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Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
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Who shapes democracy in the age of AI?
Miklian and Hoelscher study Silicon Valley coders and the rise of a new digital divide built around information quality.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who shapes democracy in the age of AI?
Miklian and Hoelscher study Silicon Valley coders and the rise of a new digital divide built around information quality.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the ‘Slop economy,’ and democracy in the age of AI
Digital technologies are transforming democratic life in conflicting ways. This article bridges two perspectives to unpack these tensions. First, we present an original survey of software developer...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Who shapes democracy in the age of AI?
Miklian and Hoelscher study Silicon Valley coders and the rise of a new digital divide built around information quality.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who shapes democracy in the age of AI?
Miklian and Hoelscher study Silicon Valley coders and the rise of a new digital divide built around information quality.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Using large-scale survey data, Henry et al show how public attitudes towards AI-generated sexual images depend on consent, relationships and how images are used, showing strong condemnation but uneven awareness,
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Using large-scale survey data, Henry et al show how public attitudes towards AI-generated sexual images depend on consent, relationships and how images are used, showing strong condemnation but uneven awareness,
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Using large-scale survey data, Henry et al show how public attitudes towards AI-generated sexual images depend on consent, relationships and how images are used, showing strong condemnation but uneven awareness,
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Using large-scale survey data, Henry et al show how public attitudes towards AI-generated sexual images depend on consent, relationships and how images are used, showing strong condemnation but uneven awareness,
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Is social media really to blame?
Bailey et al. show how young adults’ primary news source shapes political and civic engagement in the US.
Is social media really to blame?
Bailey et al. show how young adults’ primary news source shapes political and civic engagement in the US.
Is social media really to blame? Young adults primary news source and their political and civic engagement
Social scientists find that many young adults get their news and political information from algorithmically curated platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Despite this important insight,...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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What does it mean to call yourself a “TikTok refugee”?
This article examines how US users perform resistance, tourism and colonial tropes after migrating to RedNote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
What does it mean to call yourself a “TikTok refugee”?
This article examines how US users perform resistance, tourism and colonial tropes after migrating to RedNote.
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Refugee, tourist, or colonizer: scrutinizing the dramaturgical performance of ‘TikTok refugee’ on RedNote
The U.S. government’s January 2025 TikTok ban drove many American users to the Chinese social media RedNote, energizing the ‘TikTok Refugee’ trend. Unlike traditional, affordance-driven online migr...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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What does it mean to call yourself a “TikTok refugee”?
This article examines how US users perform resistance, tourism and colonial tropes after migrating to RedNote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
What does it mean to call yourself a “TikTok refugee”?
This article examines how US users perform resistance, tourism and colonial tropes after migrating to RedNote.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Who benefits from remote internships?
Drawing on interviews with students, this article links boundary management to inequality in early-career opportunities.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who benefits from remote internships?
Drawing on interviews with students, this article links boundary management to inequality in early-career opportunities.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Who benefits from remote internships?
Drawing on interviews with students, this article links boundary management to inequality in early-career opportunities.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who benefits from remote internships?
Drawing on interviews with students, this article links boundary management to inequality in early-career opportunities.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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From reading and sharing to curating and disconnecting, this paper explains how safety structures political participation inside everyday messaging groups.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
From reading and sharing to curating and disconnecting, this paper explains how safety structures political participation inside everyday messaging groups.
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From connective to disconnective action: how safety shapes political participation repertoires in instant messaging groups
Safety is a fundamental yet increasingly precarious condition for political participation in an era of democratic backsliding and a hyper-visible digital environment. Often overlooked in political ...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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From reading and sharing to curating and disconnecting, this paper explains how safety structures political participation inside everyday messaging groups.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
From reading and sharing to curating and disconnecting, this paper explains how safety structures political participation inside everyday messaging groups.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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This article examines how the EU’s NIS2 and Cyber Resilience Act turn cybersecurity by design into a socio-technical practice shaping platform governance.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article examines how the EU’s NIS2 and Cyber Resilience Act turn cybersecurity by design into a socio-technical practice shaping platform governance.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Platform governance under NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act: cybersecurity by design as social practice
Platform governance is increasingly shaped by regulatory mandates that embed cybersecurity principles into the design and operation of digital services. This study examines how the European Union’s...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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This article examines how the EU’s NIS2 and Cyber Resilience Act turn cybersecurity by design into a socio-technical practice shaping platform governance.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article examines how the EU’s NIS2 and Cyber Resilience Act turn cybersecurity by design into a socio-technical practice shaping platform governance.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Franco and Stegeman investigate how content moderation works as labour management on erotic webcam platforms, governing behaviour, income, and risk while sidestepping worker accountability.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Franco and Stegeman investigate how content moderation works as labour management on erotic webcam platforms, governing behaviour, income, and risk while sidestepping worker accountability.
