Digital Alienation: From Everyday Internet to Artificial Intelligence 2
Digital Alienation: From Everyday Internet to Artificial Intelligence 2
Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES009 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC36 Alienation Theory and Research (host committee) Language: English
With the rapid development of social media and their global spread in recent decades, the possibilities of communication have changed. On the one hand, unfettered access to social media can promote social movements and the quest for freedom in authoritarian social systems; on the other hand, the same social media offer enemies of democracy a platform on which state conspiracies and anti-democratic actions can be planned. But social media also have an impact at the individual level. The algorithms of the leading Internet platforms adapt to the individual usage patterns of social media users and influence them through positive reinforcement. Interacting with others and presenting oneself on social media platforms such as tictoc and facebook can lead to an exaggerated self-image as well as self-loathing and self-hatred. This session serves as a forum to shed light on both collective and individual processes of alienation and reification that flourish through the technological advances of social media.
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