Anna Turner is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her work focuses on understanding the impact of new technologies on society from an interdisciplinary perspective. Her research centers on public interest in surveillance, privacy, and digital disconnect, while critically exploring the factors contributing to varying levels of digital engagement. She also addresses methodological challenges with Big Data, such as studying social problems using new data sources (e.g., Google searches), harmonizing internet data with survey research, and employing a mixed-methods approach. She is the Advisory Expert for the International Social Survey Programme 2024 module on Digital Societies (ISSP); Vice-President of the Digital Sociology Group at the Polish Sociological Association (PTS) and Regional Editor for the Polish editions of ISA Global Dialogue. She collaborates with scholars from the University of Amsterdam, Gothenburg, and Minnesota. She was also involved in the POLPAN project, the Data Harmonization project, and served as Principal Investigator for her own research grant.
Research interests: digital sociology, digital society, surveillance, privacy, digital disconnect, comparative analysis
Contact: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-7462
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Selected publications:
Segijn, C. M., Strycharz, J., Turner, A., & Opree, S. J. 2024. Conversation-Related Advertising and Electronic Eavesdropping: Mapping Perceptions of Phones Listening for Advertising in the United States, the Netherlands, and Poland. Social Media + Society, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241288448
Turner, Anna. 2024 ChatGPT, BARD, ERNIE – czy algorytmy sztucznej inteligencji to autorytety cyfrowego jutra? (ChatGPT, BARD, ERNIE – are the algorithms of artificial intelligence the authorities of the digital future?) w: Sztuczna inteligencja. Szanse i zagrożenia, Red. Artur Wysocki. Wyd. UKSW.
Turner, Anna and Zieliński, Marcin W. 2023. Public Interest in Surveillance, Privacy and Data Protection. Google Big Data in Comparative Sociology. SSRN. Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4520223
Turner, A., Marcin W. Zieliński, Kazimierz M. Słomczyński. 2018. Google Big Data: Characteristics and Use in Social Sciences. Studia Socjologiczne (Sociological Studies). https://doi.org/10.24425/122482