Cultures of quantification and quantification of culture: The effects of quantifying literary practices on users of digital platforms

by aina | Dec 19, 2025 | Publications

Author: Juliette Parmentier | Centre de Recherche en Information et Communication (ReSIC) and Namur Digital Institute (NADI) DOI: 10.4000/15boa Abstract Despite the extensive body of work on the pervasiveness of quantification in Western societies, very few studies...

Epistemic welfare and public service media’s algorithmic recommender systems: A theoretical framework, operationalization and relevance for governance

by aina | Nov 26, 2025 | Publications

Authors: Hilde Van den Bulck |Department of Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia (United States) Michelle Kulig | Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg (Switzerland) Aaron Hyzen |Department of Communication Studies,...

Epistemic welfare and algorithmic recommender systems: overcoming the epistemic crisis in the digitalized public sphere

by aina | Sep 9, 2025 | Publications

The paper proposes an interdisciplinary framework combining communication studies, welfare studies and social epistemology to move beyond the so-called epistemic crisis—illustrated through media organizations’ recommender systems—and outlines implications for media...

Exploring Ethical and Regulatory Challenges of AI Integration in European Union Newsrooms

by aina | Jul 30, 2025 | Publications

Authors: Bruno Lefèvre | ReSIC – Université Libre de Bruxelles Aina Errando | imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Adelaida Afilipoaie | imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Heritiana Ranaivoson | imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Louis Wiart | ReSIC...

Untouched minds in a tangled web: navigating mental autonomy and epistemic welfare amidst digital propaganda

by aina | Jul 25, 2025 | Publications

Author: Emine Ozge Yildirim-Vranckaert | Centre for IT & IP Law, Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Aaron Hyzen | Media, Inequality & Change Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,...

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation: more than a competition tool for the media sector?

by aina | May 8, 2025 | Publications

Author: Adelaida Afilipoaie| imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-8536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.15.30.2 Abstract Complaints regarding the distortive and unregulated competitive effects of foreign investors sponsored through foreign...