Join us for this talk on November 20, 2024 at Espace Magh in Brussels to open the 2nd edition of the European Agora for Journalism.
“Since humanity has started to communicate, all media were always common goods. But a world historic change has occurred during the last years: digital monopolists have stolen the internet from us – and now, they own the digital media sphere, which means the end of independent media for Western democracies. With generative AI, this process of „stealing the commons“ has moved to the next level. The systematic digital expropriation process is fixed through a process of legal coding – which makes the stealing of the common goods irreversible. We could turn this around – by opening the digital markets and re-commonizing the mediasphere.“
Martin Andree is a professor of media sciences at the University of Cologne. He has done more than 15 years of research on the dominance of big tech including the first holistic measurement of digital media concentration. He has published 7 books and is present in leading European media as well as conferences. He is also alumni of Cambridge University, University of Münster and Harvard Business School.
November 20th, 2024 > 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Location : Espace Magh – Rue du Poinçon 17, 1000 Brussels
