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Digital Media and Philosophy

Digital Media and Philosophy is a research topic within Computer Science Applications. Science Explorer counts 3.9k research works in it since 1957. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of digital technology, education, and generational divides. It delves into topics such as attention economy, cognitive modes, youth engagement through social media platforms like TikTok, and the influence of algorithms on educational content. The focus is on understanding technological literacy and its impact on pedagogy in the digital age.

  • Digital Education
  • Technological Literacy
  • Attention Economy
  • Generational Divide
  • Cognitive Modes
  • Social Media
  • Youth Engagement
  • Educational Technology
  • Digital Pedagogy
  • Algorithmic Influence
Research works
3.9k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
406
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+65%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Digital Media and Philosophy

Which countries lead Digital Media and Philosophy research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (327 and 161 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 327 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 161 works
  3. 3 China 128 works
  4. 4 Germany 88 works
  5. 5 Italy 87 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 86 works
  7. 7 Brazil 63 works
  8. 8 France 61 works
  9. 9 India 56 works
  10. 10 Spain 53 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 29.5%United Kingdom: 14.5%China: 11.5%Germany: 7.9%6 others listed: 36.5%29%largest
United States327 · 29.5%United Kingdom161 · 14.5%China128 · 11.5%Germany88 · 7.9%6 others listed406 · 36.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Digital Media and Philosophy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Digital Media and Philosophy research, followed by University College London and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 11 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 10 works
  4. 4 CHDI FoundationUnited States 9 works
  5. 5 Artistic Realization TechnologiesUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 University of TurinItaly 7 works
  7. 7 University of BolognaItaly 7 works
  8. 8 The University of SydneyAustralia 7 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 6 works
  10. 10 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Digital Media and Philosophy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Media and Philosophy include Bruno Latour.

  1. 1 Bruno Latour France 129k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Digital Media and Philosophy?

The most cited paper in Digital Media and Philosophy is "Thinking critically about and researching algorithms" (Rob Kitchin, 2016), with 1,169 citations. Next come "The social power of algorithms" (915) and "Algorithmic culture" (569).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thinking critically about and researching algorithms Rob Kitchin · Information Communication & Society 25 Feb 2016 1,169
2 The social power of algorithms David Beer · Information Communication & Society Open access 8 Aug 2016 915
3 Algorithmic culture Ted Striphas · European Journal of Cultural Studies Open access 16 Jun 2015 569
4 The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena Jean Baudrillard, J Benedict · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1994 555
5 Algorithms and their others: Algorithmic culture in context Paul Dourish · Big Data & Society Open access 24 Aug 2016 488
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Where is Digital Media and Philosophy research done?

The largest centres of Digital Media and Philosophy research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Paris (France) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 53 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 29 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 29 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 24 works
  5. 5 IstanbulTürkiye 18 works
  6. 6 Los AngelesUnited States 17 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 16 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 16 works
  9. 9 BudapestHungary 15 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Digital Media and Philosophy?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University College LondonUnited Kingdom 10.024.2%4.2×11 +81.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Digital Media and Philosophy, country by country

Is Digital Media and Philosophy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Media and Philosophy.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Digital Media and Philosophy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Digital Media and Philosophy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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