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Content moderation as worker management: digital labour on erotic webcam platforms
This paper examines how content moderation operates as de facto labour management on digital platforms. Through a case study of webcam platforms, where the service provided and monetized constitute...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Franco and Stegeman investigate how content moderation works as labour management on erotic webcam platforms, governing behaviour, income, and risk while sidestepping worker accountability.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Franco and Stegeman investigate how content moderation works as labour management on erotic webcam platforms, governing behaviour, income, and risk while sidestepping worker accountability.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
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Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
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January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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Thrilled to see @ktmac.bsky.social and my paper on robots.txt and infrastructural consent published here!!
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“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Infrastructural consent: robots.txt as a protocol for automated data extraction
For the past 30 years, the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP, or robots.txt) has functioned underneath the surface of the web as the most efficient and widely used mechanism stopping web crawlers inde...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Thrilled to see @ktmac.bsky.social and my paper on robots.txt and infrastructural consent published here!!
#OutNow Digital Collection in #iCS
Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
Migration and Digital Media
Explore the article collection: Migration and Digital Media. Published in Information, Communication & Society.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#OutNow Digital Collection in #iCS
Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
Migration and Digital Media brings together 18 articles examining how digital media shape migration, borders, intimacy, and inequality, and how migration shapes technologies.
Edited by Bartlett, Leurs, and Mena Montes.
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...
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Echo chambers look different when seen through folk theories. This comparative study shows that users in the US and China explain information homogeneity in ways that diverge sharply from academic, algorithm-focused accounts.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Echo chambers look different when seen through folk theories. This comparative study shows that users in the US and China explain information homogeneity in ways that diverge sharply from academic, algorithm-focused accounts.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Beyond algorithms: how folk theories of information homogeneity differ from academic theories across the contexts of the US and China
While previous studies have examined online homogenous information experiences as theorized by various concepts (e.g., echo chambers and filter bubbles), we know less about how the general public m...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Echo chambers look different when seen through folk theories. This comparative study shows that users in the US and China explain information homogeneity in ways that diverge sharply from academic, algorithm-focused accounts.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Echo chambers look different when seen through folk theories. This comparative study shows that users in the US and China explain information homogeneity in ways that diverge sharply from academic, algorithm-focused accounts.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Do AI-written birthday messages harm friendships?
Experiments show they usually feel less sincere, but personalisation and close ties make a real difference. When context and effort are visible, AI messages land better.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Do AI-written birthday messages harm friendships?
Experiments show they usually feel less sincere, but personalisation and close ties make a real difference. When context and effort are visible, AI messages land better.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Personalization and social closeness buffer negative reactions to AI-generated birthday wishes on social media: evidence from two experiments
Generative AI is reshaping how friendships are maintained, yet the implications of this technology for such social bonds in online contexts remain unclear. We conducted two 2 × 2 factorial between-...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Do AI-written birthday messages harm friendships?
Experiments show they usually feel less sincere, but personalisation and close ties make a real difference. When context and effort are visible, AI messages land better.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Do AI-written birthday messages harm friendships?
Experiments show they usually feel less sincere, but personalisation and close ties make a real difference. When context and effort are visible, AI messages land better.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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What happens to Benjamin’s “aura” in the age of generative AI?
This article argues that GenAI intensifies distantiation and automates remix at scale, deepening the precariousness of creative labour under platform capitalism.
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What happens to Benjamin’s “aura” in the age of generative AI?
This article argues that GenAI intensifies distantiation and automates remix at scale, deepening the precariousness of creative labour under platform capitalism.
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Automating remix: generative AI, creative labor, and the decay of aura
The widespread adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technology (GenAI) is prompting researchers to re-evaluate the relationship between technology and human creativity. While the pervadin...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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What happens to Benjamin’s “aura” in the age of generative AI?
