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Employment (4)

Austrian Academy of Sciences : Vienna, AT

2012 to present | Senior Post-Doc (Institute of Technology Assessment)
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Astrid Mager

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society: Berlin, DE

2018-03-20 to 2018-05-31 | postdoctoral researchers
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Astrid Mager

Umea University : Umea, SE

2010 to 2012 | Post-Doc Fellow (HUMlab)
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Astrid Mager

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2004 to 2009 | contract researcher, lecturer (Department of Social Studies of Sciences )
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Astrid Mager

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2005 to 2010 | PhD (Department of Social Studies of Science and Technology )
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Astrid Mager

University of Jussieu: Paris, FR

2002 to 2003 | Erasmus Year
Education
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Astrid Mager

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

1996 to 2002 | Mag.rer.soc.oec (Sociology & Communication Sciences )
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Astrid Mager

Professional activities (4)

Young Academy : Vienna, AT

2018-05-01 to 2026-04-30
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Astrid Mager

Austrian Science Fund: Vienna, AT

2016-11-01 | Elise Richter Fellowship (Austrian Science Fund)
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Astrid Mager

SuMa-Ev. Association for open access to knowledge: Hannover, DE

2010-06-01 | SuMa Award from “SuMa-Ev. Association for open access to knowledge” awarding excellent projects dealing with future of digital knowledge (for PhD thesis)
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Astrid Mager

Dr. Maria Schaumayer Stiftung: Vienna, AT

2002-06-01 | Prize of Dr. Maria Schaumayer Stiftung for outstanding master’s and PhD theses (for master's thesis)
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Astrid Mager

Funding (4)

Socio-technical analysis of the so called “AMS-algorithm” of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)

2019-08 to 2020-10 | Grant
Austrian Chamber of Labor (Linz, AT)
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Astrid Mager

Algorithmic Imaginaries. Visions and values in the shaping of search engines

2016 to 2022 | Grant
Austrian Science Fund (Vienna, AT)
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V511-G29

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Astrid Mager

Glocal Search. Search technology at the intersection of global capitalism and local sociopolitical cultures

2012 to 2015 | Grant
Austrian National Bank (Vienna, AT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

14702

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Astrid Mager

Opening the Black Box of Search Engines

2010 to 2012 | Salary award
HUMlab (Umea, SE)
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Astrid Mager

Works (46)

Advancing search engine studies: The evolution of Google critique and intervention

Big Data & Society
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Astrid Mager; Ov Cristian Norocel; Richard Rogers
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European Search? How to counter-imagine and counteract hegemonic search with European search engine projects

Big Data & Society
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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David gegen Goliath? Wie europäische Suchmaschinen digitale Zukünfte neu denken und gestalten

OVE Informationstechnik
2022-08-01 | Interactive resource
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Astrid Mager

New paths towards open data?

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2022-08-01 | Report
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Astrid Mager

How fair is the AMS Algorithm?

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2021-03-01 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology: Multiple, contested, commodified

New Media & Society
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Astrid Mager; Christian Katzenbach
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AMS-Algorithmus könnte zu struktureller und sozialer Ungleichheit beitragen

Arbeit und Wirtschaft Blog
2020-12-14 | Interactive resource
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Astrid Mager

Der AMS-Algorithmus. Eine Soziotechnische Analyse des Arbeitsmarktchancen-Assistenz-Systems (AMAS)

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2020-11-01 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Deus ex machina?

Soziopolis
2020-10-20 | Book review
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Astrid Mager

Digitale Weichenstellungen in der Krise

Der Standard
2020-05-18 | Newspaper article
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Astrid Mager

Editorial der HerausgeberInnen

Momentum Quarterly - Zeitschrift für sozialen Fortschritt
2020-04-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2226-5538
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Astrid Mager

Algorithmic Profiling of Job Seekers in Austria: How Austerity Politics Are Made Effective

Frontiers in Big Data
2020-02-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2624-909X
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Astrid Mager
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AMS Algorithm on trial

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2020-02-01 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Myth #19: Search engines provide objective results

Matthias C Ketteman and Stephan Dreyer (Ed.) Busted. The truth about the 50 most common internet myths
2019-09-01 | Book chapter
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Astrid Mager

The politics of big data. Big data, big brother?

Information, Communication & Society
2019-08-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1369-118X
Part of ISSN: 1468-4462
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Astrid Mager
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Body data—data body: Tracing ambiguous trajectories of data bodies between empowerment and social control in the context of health

Momentum Quarterly - Zeitschrift für sozialen Fortschritt
2019-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2226-5538
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Astrid Mager
grade
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Editorial der HerausgeberInnen

Momentum Quarterly - Zeitschrift für sozialen Fortschritt
2019-03-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2226-5538
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Astrid Mager

Suchmaschinen in Europa – europäische Suchmaschinen?

