Dr. M.P. (Michael) Stevenson
- Turfdraagsterpad 9
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Postbus 94550
1090 GN Amsterdam
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Bio
I am an Associate Professor of New Media & Digital Culture. My research interests include internet histories, digital culture and new media work with an emphasis on open source culture and alternative tech. I earned my PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2013 and previously worked at the University of Groningen from 2013-2017. In 2015 I was awarded a Veni grant for my project 'The web that was,' which takes the programming language Perl as a starting point for understanding the technology, culture and economics of the early web. I'm also a founding member of the Digital Methods Initiative, and creator of the short documentary Geeks In Cyberspace: A Story From The Early Web (2019).
In addition to my research on digital culture, I have written about media research methods and pedagogy, and co-authored the textbook Doing Media Research (Sage, 2025) with Misha Kavka. The book is aimed primarily at undergraduates, and seeks to provide a shared foundation for the many subdisciplines and methodological approaches within media studies. Please feel free to email me with any questions about the book or how to integrate it into your course or research seminar. -
Publications
- refereed (11)
- academic (3)
- professional (3)
- popular scientific (1)
- recognitions (1)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2025
- Stevenson, M. P., & Kavka, M. (in press). Doing Media Research. SAGE.
2024
- Stevenson, M. P., & Valente Pinto, C. (2024). Distinction and alternative tech: Exploring the techno-critical disposition. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241239579
2021
- Stevenson, M. (2021). Cultures of Peer Production. In M. O'Neil, C. Pentzold, & S. Toupin (Eds.), The Handbook of Peer Production (pp. 56-69). (Handbooks in Communication and Media). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119537151.ch5 [details]
2020
Stevenson, M., & Witschge, T. (2020). Methods we live by: Proceduralism, process, and pedagogy. NECSUS, 9(2), 117-138. https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15344 [details]
2019
- Stevenson, M., & Ben David, A. (2019). Network Analysis for Web History. In N. Brügger, & I. Milligan (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Web History (pp. 125-137). SAGE reference. [details]
- Stevenson, M., & Gehl, R. W. (2019). The Afterlife of Software. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A Networked Self and Birth, Life, Death (pp. 190-208). (A networked self). Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315202129-12 [details]
2018
- Stevenson, M. (2018). From Hypertext to Hype and Back Again: Exploring the Roots of Social Media in Early Web Culture. In J. Burgess, A. Marwick, & T. Poell (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Social Media (pp. 69-87). SAGE reference. https://doi.org/10.17613/M6VV5D, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473984066.n5 [details]
- Stevenson, M. (2018). Having it both ways: Larry Wall, Perl and the technology and culture of the early web. Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society , 2(3-4), 264-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2018.1495810 [details]
2016
- Stevenson, M. (2016). Rethinking the participatory web: A history of HotWired’s “new publishing paradigm,” 1994–1997. New Media & Society, 18(7), 1331-1346. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814555950
- Stevenson, M. (2016). Slashdot, open news and informated media: exploring the intersection of imagined futures and web publishing technology. In W. H. K. Chun, & A. W. Fisher (Eds.), New Media, Old Media: a History and Theory Reader (2nd ed., pp. 616-630). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.17613/M6R52F [details]
- Stevenson, M. (2016). The cybercultural moment and the new media field. New Media & Society, 18(7), 1088-1102. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816643789
2020
- Stevenson, M. P., & Helmond, A. (2020). The historical trajectories of algorithmic techniques: an interview with Bernhard Rieder. Internet Histories, 4(1), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2020.1723345
- Stevenson, M., & Helmond, A. (2020). Legacy systems: internet histories of the abandoned, discontinued and forgotten. Internet Histories, 4(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2020.1725854 [details]
2014
- Stevenson, M. P. (2014). Web-native culture and new media rupture-talk. Contemporanea: rivista di storia dell'800 e del'900, 14(3), 500-508.
2019
- Stevenson, M. (Author). (2019). Geeks in Cyberspace: A documentary about Linux nerds and the web that was. Web publication or website, Opensource.com. https://opensource.com/article/19/9/geeks-cyberspace [details]
2016
- Stevenson, M. P. (Author). (2016). Perl and the birth of the dynamic web. Web publication or website https://opensource.com/life/16/11/perl-and-birth-dynamic-web
2009
- Rogers, R. A., & Stevenson, M. P. (2009). Digital Methods: First Steps. EASST Review, 28(2), 4-6.
2019
- Stevenson, M. P. (Author). (2019). Geeks in Cyberspace. Digital or Visual Products https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deefSs5Qxz0
Others
- Helmond, A. (organiser) & Stevenson, M. P. (organiser) (19-6-2019 - 21-6-2019). The Web That Was: Archives, Traces, Reflections, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://thewebthatwas.net/
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Stevenson, M., & Witschge, T. (2020). Methods we live by: Proceduralism, process, and pedagogy. NECSUS, 9(2), 117-138.