This article contains reflections on the further structural transformation of the public sphere,
building on the author's widely-discussed social-historical study, The Structural …

As socialities evolve in the digital world, the appositeness of various established concepts in
fields like hospitality research can be challenged. This paper explores one of such concept …

We report the first outbreak of a new type of mass sociogenic illness that in contrast to all
previously reported episodes is spread solely via social media. Accordingly, we suggest the …

This article explores the question of how to understand social media following the
Habermasian theory of the structural transformation of the public sphere. We argue for a …

We live in a time of great uncertainty about the future. Those heady days of the late twentieth
century, when the end of the Cold War seemed to be ushering in a new and more optimistic …

In this comprehensive study, insights from 1389 scholars across the US, UK, Germany, and
Switzerland shed light on the multifaceted perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI). AI's …

Self-optimisation has arguably become a central socio-cultural trend in contemporary
Western societies. The imperative to optimise our ways of thinking, feeling and interacting …

The impact of large digital corporations on our freedom is often lamented but rarely
investigated systematically. This paper aims to fill this desideratum by focusing on the power …

This paper looks at public and business attitudes towards artificial intelligence, examining
the main factors that influence them. The conceptual model is based on the technology …

With the rise of digital capitalism, a novel occupational segment has emerged: so-called
'tech workers'. Members of this grouping render and encode the digital technologies that …