Category: Media & Digital Sociology

Social media, AI, and digital culture are reshaping society. Examine the impact of digitalisation on identity, relationships, and the spread of information (and misinformation).

AI meets academia: a robot faces a gatekeeping professor holding keys.

Who Gets Accused? AI Detection Bias, Academic Integrity, and the Uneven Field in Higher Education

When universities reach for AI detection tools to police academic integrity, they reach for instruments that are neither accurate nor neutral. Research shows that non-native English speakers, neurodivergent students, and those whose natural writing style resembles AI output face disproportionate false accusations. This article applies a moral panic framework to ask what the response to AI in higher education actually reveals — and who it disadvantages.

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Deepfake Face

Deepfake Pornography: Power, Consent, and Digital Ethics

An in-depth sociological analysis of deepfake pornography, exploring its ethical implications, power dynamics, consent, and digital exploitation through feminist and media theories.

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