Platformization, automation and acceleration in social media

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.612051
Keywords: platformization, content moderation, artificial intelligence, censorship, misinformation, online extremism

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  • Basque Government

Abstract

"Web 2.0" period raised several expectations about the potential of social media to renew and extend spaces for deliberation, discussion and political emancipation of citizenship. However, business concentration that followed the establishment of a few platforms as cultural intermediaries in the digital space has led to backlash from different fields. This essay presents the main problematics associated to social media for discussion and deliberation. In particular, three constituent factors are identified: platformization, automation and acceleration. It is argued that these factors present serious threats to the safeguard of democratic rights. The text also explores how the rising of generative artificial intelligence will reinforce and extend these threats.

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Published
01-09-2024
How to Cite
Tabarés Gutiérrez, R. (2024). Platformization, automation and acceleration in social media . Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (93), 137–152. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.612051
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MONOGRÁFICO sobre «Diversidad y deliberación en entornos digitales». Artículos: Oportunidades y riesgos de los nuevos contextos digitales