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Fernando van der Vlist

Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. […] His research focuses on the study of digital media ecosystems, platforms and apps, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
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On this website, you’ll find my profile information (including author bios and my academic résumé), an archive of my scholarly papers and publications, my design projects and visualisations, a ‘thumbnail’ gallery, and (free-to-use) resources made for students, researchers, and lecturers in the area of internet-related research. My latest and pinned (i.e., highlighted) research and design projects are also listed separately below on this page (please hover over to display additional information). Nearly all of my scholarly publications are open access and freely available to everyone.

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Latest 8

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Locating and Theorizing Platform Power (Conference Panel) 2023-03-29 📄 🔍Conference Proceeding 🔓Open Access
Situating the Marketization of Data 2023-02-09 📄 📗Book Section 🔓Open Access
📌 The Platform as Ecosystem 2022-09-16 🎓 📗 🔍Thesis 🌍Public
The Evolution of Super Apps 2022-07 📝Web Report 🌍Public
Making the Car ‘Platform Ready’ 2022-06-26 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 API Governance 2022-05-07 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
Social Media-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (iTunes Store) App Ecosystems 2022-04-15 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
📌 The Platform as Ecosystem (Data Sets) 2022-04-15 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
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📌 The Platform as Ecosystem 2022-09-16 🎓 📗 🔍Thesis 🌍Public
📌 API Governance 2022-05-07 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Pandemic Platform Governance 2021-08-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 How Partners Mediate Platform Power 2021-06-14 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Social Media and Platform Historiography 2019-11-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Apps and Infrastructures – A Research Agenda 2019-10-21 📄 📗Issue Editorial 🔓Open Access
📌 Regramming the Platform 2019-10-21 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Multi-Situated App Studies 2019-06-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Facebook’s Evolution 2019-05-01 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Accounting for the Social 2016-06-01 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees Diagrams 2021-09 📊Infographics 🔓Open Access
📌 The Platform Society Diagrams 2018-11-02 📊Infographics
📌 Distributed Images 2012-06-11 🎓 📚Paperbacks │ 📜📜🎖🎖
📌 Hyperbody 2012-06 📙Paperback │ 🎖
📌 Amsterdam in stukken / Amsterdam in Documents, 2010–1275 2011-10 📙Paperback
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📌 The Platform as Ecosystem (Data Sets) 2022-04-15 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
📌 ASI Data Sets 2020-06 🗄Research Data 🌍Public
📌 ASI Tools 2020-06 🔧Research Tools 🌍Public
📌 Media Studies Reference Worksheets 2017-10-17 📚Reference Worksheets 🌍Public
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