the political culture of trade unionism. Information, Communication and Society 23(12), pp. 1728-1737. (10.1080/1369118X.2019.1631371)
- Sanchez-Monedero, J., Dencik, L. and Edwards, L. 2020. What does it mean to 'solve' the problem of discrimination in hiring? Social, technical and legal perspectives from the UK on automated hiring systems.. Presented at: ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAT*), Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 January 2020.
- Taylor, L. and Dencik, L. 2020. Constructing commercial data ethics. Technology and Regulation 2020, pp. 1-10. (10.26116/techreg.2020.001)
2019
- Dencik, L. 2019. Situating practices in datafication - from above and below. In: Stephansen, H. and Treré, E. eds. Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 243-255.
- Dencik, L., Redden, J., Hintz, A. and Warne, H. 2019. The 'golden view': data-driven governance in the scoring society. Internet Policy Review 8(2) (10.14763/2019.2.1413)
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2019. The datafication of the workplace. Working paper. Cardiff: datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019/05/Report-The-datafication-of-the-workplace.pdf
- Metcalfe, P. and Dencik, L. 2019. The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees. First Monday 24(4), article number: 1 April 2019. (10.5210/fm.v24i4.9934)
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Cable, J. 2019. Towards 'data justice': Bridging anti-surveillance and social justice activism.. In: Bigo, D., Isin, E. F. and Ruppert, E. eds. Data Politics: Worlds, Subjects, Rights. Routledge Studies in International Political Sociology Routledge, pp. 167-186.
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2019. Exploring data justice: conceptions, applications and directions. Information, Communication and Society 22(7), pp. 873-881.
2018
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Digital citizenship in a datafied society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2018. How to (partially) evaluate automated decision systems. Working paper. datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2018/12/WP-How-to-evaluate-automated-decision-systems.pdf
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Warne, H. 2018. Data scores as Governance: Investigating uses of citizen scoring in public services project report. Project Report. Cardiff University: Open Society Foundations.
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Dencik, L., Jansen, F. and Metcalfe, P. 2018. A conceptual framework for approaching social justice in an age of datafication. [Online]. datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/2018/08/30/a-conceptual-framework-for-approaching-social-justice-in-an-age-of-datafication/
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2018. Digital activism and the future of worker resistance. In: Meikle, G. ed. The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Routledge, pp. 125-133.
- Dencik, L. 2018. Surveillance realism and the politics of imagination: is there no alternative?. Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 2018(1), pp. 31-43.
2017
- Dencik, L. and Allan, S. 2017. In/visible conflicts: NGOs and the visual politics of humanitarian photography. Media, Culture and Society 39(8), pp. 1178-1193. (10.1177/0163443717726865)
- Allan, S. and Dencik, L. 2017. 'It's not a pretty picture': visualising the Baltimore crisis on social media. In: Steiner, L. and Waisbord, S. eds. News of Baltimore: Race Rage and the City. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 103-119.
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2017. Civil society in an age of surveillance: beyond techno-legal solutionism?. Civil Society Futures
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Carey, Z. 2017. Prediction, preemption and limits to dissent: social media and big data uses for policing protests in the UK. New Media & Society 20(4), pp. 1433-1450. (10.1177/1461444817697722)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Digital citizenship and surveillance society - introduction. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 731-739.
- Dencik, L. and Cable, J. 2017. The advent of surveillance realism: public opinion and activist responses to the Snowden leaks. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 763-781.
