“The Illusion of Volition” is maintained and populated by Sarah T. Roberts, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies at UCLA. This site is primarily focused, as is its author, on discussions and dissections of notions of (digital) information in society, and its attendant sociocultural, economic and ethical implications. Please visit the "About" page for more information. The postings here are my own, and do not represent the positions or endorsements of any other organization or body. Welcome!

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(A Non-Exhaustive List of Interesting) Scholars Online

Aihwa Ong
Alex Halavais: A Thaumaturgical Compendium
Alex Hanna
Alexander Galloway
André Brock
Axel Bruns: produsage.org
Bad Hessian
Christian Fuchs: NetPoliticsBlog
Deen Freelon
Eszter Hargittai
Fred Turner
Geert Lovink
Greg Downey
Jack Linchuan Qiu
Jason Mazzone (and others)
Jennifer Light
Jesper Juul: The Ludologist
Jonathan Sterne
Kelly Gates
Kembrew McLeod
Laura Forlano
Mark Andrejevic
Mark Deuze
Mary L. Gray
Mél Hogan
Michelle Caswell
Mike Ananny
Mimi Thi Nguyen | Thread & Circuits
Miriam Sweeney
Molly Niesen
Molly Wright Steenson
Nick Dyer-Witheford
Nicole Cohen
Safiya U. Noble
Simon Lindgren
Siva Vaidhyanathan
T.L. Taylor
Tarleton Gillespie: Scrutiny
Ted Striphas: Differences and Repetitions
Tom Boellstorff
Yuezhi Zhao

Relevant Orgs and Online Destinations

AoIR: Association of Internet Researchers
Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) – University of Illinois
HASTAC | Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
Institute of Network Cultures
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Internet Research Ethics
School of Library and Information Studies – University of Wisconsin-Madison
SIGCIS – Special Interest Group, Computers, Information and Society
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Uncovering Information Labor

Appearing in brief on Twitter…

RT @johnastoehr: Many states, especially southern states, are outlawing teaching the history of slavery. This is what censorship is: when a… 1 hour ago
RT @johnastoehr: Censorship is now so broadly defined as to mean anyone disagreeing with me is censoring me editorialboard.com/p/censorship-i… 1 hour ago
RT @dwallacewells: “An analysis by Media Matters found that the NBC, ABC, and CBS morning shows devoted 212 minutes to Bezos’ little jaunt.… 2 hours ago

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