We have a new edited Open Access book out with Amsterdam University Press:
José van Dijck, Karin van Es, Anne Helmond, and Fernando van der Vlist (eds) (2025) Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values. Amsterdam University Press.
It features 15 chapters from excellent researchers from our interdisciplinary research focus area Governing the Digital Society. It presents a range of governance approaches, focusing on online platforms, artificial intelligence, and the public values that underpin these technologies. The authors position themselves at the forefront of their disciplines, offering perspectives from law, critical data studies, urban studies, science and technology studies, computational linguistics, and the political economy of media. Expert interviews provide additional insights into ongoing efforts to tackle the challenges of governing digital societies. The book demonstrates that governance is not just a technical or legal process but a complex societal one, embedding norms, values, and morality into our institutions and daily lives.
Find the open access PDF here: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048562718/governing-the-digital-society
Or on JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.28874939.