2016
- Hintz, A. and Dencik, L. 2016. Expanding state power in times of surveillance realism: How the UK got a 'world-leading' surveillance law. OpenDemocracy
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Cable, J. 2016. Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism. Big Data and Society 3(2), pp. 1-12. (10.1177/2053951716679678)
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Surveillance in a digital age. In: Franklin, B. and Eldridge II, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 579-588.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Hintz, A. and Dencik, L. 2016. The politics of surveillance policy: UK regulatory dynamics after Snowden. Internet Policy Review 5(3), pp. 1-16. (10.14763/2016.3.424)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Dencik, L. 2016. Predictive policing and the automated suppression of dissent. [Online]. London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2016/06/01/predictive-policing-and-the-automated-suppression-of-dissent/
2015
- Wilkin, P., Dencik, L. and Bognár, ?. 2015. Digital activism and Hungarian media reform: The case of Milla. European Journal of Communication 30(6), pp. 682-697. (10.1177/0267323115595528)
- Bakir, V., Cable, J., Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and McStay, A. 2015. Public feeling on privacy, security and surveillance: a report by DATA‐PSST and DCSS. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University and Bangor University. Available at: https://dcssproject.net/public-feeling/
- Dencik, L. and Leistert, O. eds. 2015. Critical perspectives on social media and protest: between control and emancipation. London: Rowman & Littlefield International.
- Dencik, L. 2015. Social media and the 'new authenticity' of protest. In: Dencik, L. and Leistert, O. eds. Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, pp. 203-218.
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Carey, Z. and Pandya, H. 2015. Managing 'threats': uses of social media for policing domestic extremism and disorder in the UK. Project Report. [Online]. Media Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations. Available at: http://www.dcssproject.net/files/2015/12/Managing-Threats-Project-Report.pdf
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2015. Worker resistance and media: challenging global corporate power in the 21st century. Global Crises and the Media. New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang. (10.3726/978-1-4539-1586-8)
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2015. The post-Snowden surveillance policy turmoil. [Online]. London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/06/17/the-post-snowden-surveillance-policy-turmoil/
- Dencik, L. 2015. The advent of surveillance realism. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Available at: http://www.jomec.co.uk/blog/the-advent-of-surveillance-realism-2/
2014
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2014. Behind the scenes at the start of the Snowden era - Citizenfour is crucial viewing. The Conversation 2014(24 Oct)
- Dencik, L. 2014. From breastfeeding to politics, Facebook steps up censorship. The Conversation 2014(17 Jan)
- Dencik, L. 2014. Why Facebook censorship matters. [Online]. Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Available at: http://www.jomec.co.uk/blog/why-facebook-censorship-matters/
2013
- Dencik, L. 2013. Alternative news sites and the complexities of 'space'. New Media & Society 15(8), pp. 1207-1233. (10.1177/1461444812471812)
- Dencik, L. 2013. What global citizens and whose global moral order? Defining the global at BBC World News. Global Media and Communication 9(2), pp. 116-131. (10.1177/1742766513479716)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
2011
- Dencik, L. 2011. Media and global civil society. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- 2011. Hungarian media laws in Europe: An assessment of the consistency of Hungary's media laws with European practices and norms. Project Report. [Online]. Budapest: Central European University. Available at: https://cmcs.ceu.hu/sites/default/files/field_attachment/news/node-27293/Hungarian_Media_Laws_in_Europe_0.pdf
Articles
- Dencik, L. and Sanchez-Monedero, J. 2022. Justicia de datos. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía y Sociedad Digital (10.53857/kynu7699)
