[Commlist] New CEJC special issue published: The Construction of the Future of Platforms

Special Issue: The Construction of the Future of Platforms
Central European Journal of Communication
Vol. 17, No. 1(35) (2024)

Open Access @
https://journals.ptks.pl/cejc/issue/view/vol17-no1-35-spec-2024

Editor:
Agnieszka Stępińska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Guest Editor:
Nico Carpentier, Culture and Communication Research Centre, Charles 
University, Prague, Czech Republic

The special issue, originating from the Horizon 2020 EUMEPLAT project, 
reflects about the social construction of the future of platforms (and 
communication technologies). As there are numerous technological 
assemblages, fields in which they become activated and interact with, 
processes that take place within them, phenomena that are affiliated 
with them, and of future imaginings about all of these aspects, five 
thematic areas were selected-at the expense of many other options. For 
each of these thematic areas-algorithms and choice, surveillance and 
resistance, toxic debate and pluralistic values, destructive 
technologies and war, and gender in society-one research article has 
been produced and included in this special issue. The introduction of 
the special issue provides the paradigmatic, conceptual and 
methodological framework for all articles, while the special issue ends 
with the (edited) transcription of a roundtable debate, entitled 
“Future, Democracy and Platforms”.

Editorial

Introduction: The Construction of the Future of Platforms
Nico Carpentier, Miloš Hroch
2-16

Scientific Papers

Techno-pessimistic and techno-optimistic visions of surveillance and 
resistance in Europe
Vaia Doudaki, Panos Kompatsiaris, Jim Ingebretsen Carlson, Judith 
Clares-Gavilán , Dessislava Boshnakova
17-37

Futures of algorithms and choices Structuration of algorithmic 
imaginaries and digital platforms in Europe
Miloš Hroch, Panos Kompatsiaris, Volker Grassmuck , José Moreno, Lutz 
Peschke, Jan Jirák, Debashmita Poddar
38-60

Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies A 
Map of Four Anxiety and Two Hope Driven Scenarios
Nico Carpentier, Andrea Miconi
61-81

Transforming Toxic Debates towards European Futures Technological 
Disruption, Societal Fragmentation, and Enlightenment 2.0
Mehmet Ali Üzelgün, Iliana Giannouli, Ioanna Archontaki, Klára 
Odstrčilová, Barbara Thomass, Cláudia Álvares
82-102

The Future of Gender and Gender Equality Online A Scenario Analysis of 
Imaginaries on Gender and Social Media Platforms
Babette Lagrange, Sofie Van Bauwel, Daniel Biltereyst, Sara Cannizzaro, 
Justine Toms, Yasemin Agca, Ingrid Andersson, Emma Bjorner, Achilleas 
Karadimitriou, Klara Odstrcilova, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, 
Elisabetta Risi, Valentina Latronico
103-124

Events

Roundtable discussion: Perspectives on the Futures of Platforms and 
Democracy
Miloš Hroch, Marie Heřmanová, Václav Janoščík, Dita Malečková, Martin 
Tremčinský, Nico Carpentier
125-140
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