Overview
Background
Luke Munn is a Research Fellow in Digital Cultures & Societies at the University of Queensland. His wide-ranging work investigates the sociocultural impacts of digital cultures, from data infrastructures in Asia to platform labor and far-right radicalisation, and has been featured in highly regarded journals such as Cultural Politics, Big Data & Society, and New Media & Society as well as popular forums like the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. He has written five books: Unmaking the Algorithm (2018), Logic of Feeling (2020), Automation is a Myth (2022), Countering the Cloud (2022), and Technical Territories (2023 forthcoming). His work combines diverse digital methods with critical analysis that draws on media, race, and cultural studies.
Availability
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Works
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2025
Journal Article
Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture
Munn, Luke and Badri, Adarsh (2025). Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture. New Media and Society. doi: 10.1177/14614448251336429
2025
Other Outputs
Unmaking AI Design Cards
Munn, Luke and Khan, Awais Hameed (2025). Unmaking AI Design Cards. Carlton, VIC Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.
2024
Journal Article
Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models
Munn, Luke, Magee, Liam and Arora, Vanicka (2024). Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models. AI and Society, 39 (6) e11510, 2759-2773. doi: 10.1007/s00146-023-01756-4
2024
Conference Publication
Taming the algo: Grab bikers grappling with platform logics from below
Nguyen-Thu, Giang and Munn, Luke (2024). Taming the algo: Grab bikers grappling with platform logics from below. 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 30 October-2 November 2024. Champaign, IL, United States: University of Illinois Libraries. doi: 10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14016
2024
Journal Article
Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers
Marsden, Linda, Munn, Luke, Magee, Liam, Ferrinda, Matthew, St. Pierre, Justin and Third, Amanda (2024). Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers. Education and Information Technologies, 30 (4), 5301-5330. doi: 10.1007/s10639-024-13012-3
2024
Journal Article
Taming the algorithm: the platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers
Nguyen-Thu, Giang and Munn, Luke (2024). Taming the algorithm: the platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers. New Media and Society. doi: 10.1177/14614448241262417
2024
Journal Article
Expansive and Invasive: mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers
Munn, Luke (2024). Expansive and Invasive: mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers. Surveillance and Society, 22 (2), 104-119. doi: 10.24908/ss.v22i2.16179
2024
Other Outputs
The missing human in misinformation fixes
Munn, Luke (2024, 05 21). The missing human in misinformation fixes Scientific American
2024
Journal Article
Misinformation’s missing human
Munn, Luke (2024). Misinformation’s missing human. Media, Culture and Society, 46 (6), 1287-1298. doi: 10.1177/01634437241249164
2024
Journal Article
Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models
Munn, Luke and Henrickson, Leah (2024). Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models. Learning, Media and Technology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2024.2327024
2024
Journal Article
More Than Monitoring: Grappling With Bossware
Munn, Luke (2024). More Than Monitoring: Grappling With Bossware. International Journal of Communication, 18, 3128-3139.
2024
Journal Article
Book review: Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing by Naomi Baron
Munn, Luke (2024). Book review: Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing by Naomi Baron. Sub-Stance, 53 (3), 156-161. doi: 10.1353/sub.2024.a944513
2024
Conference Publication
Unmaking AI: engaging critically and creatively with generative AI
Munn, Luke, Khan, Awais Hameed, Hettiachchi, Danula, Sabie, Samar, Ghahremanlou, Lida, Saghir, Saarim, Lambourne, Nicholas and Magee, Liam (2024). Unmaking AI: engaging critically and creatively with generative AI. Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction OzCHI: Beyond being human, Brisbane/Meeanjin, QLD, Australia, 30 November - 4 December 2024.
2024
Journal Article
(Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze
Arora, Vanicka, Magee, Liam and Munn, Luke (2024). (Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze. Journal of Social Archaeology, 24 (2), 197-217. doi: 10.1177/14696053241237949
2023
Book Chapter
Digital labor, platforms, and AI
Munn, Luke (2023). Digital labor, platforms, and AI. Introduction to digital humanism. (pp. 557-569) edited by Hannes Werthner, Carlo Ghezzi, Jeff Kramer, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Bashar Nuseibeh, Erich Prem and Allison Stanger. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45304-5_35
2023
Journal Article
Fix my food: an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems
Fleming, Catharine A. K., Sharma, Deepika, Brunacci, Kaitlyn, Chandra, Shiva, Lala, Girish, Munn, Luke and Third, Amanda (2023). Fix my food: an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 (6), 2295-2309. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13228
2023
Journal Article
Toxic play: examining the issue of hate within gaming
Munn, Luke (2023). Toxic play: examining the issue of hate within gaming. First Monday, 28 (9). doi: 10.5210/fm.v28i9.12508
2023
Book
Technical territories: data, subjects, and spaces in infrastructural Asia
Munn, Luke (2023). Technical territories: data, subjects, and spaces in infrastructural Asia. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: University of Michigan Press. doi: 10.3998/mpub.12584902
2023
Journal Article
Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject
Magee, Liam, Arora, Vanicka and Munn, Luke (2023). Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject. Big Data and Society, 10 (2) 20539517231210273. doi: 10.1177/20539517231210273
2023
Journal Article
Tika technology an alternative blueprint for digitalisation
Munn, Luke (2023). Tika technology an alternative blueprint for digitalisation. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 17 (1), 153-168. doi: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.17.1.0153
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