- Dencik, L. and Sanchez-Monedero, J. 2022. Data Justice. Internet Policy Review 11, article number: 1. (10.14763/2022.1.1615)
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2022. The politics of deceptive borders: 'biomarkers of deceit' and the case of iBorderCtrl. Information, Communication and Society 25(3), pp. 413-430. (10.1080/1369118X.2020.1792530)
- Dencik, L. and Stevens, S. 2021. Regimes of justification in the datafied workplace: the case of hiring. New Media and Society (10.1177/14614448211052893)
- Niklas, J. and Dencik, L. 2021. What rights matter? Examining the place of social rights in the EU's artificial intelligence policy debate. Internet Policy Review 10(3) (10.14763/2021.3.1579)
- Jansen, F., Sánchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2021. Biometric identity systems in law enforcement and the politics of (voice)recognition: the case of SiiP. Big Data and Society 8(2), pp. 1-13. (10.1177/20539517211063604)
- Dencik, L. 2020. Advancing data justice in public health and beyond. American Journal of Bioethics 20(10) (10.1080/15265161.2020.1806945)
- Redden, J., Dencik, L. and Warne, H. 2020. Datafied child welfare services: unpacking politics, economics and power. Policy Studies 41(5), pp. 507-526. (10.1080/01442872.2020.1724928)
- Andrejevic, M., Dencik, L. and Trere, E. 2020. From pre-emption to slowness: assessing the contrasting temporalities of data-driven predictive policing. New Media and Society 22(9), pp. 1528-1544. (10.1177/1461444820913565)
- Dencik, L. 2020. Mobilizing media studies in an age of datafication. Television and New Media 21(6), pp. 568-573. (10.1177/1527476420918848)
- Dencik, L. and Kaun, A. 2020. Introduction: datafication and the welfare state. Global Perspectives 1(1) (10.1525/gp.2020.12912)
- Lomborg, S., Dencik, L. and Moe, H. 2020. Methods for datafication, datafication of methods: introduction to the special issue. European Journal of Communication 35(3), pp. 203-212. (10.1177/0267323120922045)
- Dencik, L. 2020. Il realismo della sorveglianza e le politiche dell’immaginazione: non c’è alternativa? [translated by Philip di Salvo]. Studies in Communication Sciences 19(2), pp. 173-188. (10.24434/j.scoms.2019.02.003)
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2020. Digital activism and the political culture of trade unionism. Information, Communication and Society 23(12), pp. 1728-1737. (10.1080/1369118X.2019.1631371)
- Taylor, L. and Dencik, L. 2020. Constructing commercial data ethics. Technology and Regulation 2020, pp. 1-10. (10.26116/techreg.2020.001)
- Dencik, L., Redden, J., Hintz, A. and Warne, H. 2019. The 'golden view': data-driven governance in the scoring society. Internet Policy Review 8(2) (10.14763/2019.2.1413)
- Metcalfe, P. and Dencik, L. 2019. The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees. First Monday 24(4), article number: 1 April 2019. (10.5210/fm.v24i4.9934)
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2019. Exploring data justice: conceptions, applications and directions. Information, Communication and Society 22(7), pp. 873-881.
- Dencik, L. 2018. Surveillance realism and the politics of imagination: is there no alternative?. Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 2018(1), pp. 31-43.
- Dencik, L. and Allan, S. 2017. In/visible conflicts: NGOs and the visual politics of humanitarian photography. Media, Culture and Society 39(8), pp. 1178-1193. (10.1177/0163443717726865)
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2017. Civil society in an age of surveillance: beyond techno-legal solutionism?. Civil Society Futures
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Carey, Z. 2017. Prediction, preemption and limits to dissent: social media and big data uses for policing protests in the UK. New Media & Society 20(4), pp. 1433-1450. (10.1177/1461444817697722)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Digital citizenship and surveillance society - introduction. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 731-739.
- Dencik, L. and Cable, J. 2017. The advent of surveillance realism: public opinion and activist responses to the Snowden leaks. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 763-781.
