Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC)

For periodic interventions of @tecnopolitica.bsky.social into public discourse, you can visit the blog Atenea Cyborg at @elsaltodiario.com:

www.elsaltodiario.com/atenea_cyborg

@tecnopolitica.bsky.social is also a key initiator and foundational member of @decidim.org, a free and open-source platform for citizen participation. Our involvement continues to this day through active participation in its governance and evaluation.

Learn more: decidim.org

At Tecnopolitica, we study how technology reshapes politics. Using a transdisciplinary approach—integrating knowledge from network sciences, sociology, communication studies, philosophy of technology, and STS—we build new frameworks to navigate and transform today’s social and digital landscapes.

Did you already you know @tecnopolitica.bsky.social? It is a unit connected to CNSC's Democracy and Technopolitics line research.

It is a collaborative space for sharing knowledge and practices among academia, social movements, and new democratic institutions.

Website:
www.tecnopolitica.net

This study moves beyond typical 'care and protection' frameworks to show how digital state surveillance impacts older adults' daily lives.

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Dennis Rosenberg, Avi Marciano, @sarasuarezg.bsky.social, Loredana Ivan, @mireiafa.bsky.social

Factors like age, gender, and education are less influential in shaping views of older adults on surveillance than users' digital habits, technostress, and conspiracy mentality.

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@mireiafa.bsky.social, @sarasuarezg.bsky.social, Unmil Karadkar

This paper reframes later-life 'privacy apathy' as a form of 'digital resignation,' which is used by corporations to legitimize mass data collection.

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@gallisv.bsky.social, @mireiafa.bsky.social, @sarasuarezg.bsky.social, Alexander Peine

New Publications Alert! 🤩

Check out these three papers recently published out of the #AgingInData project. All of them highlight the need to deconstruct ageist biases when conducting research on digital behaviour 👴 👩‍🦳 🤳 ⚖️

Jornada participativa Estereotips i bretxa digital. Presentació de l'estudi Edatisme digital: Estereotips edatistes i el cercle viciós de l'exclusió digital a Espanya. 11 desembre, 10:15h, Palau Macaya. Financiat per Fundació laCaixa. CNSC. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

🤳Jornada participativa sobre estereotips i bretxa digital. Compartirem els resultats de l'estudi #Vellisme: Estereotips edatistes i el cercle viciós de l'exclusió digital a Espanya, que vol combatre l'edatisme digital.

11/12 10:15h Palau Macaya (Bcn)

Inscripcions: symposium.uoc.edu/go/bretxa-di...

DIGI_POL is funded by the “Generation of Knowledge” Programme 2023, in collaboration with the GADE research group (UOC), University of Salamanca, University of Bolonia, University of Valencia, University of Groningen, and members of the COST Action RELINK2 (relink2.eu).

A comparative analysis is also being conducted with Italy, focusing on the networks of organizations and individuals that finance and sponsor parties on Facebook in both countries. We aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of the tensions between partisan strategies for controlling platforms.

We examine the multi-platform usage (TikTok, Ig, X, Fb, YouTube, WhatsApp, Telegram, Bluesky, LinkedIn) by Spanish political parties, identifying different partisan styles in message circulation, intra- and inter-party interactions, and the overall quality of political debate on platforms.

More info about our key projects! 🤳

How are political parties, activists, leaders, and citizens in general, adopting new digital tools, especially social media?
We answer these questions in the project The Digitalization of Politics: Citizens and Political Parties. Spain in Comparative Perspective.

Contractes de recerca postdoctorals de tres anys a la UOC. Vols fer la teva recerca amb nosaltres?

El termini per enviar sol·licituds és el 16 de desembre del 2025. Contacte: rborge@uoc.edu

Més informació: www.uoc.edu/portal/en/ri...

Ageism in AI: new forms of age discrimination and exclusion in the era of algorithms and artificial intelligence The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for the economy and society. However, it also brings forth risks concerning social equality, privacy, fairness, and...

In Ageism and AI, we critically assess how ageism operates in AI systems, products, services, and infrastructure. While AI's role in exacerbating inequalities has gained scrutiny, the category of age (crucial for social inclusion) remains overlooked.

Find out more: www.wzb.eu/en/research/...

In Aging in Data, we explore how an era of unprecedented digital data gathering impacts and governs how we age in our communities, by intersecting communications, media studies, and critical data studies. Housed by the ACT Lab at Concordia University in Montreal.

Find out more: agingindata.ca

Let us introduce some of our key projects! We start with those that examine the intersection between Aging, Data, and AI, an increasingly relevant topic in our datafied and aging societies.

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2) 🏛️ Democracy and Technopolitics: We study emerging forms of political participation and democratic innovation entangled with digital transformations.

3) ⚖️ Datafication and AI: We examine the implications of AI and mass data collection on democratic rights and discrimination.

2/3 Our research is organized across three crucial lines:

1) 👵 Digital Societies: Focusing on the intersection of ageing and digitalization, we challenge stereotypes on older adults' digital practices.

1/3 Hello, world! 👋 We're thrilled to introduce our research group to the Bluesky community! 🔎📲📚​

We produce knowledge with and for civil society, always upholding high academic standards, to actively contribute to tackle inequalities, discrimination, and sociopolitical crises.