News and Research articles on Epistemic power

Volume 15, Issue 2

Freedom of the media

Andrei Richter, Comenius University
Krisztina Rozgonyi, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Joan Barata Mir, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Monroe E. Price, University of Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Jun 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.2.2103

Freedom of the media must evolve beyond institutional protection to safeguard citizens’ epistemic agency in digital societies where platforms and AI systems shape what we know and how we participate in democracy.

KEYWORDS: Freedom of the media, Media freedom, Epistemic power, Digital governance, Democratic participation
Volume 14, Issue 3

How the new digital knowledge order is impacting science

Donya Alinejad, Utrecht University
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Aug 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.3.2031

To develop a response to what the new digital knowledge order means for science and scholarship, we need research and policy that focuses on the multiple ways platform power shapes academic knowledge production and communication.

KEYWORDS: Knowledge society, Digital platforms, Disinformation, Digital knowledge order, Epistemic power