Governing the Digital Society Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2025
• Series: Digital Studies
• Subjects: Business and Management; Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors; Cultural and media studies; Data; Data science and analysis: general; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Ethics; Governance; JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society; Media studies; Platforms; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors; Politics and Government; COMPUTERS; Contemporary Society; Media studies; AUP Wetenschappelijk; Data analysis: general; Media studies: internet, digital media and society; Science and Technology; Data science and analysis: general; Governance, AI, Data, Ethics, Platforms; Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Amsterdam University Press; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Data Processing; Film, Media, and Communication
• DOI: 10.5117/9789048562718
• ISBN: 9789048562718; 9048562716; 9048571405; 9789048571406

Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarization, discrimination, and widening inequalities have prompted a critical and urgent debate: Can digital societies still be effectively governed? This book brings together insights from various disciplines to address the pressing question: “How can we develop and apply principles of (good) governance in digital societies that are organized democracies?” Governing the Digital Societypresents a range of governance approaches, focusing on online platforms, artificial intelligence, and the public values that underpin these technologies. The authors position themselves at the forefront of their disciplines, offering perspectives from law, critical data studies, urban studies, science and technology studies, computational linguistics, and the political economy of media. Expert interviews provide additional insights into ongoing efforts to tackle the challenges of governing digital societies. The book demonstrates that governance is not just a technical or legal process but a complex societal one, embedding norms, values, and morality into our institutions and daily lives.