How Algorithmic Systems Changed Communication in a Digital Society

This thematic issue invited submissions that address the opportunities and controversies related to algorithmic influence in a digital society. A total of 11 articles how use algorithms has changed communication various contexts, cover topics such as personalized marketing communication, self-tracking for health, political microtargeting, news recommenders, social media algorithms, urban experiences. The also include wide variety methods surveys, experiments, expert interviews, computational methods, theoretical work developing frameworks typologies. They are all united by one central question: How have artificial intelligence both senders receivers? We believe collection provide new insights into different perspectives regarding algorithmic-driven communication—highlighting challenges—and advance literature with findings, frameworks,