Volume 59 (2026), Issue 3

To provide a comprehensive description of the news ecosystem’s platformization, this article examines how platform logic spreads at the micro, meso, and macro levels, how these levels interact, and what consequences arise for democratic public...

Digitalization, platformization, and artificial intelligence are driving a profound transformation of journalism. Drawing on a quantitative online survey of journalists in Germany and nine complementary guided interviews, this article examines what...

New technologies are affecting journalistic work routines. One technological innova­tion that has become increasingly significant is artificial intelligence. Given its techni­cal characteristics, it is important to ask what role artificial...

This article develops the concept of an Avatar-AisthEthics, examining how immersive systems translate the lived body into a data body through sensor-algorithmic process­es. Starting from the question of how algorithmic body hermeneutics constitutes...

This article examines the use of Mastodon within the context of platform-based digital communication. It asks how Mastodon is integrated into everyday practices, how ad­dresses interactions are structured, and which topics and values shape user...

Journalism faces enormous challenges today. These include, for example, the phenome­non of news avoidance, the difficulty of reaching young audiences, and how newsrooms handle new technologies, such as artificial intelligence. How journalism...

The progressing digitalisation has transformed communication and social participa­tion, creating both opportunities and challenges for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This paper examines the potential of digital media for social...

The current discourse on Christian AI short videos is as diverse as it is disorganized, hampering any differentiated engagement with the phenomenon. The article sets out to bring order to this debate. To this end, it develops three heuristic...

The growing datafication of society raises urgent questions about the agency of human and non-human entities. This article provides an interdisciplinary overview of research discourses on agency, religion, and digitalization across philosophy,...