- Hintz, A. and Dencik, L. 2016. Expanding state power in times of surveillance realism: How the UK got a 'world-leading' surveillance law. OpenDemocracy
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Cable, J. 2016. Towards data justice? The ambiguity of anti-surveillance resistance in political activism. Big Data and Society 3(2), pp. 1-12. (10.1177/2053951716679678)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Hintz, A. and Dencik, L. 2016. The politics of surveillance policy: UK regulatory dynamics after Snowden. Internet Policy Review 5(3), pp. 1-16. (10.14763/2016.3.424)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Wilkin, P., Dencik, L. and Bognár, ?. 2015. Digital activism and Hungarian media reform: The case of Milla. European Journal of Communication 30(6), pp. 682-697. (10.1177/0267323115595528)
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2014. Behind the scenes at the start of the Snowden era - Citizenfour is crucial viewing. The Conversation 2014(24 Oct)
- Dencik, L. 2014. From breastfeeding to politics, Facebook steps up censorship. The Conversation 2014(17 Jan)
- Dencik, L. 2013. Alternative news sites and the complexities of 'space'. New Media & Society 15(8), pp. 1207-1233. (10.1177/1461444812471812)
- Dencik, L. 2013. What global citizens and whose global moral order? Defining the global at BBC World News. Global Media and Communication 9(2), pp. 116-131. (10.1177/1742766513479716)
Book sections
- Dencik, L. 2022. The datafied welfare state: a perspective from the UK. In: Hepp, A., Jarke, J. and Kramp, L. eds. New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies The Ambivalences of Data Power. Transforming Communications – Studies in Cross-Media Research Palgrave, pp. 145-165., (10.1007/978-3-030-96180-0_7)
- Dencik, L. 2021. Towards data justice unionism? A labour perspective on AI governance. In: Verdegem, P. ed. AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives.. Westminster University Press, pp. 267-284., (10.16997/book55)
- Dencik, L. 2021. Overvågning og digitale medier. In: Fugl Eskjær, M. and Mortensen, M. eds. Klassisk og moderne medieteori. Gyldendal
- Dencik, L. 2020. Authenticity. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. Critical Perspectives on Citizen Media Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Dencik, L. 2019. Situating practices in datafication - from above and below. In: Stephansen, H. and Treré, E. eds. Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 243-255.
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and Cable, J. 2019. Towards 'data justice': Bridging anti-surveillance and social justice activism.. In: Bigo, D., Isin, E. F. and Ruppert, E. eds. Data Politics: Worlds, Subjects, Rights. Routledge Studies in International Political Sociology Routledge, pp. 167-186.
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2018. Digital activism and the future of worker resistance. In: Meikle, G. ed. The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Routledge, pp. 125-133.
- Allan, S. and Dencik, L. 2017. 'It's not a pretty picture': visualising the Baltimore crisis on social media. In: Steiner, L. and Waisbord, S. eds. News of Baltimore: Race Rage and the City. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 103-119.
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Surveillance in a digital age. In: Franklin, B. and Eldridge II, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 579-588.
- Dencik, L. 2015. Social media and the 'new authenticity' of protest. In: Dencik, L. and Leistert, O. eds. Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, pp. 203-218.
Books
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2022. Data justice. Sage Publications.
- Fenton, N., Freedman, D., Schlosberg, J. and Dencik, L. 2020. The media manifesto. The Manifesto Series. Polity Press.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Digital citizenship in a datafied society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Dencik, L. and Leistert, O. eds. 2015. Critical perspectives on social media and protest: between control and emancipation. London: Rowman & Littlefield International.
- Dencik, L. and Wilkin, P. 2015. Worker resistance and media: challenging global corporate power in the 21st century. Global Crises and the Media. New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang. (10.3726/978-1-4539-1586-8)
- Dencik, L. 2011. Media and global civil society. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Conferences
- Sanchez-Monedero, J., Dencik, L. and Edwards, L. 2020. What does it mean to 'solve' the problem of discrimination in hiring? Social, technical and legal perspectives from the UK on automated hiring systems.. Presented at: ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAT*), Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 January 2020.
Monographs
- Brand, J., Dencik, L. and Murphy, S. 2023. The Datafied Workplace and Trade Unions in the UK. Working paper. Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales: Data Justice Lab. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2023/04/Unions-Report_final.pdf
- Brand, J. and Dencik, L. 2023. Advancing data justice in the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales: Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University. Available at: https://datajusticelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FutureGenerationsReport-Final-1.pdf
- Granell, C. et al. 2022. Emerging approaches for data-driven innovation in Europe. Technical Report.
- Lange, S. et al. 2022. Digital reset: redirecting technologies for the deep sustainability transformation. Technical Report.
