Roundtable discussion: Perspectives on the Futures of Platforms and Democracy

Authors

  • Miloš Hroch Charles University, Czech Republic
  • Nico Carpentier Charles University, Czech Republic & Tallinn University, Estonia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8996-4636
  • Marie Heřmanová Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  • Václav Janoščík Academy of Fine Arts, Czech Republic
  • Dita Malečková Charles University and Centre for Audiovisual Studies, Czech Republic
  • Martin Tremčinský Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.1(35).714

Keywords:

future, democracy, participation, platform capitalism, public platforms, strengthening imagination

Abstract

This is an edited transcript of the audio recording of the roundtable on Future, Democracy, and Platforms, which was organized at the EUMEPLAT project meeting at Charles University in Prague on 15 January 2024, in collaboration with the MeDeMAP (Mapping Media for Future Democracies) project. The current digital public spaces have been transformed by platformization, and besides the positive consequences such as democratization of communication or access to information, these processes driven by algorithms have brought political, cultural, and economic asymmetries. At the roundtable, we discussed challenges and threats to fostering more democratic platform environments in the future with experts from fields such as digital and economic anthropology or new media philosophy. Among the discussed platform related topics were public and cooperative ownership, the need to strengthen their democracy and imagination or pleasure as the key principles.

Author Biography

Nico Carpentier, Charles University, Czech Republic & Tallinn University, Estonia

Nico Carpentier is Extraordinary Professor at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) and President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (2020-2023). He also holds a part-time position at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB - Free University of Brussels, Belgium), as Associate Professor. Moreover, he is a Research Fellow at Loughborough University.

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Published

2024-07-04

How to Cite

Hroch, M., Carpentier, N., Heřmanová, M., Janoščík, V. ., Malečková, D. ., & Tremčinský, M. (2024). Roundtable discussion: Perspectives on the Futures of Platforms and Democracy. Central European Journal of Communication, 17(1(35), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.1(35).714