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Artificial intelligence and mass personalization of communication content -An ethical and literacy perspective

Hermann, Erik·2022·New Media & Society

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is (re)shaping communication and contributes to (commercial and informational) need satisfaction by means of mass personalization. However, the substantial personalization and targeting opportunities do not come without ethical challenges. Following an AI-for-social-good perspective, the authors systematically scrutinize the ethical challenges of deploying AI for mass personalization of communication content from a multi-stakeholder perspective. The conceptual analysis reveals interdependencies and tensions between ethical principles, which advocate the need of a basic understanding of AI inputs, functioning, agency, and outcomes. By this form of AI literacy, individuals could be empowered to interact with and treat mass-personalized content in a way that promotes individual and social good while preventing harm.

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  • Even though AI education represents an urgent goal to be pursued in the context of combating disinformation, the delay in dissemination programmes stems from the ongoing debate on what constitutes relevant AI knowledge.

    “Even though AI education represents an urgent goal to be pursued in the context of combating disinformation, the delay in dissemination programmes stems from the ongoing debate on what constitutes relevant AI knowledge (Hermann, 2022;Kandlhofer & Steinbauer, 2018;Long & Magerko, 2020;Mikalef & Gupta, 2021):”

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Authors
Hermann, E.
Affiliations
Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (DE)
Corresponding author
Hermann, Erik
Venue
New Media & Society
Published
2021-06-18
Volume
24
Issue
5
Pages
1258-1277
ISSN
  • 1461-4448 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7315
OpenAlex
W3174208514
Cited by
214
References
116
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 3
FWCI
31.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
New Media & Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology's Impact on Media
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
Keywords
artificial intelligence, mass personalization, communication content, AI ethics, AI literacy, AI for social good, multi-stakeholder perspectives, targeted communication, need satisfaction, agency, harm prevention

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