- Warne, H., Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2021. Advancing civic participation in algorithmic decision-making: a guidebook for the public sector. Manual. Data Justice Lab.
- Niklas, J. and Dencik, L. 2020. European artificial intelligence policy: mapping the institutional landscape. Working paper. datajusticeproject.net: DATAJUSTICE. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/07/WP_AI-Policy-in-Europe.pdf
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2019. The datafication of the workplace. Working paper. Cardiff: datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019/05/Report-The-datafication-of-the-workplace.pdf
- Sanchez-Monedero, J. and Dencik, L. 2018. How to (partially) evaluate automated decision systems. Working paper. datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2018/12/WP-How-to-evaluate-automated-decision-systems.pdf
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Warne, H. 2018. Data scores as Governance: Investigating uses of citizen scoring in public services project report. Project Report. Cardiff University: Open Society Foundations.
- Bakir, V., Cable, J., Dencik, L., Hintz, A. and McStay, A. 2015. Public feeling on privacy, security and surveillance: a report by DATA‐PSST and DCSS. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University and Bangor University. Available at: https://dcssproject.net/public-feeling/
- Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Carey, Z. and Pandya, H. 2015. Managing 'threats': uses of social media for policing domestic extremism and disorder in the UK. Project Report. [Online]. Media Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations. Available at: http://www.dcssproject.net/files/2015/12/Managing-Threats-Project-Report.pdf
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
- 2011. Hungarian media laws in Europe: An assessment of the consistency of Hungary's media laws with European practices and norms. Project Report. [Online]. Budapest: Central European University. Available at: https://cmcs.ceu.hu/sites/default/files/field_attachment/news/node-27293/Hungarian_Media_Laws_in_Europe_0.pdf
Websites
- Dencik, L., Jansen, F. and Metcalfe, P. 2018. A conceptual framework for approaching social justice in an age of datafication. [Online]. datajusticeproject.net. Available at: https://datajusticeproject.net/2018/08/30/a-conceptual-framework-for-approaching-social-justice-in-an-age-of-datafication/
- Dencik, L. 2016. Predictive policing and the automated suppression of dissent. [Online]. London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2016/06/01/predictive-policing-and-the-automated-suppression-of-dissent/
- Dencik, L. and Hintz, A. 2015. The post-Snowden surveillance policy turmoil. [Online]. London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/06/17/the-post-snowden-surveillance-policy-turmoil/
- Dencik, L. 2015. The advent of surveillance realism. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Available at: http://www.jomec.co.uk/blog/the-advent-of-surveillance-realism-2/
- Dencik, L. 2014. Why Facebook censorship matters. [Online]. Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Available at: http://www.jomec.co.uk/blog/why-facebook-censorship-matters/
Research
She would be happy to supervise PhD students in any of these areas.
Research Interests
- Globalisation
- Social/Digital Media
- Activism and Resistance
- Politics of Data
- Political Economy
- Social Justice
Teaching
Current and recent modules:
- Social Media, Politics and Society (BA)
- Politics of Global Communication (MA)
- Digital Economy, Digital Labour (MA)
BA, MA, PhD supervision in areas of:
- digital/social media
- alternative media
- big data
- surveillance
- politics
- protest and activism
Biography
Education and qualifications:
- 2011: PhD (Media & Communications), Goldsmiths, University of London
- 2004: MA (International Relations), Warwick University
- 2003: BA (Politics & International Relations), Lancaster University
Career overview:
- 2020 - : Professor, Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- 2018 - 2020: Reader, Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- 2016 - 2018: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- 2012 - 2016: Lecturer, Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- 2011 - 2012: Research Fellow, Centre for Media, Data & Society, Central European University
- 2009 - 2011: Associate Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University and Bedfordshire University
- 2008 - 2011: Visiting Tutor, Goldsmiths, University of London
- 2004 - 2008: Producer/Director, Brook Lapping Productions
Professional memberships
- Member of ECREA
- Member of IAMCR
- Member of ICA
- Member of AoIR
