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The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI
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In the decades between the 20th and 21st centuries, the transition took place from the networked society based on the Internet as an open technology, to the current platform society whose services are provided almost exclusively by very few large private companies.
We are living today in the dawn of data colonialism, a phenomenon far more pervasive than the simple issue of Big Tech's appropriation of personal data. In fact, despite the widespread metaphor of data as "new oil", the data collected and transformed into wealth by platforms are not natural resources, but are instead actively constructed and pre-structured by the platforms themselves according to opaque and non-transparent logic.
In the context of this discussion, we also focus on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), defining it and outlining its capabilities. The generative AI tools currently available are also privately owned and opaque in their operation, following instructions, rules and limits that are protected by industrial secrecy and which the community cannot know in detail.
Alongside unprecedented potential and opportunities that must be recognized, in the contemporary digital scenario there is therefore the risk of a progressive erosion of the public space for discussion and comparison, limited upstream by rules of the game decided on a table at which citizens and civil society cannot sit.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İletişim Teknolojisi ve Dijital Medya Çalışmaları
Bölüm
Diğer
Yazarlar
Erken Görünüm Tarihi
29 Nisan 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Nisan 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
28 Kasım 2024
Kabul Tarihi
29 Nisan 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2025 Sayı: 15
APA
Paccagnella, L. (2025). The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI. Etkileşim, 15, 342-351. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295
AMA
1.Paccagnella L. The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI. Etkileşim. 2025;(15):342-351. doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295
Chicago
Paccagnella, Luciano. 2025. “The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI”. Etkileşim, sy 15: 342-51. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295.
EndNote
Paccagnella L (01 Nisan 2025) The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI. Etkileşim 15 342–351.
IEEE
[1]L. Paccagnella, “The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI”, Etkileşim, sy 15, ss. 342–351, Nis. 2025, doi: 10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295.
ISNAD
Paccagnella, Luciano. “The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI”. Etkileşim. 15 (01 Nisan 2025): 342-351. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295.
JAMA
1.Paccagnella L. The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI. Etkileşim. 2025;:342–351.
MLA
Paccagnella, Luciano. “The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI”. Etkileşim, sy 15, Nisan 2025, ss. 342-51, doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295.
Vancouver
1.Luciano Paccagnella. The Erosion of Public Space in the Platform Society: From Data Colonialism to Generative AI. Etkileşim. 01 Nisan 2025;(15):342-51. doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2025.8.15.295