This article argues that GenAI intensifies distantiation and automates remix at scale, deepening the precariousness of creative labour under platform capitalism.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
What happens to Benjamin’s “aura” in the age of generative AI?
This article argues that GenAI intensifies distantiation and automates remix at scale, deepening the precariousness of creative labour under platform capitalism.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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What do teens actually do with social media? Drawing on ethnographic work with 1teens in Barcelona, this article maps everyday practices across 13 platforms and shows how they use them strategically rather than as a single “online world.”
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What do teens actually do with social media? Drawing on ethnographic work with 1teens in Barcelona, this article maps everyday practices across 13 platforms and shows how they use them strategically rather than as a single “online world.”
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What are teens doing with social media? Mapping everyday practices and uses
Over the past decades, social media has reshaped how individuals, especially younger generations, communicate, express identity, and engage with the world around them. In this context, our research...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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What do teens actually do with social media? Drawing on ethnographic work with 1teens in Barcelona, this article maps everyday practices across 13 platforms and shows how they use them strategically rather than as a single “online world.”
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
What do teens actually do with social media? Drawing on ethnographic work with 1teens in Barcelona, this article maps everyday practices across 13 platforms and shows how they use them strategically rather than as a single “online world.”
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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This review maps what we know about social media manipulation across 83 studies and shows how the field still overemphasises elections, state actors, and Twitter/X, while missing cross-platform and multimodal tactics.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This review maps what we know about social media manipulation across 83 studies and shows how the field still overemphasises elections, state actors, and Twitter/X, while missing cross-platform and multimodal tactics.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Just the tip of the iceberg? State of the art of coordinated social media manipulation research
Social media environments are increasingly exploited by manipulative actors through coordinated social media manipulation (CSMM) campaigns: the intentional and deceptive orchestration of social med...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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This review maps what we know about social media manipulation across 83 studies and shows how the field still overemphasises elections, state actors, and Twitter/X, while missing cross-platform and multimodal tactics.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This review maps what we know about social media manipulation across 83 studies and shows how the field still overemphasises elections, state actors, and Twitter/X, while missing cross-platform and multimodal tactics.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Wang, Zhang and Liang argue that privacy is central to whether people see AI public services as legitimate. Their vignette study shows that AI is often judged as riskier without additional privacy benefits, while human-AI collaboration can ease concerns.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Wang, Zhang and Liang argue that privacy is central to whether people see AI public services as legitimate. Their vignette study shows that AI is often judged as riskier without additional privacy benefits, while human-AI collaboration can ease concerns.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Wang, Zhang and Liang argue that privacy is central to whether people see AI public services as legitimate. Their vignette study shows that AI is often judged as riskier without additional privacy benefits, while human-AI collaboration can ease concerns.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Wang, Zhang and Liang argue that privacy is central to whether people see AI public services as legitimate. Their vignette study shows that AI is often judged as riskier without additional privacy benefits, while human-AI collaboration can ease concerns.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Infrastructural consent: robots.txt as a protocol for automated data extraction
For the past 30 years, the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP, or robots.txt) has functioned underneath the surface of the web as the most efficient and widely used mechanism stopping web crawlers inde...
doi.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
#OutNow in #iCS
“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
“Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Our (@yidon.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social) new paper about "TikTok refuge" is out on @icsjournal.bsky.social. We argued that American TikTokers' self-labeling as refugees is a stylish roleplay, trivializing refugee exigency and diluting refugee discourses. doi.org/10.1080/1369...
