Biography
Daniel Trottier is an Associate Professor at the Department of Media and Communication of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His current research considers the use of digital media for the purposes of scrutiny, denunciation and shaming. Daniel is the PI of a five-year NWO-funded project on this topic, entitled “Digital Vigilantism: Mapping the terrain and assessing societal impacts”. He is also participating in a joint NSF/NWO project on mobile privacy, and has previously participated in two European Commission projects on security, privacy and digital media. Daniel has authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals on this and other topics, as well as Social Media as Surveillance with Ashgate in 2012, Identity Problems in the Facebook Era with Routledge in 2013, and Social Media, Politics and the State (co-edited with Christian Fuchs) with Routledge in 2014.
Daniel previously held appointments as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Social and Digital Media at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, as well as Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University Sweden, and the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Daniel completed a PhD in Sociology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. His doctoral research focused on the impact of digital media on interpersonal and institutional surveillance practices. Daniel obtained a BA in Psychology and Sociology at McGill University, and a MA in Sociology at Concordia University, both in Montreal, Canada.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- trottier@eshcc.eur.nl
- Room
- M8-02
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Jessica Vitak, Y (Yuting) Liao, Anouk Mols, Daniel Trottier, Michael Zimmer, Priya Kumar & Jason Pridmore (2023) - When Do Data Collection and Use Become a Matter of Concern?: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of U.S. and Dutch Privacy Attitudes - International Journal of Communication (online), 17 (2023), 471–498 - [link]
- Massimo Fattori, Gabriele Jacobs & Daniel Trottier (2022) - Pluralized Narratives of Security: Descriptive Insights from the Private Industry - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-16273-2_9 - [link]
- Daniel Trottier, Jay Lee & John D. Boy (2022) - Urban Data Analytics as Research Topic, Method and Ethical Concern - Digital Culture & Society, 7 (2), 311-328 - doi: 10.14361/dcs-2021-070215 - [link]
- Shangwei Wu & Daniel Trottier (2022) - Dating apps: A literature review. - Annals of the International Communication Association, 46 (2), 91-115 - doi: 10.1080/23808985.2022.2069046
- Qian Huang, Simone Driessen & Daniel Trottier (2022) - When Pop and Politics Collide: A Transcultural Perspective on Contested Practices in Pop Idol Fandoms in China and The West - International Journal of Communication, 16, 1-19 - [link]
- Daniel Trottier, Qian Huang & Rashid Gabdulhakov (2021) - Covidiots as global acceleration of local surveillance practices - Surveillance & Society, 19 (1), 109-113 - doi: 10.24908/ss.v19i1.14546 - [link]
- Shangwei Wu & Daniel Trottier (2021) - Constructing Sexual Fields: Chinese Gay Men’s Dating Practices Among Pluralized Dating Apps - Social Media and Society, 7 (2), 1-14 - doi: 10.1177/20563051211009014 - [link]
- Daniel Trottier, Rashid Gabdulhakov & Qian Huang (2021) - Introducing Vigilant Audiences - [link]
- Daniel Trottier (2020) - Confronting the digital mob: Press coverage of online justice seeking - European Journal of Communication, 35 (5), 597-612 - doi: 10.1177/0267323120928234 - [link]
- Rashid Gabdulhakov & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Between ‘filter bubbles’ and community leaders: An exploratory study of Facebook groups for Russophones/Russians in the Netherlands - Journal of Global Diaspora and Media, 1 (1), 89-105 - doi: 10.1386/gdm_00006_1 - [link]
- Y (Yuting) Liao, Anouk Mols, J Vitak, M Zimmer, Daniel Trottier, PC Kumar & Jason Pridmore (2020) - When Does Data Collection and UseBecome a Matter of Concern? A Cross Cultural Comparison of American and Dutch People’s Privacy Attitudes
- Qian Huang, Rashid Gabdulhakov & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Online scrutiny of people with nice cars: A comparative analysis of Chinese, Russian, and Anglo-American outrage - Global Media and China, 5 (3), 247-260 - doi: 10.1177/2059436420901818 - [link]
- G Terzis, D Kloza, E Kuzelewska & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy - [link]
- G Favarel-Garrigues, S Tanner & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Introducing digital vigilantism - Global crime, 21 (3-4), 189-195 - doi: 10.1080/17440572.2020.1750789 - [link]
- S Polak & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Introducing Online Vitriol
- Daniel Trottier, Rashid Gabdulhakov & Qian Huang (2020) - Introducing Vigilant Audiences - doi: 10.11647/obp.0200 - [link]
- G Terzis, D Kloza, E Kuzelewska & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Introduction: 'They All Hear "Ping" at the Same Time'
- Daniel Trottier, Qian Huang & Rashid Gabdulhakov (2020) - Mediated Visibility as Making Vitriol Meaningful - doi: 10.5117/9789462989481 - [link]
- R Vicenová & Daniel Trottier (2020) - “The First Combat Meme Brigade of the Slovak Internet”: Hybridization of civic engagement through digital media trolling - The Communication Review, 23 (2), 145-171 - doi: 10.1080/10714421.2020.1797435 - [link]
- G Favarel-Garrigues, S Tanner & Daniel Trottier (2020) - Global crime (Journal)
- Qian Huang, Rashid Gabdulhakov & Daniel Trottier (2019) - Online Scrutiny of People with ‘Nice Cars’: the Class Struggle in China and Beyond
- Daniel Trottier, Rashid Gabdulhakov & Qian Huang (2019) - Informing the Court of Public Opinion Through Mediated Scrutiny, Nationalism, and Denunciation
- Daniel Trottier (2015) - Invited lecture Digital Vigilantism: Visibility as a Weapon
- Daniel Trottier (2013) - Surveillance Studies Network 2013 book prize
Vigilant Audiences, Visibility and Reput
- Year Level
- MA, MA-1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4252
Master Class
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4500
Surveillance and Societies
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- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4602
Digital Citizens and Communities
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- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4605
Master Thesis
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM5000
Surveillance and the Media
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- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4650
Media and Business Transformations
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- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4101