Der Standard
2018-10-10 | Newspaper article
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Astrid Mager

Zur Definition der Ideologie des Algorithmus: kommerzielle Suchmaschinen im Licht der Ideologiekritik

Maske und Kothurn
2018-05-01 | Journal article
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Astrid Mager

Quantified Self

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2018-04-01 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Editorial der HerausgeberInnen

Momentum Quarterly - Zeitschrift für sozialen Fortschritt
2018-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2226-5538
Contributors: Leonhard Dobusch; Astrid Mager; Dennis Tammesberger; Stefanie Wöhl
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Astrid Mager via Crossref Metadata Search

Internet governance as joint effort: (Re)ordering search engines at the intersection of global and local cultures

New Media & Society
2018-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1461-4448
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Biofeedback. Von Körperdaten und Datenkörpern

FIN/2. Liquid Music 2017
2017-11-03 | Book chapter
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Astrid Mager

Editorial der HerausgeberInnen

Momentum Quarterly - Zeitschrift für sozialen Fortschritt
2017-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2226-5538
Contributors: Leonhard Dobusch; Astrid Mager; Dennis Tamesberger; Stefanie Wöhl
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Astrid Mager via Crossref Metadata Search

Search engine imaginary: Visions and values in the co-production of search technology and Europe

Social Studies of Science
2016-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-3127
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Algorithmic Imaginaries. Visions and Values in the Co-Production of Search Engine Politics and Europe

Proceedings of ISIS Summit Vienna 2015—The Information Society at the Crossroads
2015-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Glocal Search

Austrian Academy of Sciences
2015-06-29 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Europe against Google & Co?

2015-04-01 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Is small really beautiful? Big search and its alternatives

Society of the Query Reader. Reflections on Web Search
2014-08-08 | Book chapter
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Astrid Mager

Ideologie des Algorithmus Wie der neue Geist des Kapitalismus Suchmaschinen formt

Die Googleisierung der Informationssuche
2014-05-01 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783110338218
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Astrid Mager
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Defining Algorithmic Ideology: Using Ideology Critique to Scrutinize Corporate Search Engines

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
2014-02-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1726-670X
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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In search of ideology. Socio-cultural dimensions of Google and alternative search engines

ITA Manuscripts
2013-11-02 | Journal article
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Astrid Mager

Media Archaeology. Approaches, Applications, and Implications

Information, Communication & Society
2013-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1369-118X
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Astrid Mager via Crossref Metadata Search

Technoscientific promotion and biofuel policy: How the press and search engines stage the biofuel controversy

Media, Culture & Society
2013-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0163-4437
Contributors: Jenny Eklöf; Astrid Mager
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Health information politics: Reconsidering the democratic ideal of the Web as a source of medical knowledge

First Monday
2012-10-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1396-0466
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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ALGORITHMIC IDEOLOGY

Information, Communication & Society
2012-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1369-118X
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Astrid Mager via Crossref Metadata Search

Search Engines Matter: From Educating Users Towards Engaging with Online Health Information Practices

Policy & Internet
2012-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1944-2866
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Mediated Knowledge. Sociotechnical practices of communicating medical knowledge via the web and their epistemic implications

2010-04-01 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Astrid Mager

Mediated health: sociotechnical practices of providing and using online health information

New Media & Society
2009-10-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1461-4448
Contributors: Astrid Mager
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Shaping the future e-patient: The citizen-patient in public discourse on e-health

Science Studies
2009-01-01 | Journal article
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Astrid Mager

Virtuell Informiert? Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen fuer die Medizin im Internetzeitalter

University of Vienna
2008-07-05 | Report
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Astrid Mager

Visions and Versions of Governing Biomedicine

Social Studies of Science
2008-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-3127
Contributors: Ulrike Felt; Maximilian Fochler; Astrid Mager; Peter Winkler
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Wir sind nie modern gewesen

Der Standard
2008-03-01 | Newspaper article
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Astrid Mager

“Ewige Jugend” – “Menschliche Ersatzteile” – “Zuwenig Verkehrstote”: Organ transplantation in the context of Austrian media discourses

2002-06-10 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Astrid Mager

Glokale Perspektive auf Google & co

ITA Newsletter
Newsletter article
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Astrid Mager

Weizenbaum-Institut: Wird sein Name Programm sein?

Open TA blog
Interactive resource
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Astrid Mager

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Environmental science & policy. (1)