Paper workshop arranged by PREPARE and the Digital Transformations Centre of Excellence

In the last decade, societies across the world have been challenged by fragmenting public debate, fuelled by algorithmically steered social media and new threats of propaganda and misinformation. New datafied technologies such as generative AI and aggressive platform algorithms provide a whole new environment for political participation, and the dual tendencies of political apathy and polarization pose grave problems for a well-functioning democracy.

In this workshop participating researchers will present and discuss their works in progress related to the workshop theme. All texts will be distributed in advanced and be assigned two discussants.

Register by email to stina.bengtsson@sh.se
Deadline for registration: 4 March
Deadline paper submission: 18 March

The workshop is arranged as part of the ERC project "Prepare - Distributed and prepared. A new theory of citizens` public connection networks in the age of datafication" with support from the Digital Transformations Centre of Excellence at Södertörn University