Astrid Mager

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

Astrid Mager is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Astrid Mager has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Communication and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Astrid Mager's work include Social Media and Politics (6 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers). Astrid Mager is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (6 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers). Astrid Mager collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Netherlands and Sweden. Astrid Mager's co-authors include Christian Katzenbach, Doris Allhutter, Fabian Fischer, Ulrike Felt, Maximilian Fochler, Richard Rogers, Ov Cristian Norocel, Katja Mayer, Barbara Prainsack and Payal Arora and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

Astrid Mager

23 papers receiving 617 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology: Multiple, contested, commodified
    2021 133 citations Astrid Mager, Christian Katzenbach New Media & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Astrid Mager Austria 12 367 144 141 90 64 24 699
John Cheney-Lippold United States 5 335 0.9× 106 0.7× 170 1.2× 95 1.1× 53 0.8× 8 672
Lisa Gitelman Switzerland 12 282 0.8× 127 0.9× 62 0.4× 88 1.0× 74 1.2× 34 803
Siva Vaidhyanathan United States 9 298 0.8× 173 1.2× 62 0.4× 120 1.3× 68 1.1× 23 773
Dag Elgesem Norway 14 415 1.1× 234 1.6× 75 0.5× 67 0.7× 39 0.6× 29 723
Meredith Broussard United States 9 266 0.7× 159 1.1× 226 1.6× 71 0.8× 22 0.3× 15 738
Evgeny Morozov United States 7 285 0.8× 229 1.6× 51 0.4× 69 0.8× 124 1.9× 16 648
Sanjay Sharma United Kingdom 9 292 0.8× 168 1.2× 55 0.4× 41 0.5× 59 0.9× 20 639
P. M. Krafft United States 13 237 0.6× 93 0.6× 226 1.6× 90 1.0× 32 0.5× 31 637
Antoinette Rouvroy Belgium 10 274 0.7× 45 0.3× 105 0.7× 63 0.7× 58 0.9× 40 590
Dominique Cardon France 16 506 1.4× 133 0.9× 61 0.4× 35 0.4× 68 1.1× 63 978

Countries citing papers authored by Astrid Mager

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Fields of papers citing papers by Astrid Mager

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Astrid Mager

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Astrid Mager. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Astrid Mager based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Astrid Mager. Astrid Mager is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mager, Astrid, et al.. (2025). Situated ethics: Ethical accountability of local perspectives in global AI ethics. Media Culture & Society. 47(5). 1028–1041. 4 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2023). European Search? How to counter-imagine and counteract hegemonic search with European search engine projects. Big Data & Society. 10(1). 6 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid, Ov Cristian Norocel, & Richard Rogers. (2023). Advancing search engine studies: The evolution of Google critique and intervention. Big Data & Society. 10(2). 9 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid & Christian Katzenbach. (2021). Future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology: Multiple, contested, commodified. New Media & Society. 23(2). 223–236. 133 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allhutter, Doris, et al.. (2020). Algorithmic Profiling of Job Seekers in Austria: How Austerity Politics Are Made Effective. Frontiers in Big Data. 3. 5–5. 69 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2019). The politics of big data. Big data, big brother?. Information Communication & Society. 22(10). 1523–1525. 4 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2015). GLOCAL SEARCH Search technology at the intersection of global capitalism and local socio-political cultures. 1 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2014). Defining Algorithmic Ideology: Using Ideology Critique to Scrutinize Corporate Search Engines. tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. 12(1). 28–39. 24 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid, et al.. (2013). Technoscientific promotion and biofuel policy: How the press and search engines stage the biofuel controversy. Media Culture & Society. 35(4). 454–471. 20 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2012). ALGORITHMIC IDEOLOGY. Information Communication & Society. 15(5). 769–787. 149 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2012). Media Archaeology. Approaches, Applications, and Implications. Information Communication & Society. 16(6). 1009–1012. 98 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2012). Search Engines Matter: From Educating Users Towards Engaging with Online Health Information Practices. Policy & Internet. 4(2). 1–21. 15 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2011). Algorithmic Ideology: How Capitalist Society Shapes Search Engines. SSRN Electronic Journal. 36 indexed citations
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Felt, Ulrike, et al.. (2009). Shaping the future e-patient: The citizen-patient in public discourse on e-health. Science & Technology Studies. 28(1). 4 indexed citations
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Mager, Astrid. (2009). Mediated health: sociotechnical practices of providing and using online health information. New Media & Society. 11(7). 1123–1142. 44 indexed citations
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Felt, Ulrike, et al.. (2008). Visions and Versions of Governing Biomedicine. Social Studies of Science. 38(2). 233–257. 20 indexed citations

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