January 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Our (@yidon.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social) new paper about "TikTok refuge" is out on @icsjournal.bsky.social. We argued that American TikTokers' self-labeling as refugees is a stylish roleplay, trivializing refugee exigency and diluting refugee discourses. doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Baram and Lin show how false-flag cyber operations manipulate identity and intent, creating uncertainty that can destabilise crisis management and heighten escalation risks between states.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Baram and Lin show how false-flag cyber operations manipulate identity and intent, creating uncertainty that can destabilise crisis management and heighten escalation risks between states.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Navigating uncertainty in cyber conflict: incorporating false flags in the attribution process of offensive cyber operations
This paper examines false flag operations in cyberspace and their implications for attribution. While these operations are key to understanding cyber conflict, they are mostly understudied outside ...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Baram and Lin show how false-flag cyber operations manipulate identity and intent, creating uncertainty that can destabilise crisis management and heighten escalation risks between states.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Baram and Lin show how false-flag cyber operations manipulate identity and intent, creating uncertainty that can destabilise crisis management and heighten escalation risks between states.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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This article argues that generative AI risk perception depends on digital agency as much as fear. Survey evidence shows tech-savvy users may underestimate GenAI’s societal risks, while less familiar users may overestimate them.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article argues that generative AI risk perception depends on digital agency as much as fear. Survey evidence shows tech-savvy users may underestimate GenAI’s societal risks, while less familiar users may overestimate them.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Between AI fear and digital agency: technological familiarity and risk perception of generative AI’s epistemic power
This study examines public perceptions of the risks associated with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), focusing on its potential ‘epistemic power’ – i.e., its capacity to redefine knowledg...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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This article argues that generative AI risk perception depends on digital agency as much as fear. Survey evidence shows tech-savvy users may underestimate GenAI’s societal risks, while less familiar users may overestimate them.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article argues that generative AI risk perception depends on digital agency as much as fear. Survey evidence shows tech-savvy users may underestimate GenAI’s societal risks, while less familiar users may overestimate them.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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This article explores how people domesticate genAI chatbots in daily life. Interviews with women Replika users show how chores, shopping and casual talk sit alongside imaginaries of consciousness and emotional attachment.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article explores how people domesticate genAI chatbots in daily life. Interviews with women Replika users show how chores, shopping and casual talk sit alongside imaginaries of consciousness and emotional attachment.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Wild dreams and small routines: AI imaginaries and mundanity in the everyday experiences of genAI Replika bot users
With the rise of generative AI (genAI) models such as ChatGPT, communicative interactions between humans and machines are everyday experiences for large masses of people. While there is a growing b...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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This article explores how people domesticate genAI chatbots in daily life. Interviews with women Replika users show how chores, shopping and casual talk sit alongside imaginaries of consciousness and emotional attachment.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article explores how people domesticate genAI chatbots in daily life. Interviews with women Replika users show how chores, shopping and casual talk sit alongside imaginaries of consciousness and emotional attachment.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Who profits from platform opacity?
Drawing on ethnographic research in Turkey, this article examines social media experts who monetise platform know-how, push self-branding across professions, and help platforms rule.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who profits from platform opacity?
Drawing on ethnographic research in Turkey, this article examines social media experts who monetise platform know-how, push self-branding across professions, and help platforms rule.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Who profits from platform opacity?
Drawing on ethnographic research in Turkey, this article examines social media experts who monetise platform know-how, push self-branding across professions, and help platforms rule.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who profits from platform opacity?
Drawing on ethnographic research in Turkey, this article examines social media experts who monetise platform know-how, push self-branding across professions, and help platforms rule.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Who owns citizen science data? This article follows FAIR principles in practice and shows how they spark tensions around sharing, authority and participant oversight within open science infrastructures.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who owns citizen science data? This article follows FAIR principles in practice and shows how they spark tensions around sharing, authority and participant oversight within open science infrastructures.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
FAIR data, fair data: data management principles and data ownership in citizen science
This study examines how citizen science projects negotiate the meanings and practices of FAIR data principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) within information infr...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Who owns citizen science data? This article follows FAIR principles in practice and shows how they spark tensions around sharing, authority and participant oversight within open science infrastructures.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who owns citizen science data? This article follows FAIR principles in practice and shows how they spark tensions around sharing, authority and participant oversight within open science infrastructures.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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This article questions the idea that online scientific discussions compete for limited attention. Using Weibo data on GMOs, climate change and AI, it finds complex subtopic relations and little evidence of a zero-sum game.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article questions the idea that online scientific discussions compete for limited attention. Using Weibo data on GMOs, climate change and AI, it finds complex subtopic relations and little evidence of a zero-sum game.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
‘Limited container’ or ‘Rubik’s cube’: re-evaluating attention relationships among sub-topics in online scientific discussions on social media
It is commonly believed that public online discussions among different topics compete in a ‘zero-sum game’, with public attention seen as a limited ‘container’. This study analyses public discussio...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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This article questions the idea that online scientific discussions compete for limited attention. Using Weibo data on GMOs, climate change and AI, it finds complex subtopic relations and little evidence of a zero-sum game.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
This article questions the idea that online scientific discussions compete for limited attention. Using Weibo data on GMOs, climate change and AI, it finds complex subtopic relations and little evidence of a zero-sum game.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...