According to the Value-Neutrality Thesis (VNT), technology is morally and politically neutral,
neither good nor bad. A knife may be put to bad use to murder an innocent person or to …

The internet provides us with a multitude of ways of interacting with one another. In
discussions about how technological innovations impact and shape our interpersonal …

Despite its long history of investigating sociality, phenomenology has, to date, said little
about online sociality. The phenomenological tradition typically claims that empathy is the …

As screen-based virtual worlds have gradually begun facilitating more and more of our
social interactions, some researchers have argued that the virtual worlds of these …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in digital health, as automated systems are being
adopted throughout the health care system. Because they are still flexible, emerging …

In this paper, I analyse a specific kind of loneliness that can be experienced in the
networked life, namely “extended loneliness”. I claim that loneliness—conceived of as …

The rapid advancement of wireless networking technology has fundamentally altered how
people interact in public spaces, leading to concerns about its impact on social interactions …

Introduction: The paper's main aim is to analyze the theme of psychotherapy which, during
the months of lockdown, has undergone a considerable transformation as it moved, in many …

Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) people are experiencing
increasingly varied visibility on social media due to ongoing digitalization. In this paper, I …

Explicitly dismantling or decommissioning existing sociotechnical systems seems to be
unimaginable both within dominant public imaginaries and in academic thought …