About
Mathias Klang is an Associate Professor in Digital Technologies and Emerging Media and Associate Chair at Fordham University's Department of Communication and Media Studies in the Bronx, New York. Originally from Sweden, he holds an LLM from the University of Strathclyde and a PhD from the University of Göteborg.
His research centers on the social impacts of technology, particularly how digital tools reshape civil rights including speech, privacy, and identity. Klang's work spans two primary domains: digital activism within broader civil disobedience frameworks, and the ways personal devices monitor and control behavior. His scholarship bridges media studies, informatics, information systems, and law, examining digital rights through both theoretical and practical lenses.
Klang's recent publications reveal a consistent focus on resistance to surveillance technologies, the ethics of online vigilantism, and the domestication of activist practices within digital platforms. His work demonstrates how everyday digital interactions constitute forms of resistance against technological control, particularly regarding facial recognition and workplace monitoring systems. He critically examines the tension between technological convenience and privacy erosion in contemporary digital culture.
As an educator, Klang teaches courses including Digital Resistance: Political Activism and Protest Online, Privacy and Surveillance, Digital Property: Rights, Policies, and Practice, and Social Media & Civic Engagement. His public engagement extends through platforms like Bluesky where he actively discusses digital rights issues, surveillance concerns, and ethical technology use, reaching a substantial following interested in these critical contemporary topics.
