Biography
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Publications
Books
Iliadis, A. (2025). Autonomous defense: How tech companies are crafting and cashing in on the future of warfare. Under contract.
Ruyer, R. (2023). Cybernetics and the origin of information (A. Berger-Soraruff, A. Iliadis, D. W. Smith, & A. Woodward, Trans.). Rowman & Littlefield. (Original work published ca. 1954) https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786614971/Cybernetics-and-the-Origin-of-Information
Iliadis, A. (2022). Semantic media: Mapping meaning on the internet. Polity. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=semantic-media-mapping-meaning-on-the-internet--9781509542574
Pedersen, I. & Iliadis, A. (Eds.). (2020). Embodied computing: Wearables, implantables, embeddables, ingestibles. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/embodied-computing
Recent Articles
Iliadis, A. (2025). Semantic network analysis of web infrastructure. In M. Bastos & L. Rossi (Eds.), The Handbook of Social and Communication Networks. Edward Elgar.
Iliadis, A., & Acker, A. (2024). The Palantir Files: Public interest archives for platform accountability. Information, Communication & Society, 27(13), 2343–2365. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2352624
Ford, H., & Iliadis, A. (2023). Wikidata as semantic infrastructure: Knowledge representation, data labor, and truth in a more-than-technical project. Social Media + Society, 9(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231195552
Iliadis, A., Lokot, T., & Siapera, E. (Eds.). (2023). Decolonising the internet: An introduction to the #AoIR2022 special issue. Information, Communication & Society, 26(12), 2369-2375. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2262554
Iliadis, A., & Ford, H. (2023). Fast facts: Platforms from personalization to centralization. Social Media + Society, 9(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231195546
Iliadis, A. (2023). Critical and cultural approaches to human-machine communication. In A. L. Guzman, R. McEwen & S. Jones (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of human-machine communication (pp. 117-126). Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-human%E2%80%93machine-communication/book273648
Iliadis, A., Acker, A., Stevens, W., & Kavakli, B. (2023). One schema to rule them all: How Schema.org models the world of search. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(2), 460-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24744
Iliadis, A., & Acker, A. (2022). The seer and the seen: Surveying Palantir’s surveillance platform. The Information Society, 38(5), 334-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2022.2100851
Iliadis, A., Liao, T., Pedersen, I., & Han, J. (2021). Learning about metadata and machines: Teaching students using a novel structured database activity. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 4, 152-165. https://doi.org/10.31446/JCP.2021.1.14
Liao, T., & Iliadis, A. (2021). A future so close: Mapping 10 years of promises and futures across the augmented reality development cycle. New Media & Society, 23(2), 258-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820924623
Iliadis, A. (2020). Computer guts and swallowed sensors: Ingestibles made palatable in an era of embodied computing. In I. Pedersen & A. Iliadis (Eds.), Embodied computing: Wearables, implantables, embeddables, ingestibles (pp. 1-20). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11564.003.0003
Bencherki, N., & Iliadis, A. (2019). The constitution of organization as informational individuation. Communication Theory, 31(3), 442-462. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtz018
Iliadis, A. (2019). The Tower of Babel problem: Making data make sense with Basic Formal Ontology. Online Information Review, 43(6), 1021-1045. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-07-2018-0210
Burns, R., Hawkins, B., Hoffmann, A. L., Iliadis, A., & Thatcher, J. (2018). Transdisciplinary approaches to critical data studies (pp. 657-660). Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501074
Iliadis, A. (2018). Cyberinfrastructure. In Barney Warf (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet (pp. 140-143). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n48
Iliadis, A. & Pedersen, I. (2018). The fabric of digital life: Uncovering sociotechnical tradeoffs in embodied computing through metadata. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 16(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-03-2018-0022
Iliadis, A. (2018). Algorithms, ontology, and social progress. Global Media and Communication, 14(2), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766518776688
Iliadis, A. & Russo, F. (2016). Critical data studies: An introduction. Big Data & Society, 3(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716674238
Iliadis, A. (2015) The right to nonparticipation for global digital citizenship. International Review of Information Ethics, 23, 20-34. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie228
Iliadis, A. (2023). Critical and cultural approaches to human-machine communication. In A. L. Guzman, R. McEwen & S. Jones (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of human-machine communication (pp. 117-126). Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-human%E2%80%93machine-communication/book273648
Iliadis, A., Acker, A., Stevens, W., & Kavakli, B. (2023). One schema to rule them all: How Schema.org models the world of search. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(2), 460-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24744
Iliadis, A., & Acker, A. (2022). The seer and the seen: Surveying Palantir’s surveillance platform. The Information Society, 38(5), 334-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2022.2100851
Iliadis, A., Liao, T., Pedersen, I., & Han, J. (2021). Learning about metadata and machines: Teaching students using a novel structured database activity. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 4, 152-165. https://doi.org/10.31446/JCP.2021.1.14
Liao, T., & Iliadis, A. (2021). A future so close: Mapping 10 years of promises and futures across the augmented reality development cycle. New Media & Society, 23(2), 258-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820924623
Iliadis, A. (2020). Computer guts and swallowed sensors: Ingestibles made palatable in an era of embodied computing. In I. Pedersen & A. Iliadis (Eds.), Embodied computing: Wearables, implantables, embeddables, ingestibles (pp. 1-20). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11564.003.0003
Bencherki, N., & Iliadis, A. (2019). The constitution of organization as informational individuation. Communication Theory, 31(3), 442-462. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtz018
Iliadis, A. (2019). The Tower of Babel problem: Making data make sense with Basic Formal Ontology. Online Information Review, 43(6), 1021-1045. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-07-2018-0210
Burns, R., Hawkins, B., Hoffmann, A. L., Iliadis, A., & Thatcher, J. (2018). Transdisciplinary approaches to critical data studies (pp. 657-660). Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501074
Iliadis, A. (2018). Cyberinfrastructure. In Barney Warf (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet (pp. 140-143). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n48
Iliadis, A. & Pedersen, I. (2018). The fabric of digital life: Uncovering sociotechnical tradeoffs in embodied computing through metadata. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 16(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-03-2018-0022
Iliadis, A. (2018). Algorithms, ontology, and social progress. Global Media and Communication, 14(2), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766518776688
Iliadis, A. & Russo, F. (2016). Critical data studies: An introduction. Big Data & Society, 3(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716674238
Iliadis, A. (2015) The right to nonparticipation for global digital citizenship. International Review of Information Ethics, 23, 20-34. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie228
Education
Degree | Field | School |
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PhD | Communication and Philosophy | Purdue University |
MA | Communication and Culture | Toronto Metropolitan University |
BA | Literature and Cultural Studies | Trent University |
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
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MSP 1021 | Introduction to Media Analysis | Undergraduate |
MSP 2011 | Introduction to Media Theory | Undergraduate |
MSP 3421 | Technology and Culture | Undergraduate |
MSP 4453 | Information Society | Undergraduate |
MMC 9749 | Social Media Analytics | Graduate |
MMC 9883 | Directed Readings/Comm | Graduate |