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

Exploring Ethical and Regulatory Challenges of AI Integration in European Union Newsrooms
Authors:
Bruno Lefèvre | ReSIC - Université Libre de Bruxelles
Aina Errando | imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Adelaida Afilipoaie | imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Heritiana ...

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

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

How to Understand Trust in News Recommender Systems
Authors: Hilde Van den Bulck, Aaron Hyzen, Michelle Kulig, Steve Paulussen, Manuel Puppis| Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) and Department of Communication Sciences and Media (DCM) at the ...

Algorithmic Gatekeepers: The Invisible Players Shaping Knowledge Dissemination
Authors: Raphaël Tuor, Denis Lalanne, Bruno Dumas and Juliette Parmentier | Human-IST Institute.Exploring the unprecedented challenges associated with the integration of epistemic gatekeepers in ...

Beyond the Algorithm: Measuring Diversity in Media Recommender Systems
*This post is based on the imec.icon TRENDIFY research project, funded by imec and Agentschap innoveren & ondernemen.
Authors: Heritiana Ranaivoson, Aina Errando & Adelaida Afilipoaie | ...

Epistemic Welfare: Dissecting a novel concept
This publication is a concept note stemming from Work Package 1 (WP1) led by the KU Leuven Center for IT and IP Law and synthesizes the efforts of all consortium partners aimed at developing ...

What is Epistemic Welfare? A Glossary of Key Terms
This document represents an initial output from the collaborative efforts of the FWO project on Understanding Algorithmic Gatekeepers and Promoting Epistemic Welfare (ALGEPI). Work package 1 ...