A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Commentators as prosumers : A legal perspective on their futures




AuthorsSivetc, Liudmila

PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc

Publication year2024

JournalFutures & Foresight Science

eISSN2573-5152

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.188

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/456857289


Abstract

Internet technologies have empowered commentators to participate in information production. This phenomenon has been studied as citizen journalism and media convergence. However, one perspective has remained underdeveloped: commentators are empowered as prosumers who are neither consumers nor producers. Commentators prosume comments for themselves and their communities rather than for sale. Therefore, in terms of Toffler, prosumers can raise the Sector A economy, which is typical of agricultural society, and which is overshadowed by the market or the Sector B economy in industrial society. This article highlights prosumers' freedom to post lawful comments and the implications for this freedom coming from moderation standards imposed in the EU by the European Court of Human Rights and the Digital Services Act. The analysis led to the construction of three models of information production/prosumption and the anticipatin of their futures. The article concludes by suggesting how prosumers' freedom to post lawful comments and moderators' control over comments prosumption can be balanced better from a legal perspective. 


Downloadable publication

This is an electronic reprint of the original article.
This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Please cite the original version.




Funding information in the publication
This work was financially supported by the Faculty of Law, University of Turku (Finland) as well as by grants received from M. och O. Hj. Granfelts stipendiefond and Olga ja Kaarle Oskari Laitisen Säätiö. This work was financially supported by the Faculty of Law, University of Turku (Finland) as well as by grants received from M. och O. Hj. Granfelts stipendiefond and Olga ja Kaarle Oskari Laitisen Säätiö. This work was financially supported by the Faculty of Law, University of Turku (Finland) as well as by grants received from M. och O. Hj. Granfelts stipendiefond and Olga ja Kaarle Oskari Laitisen Säätiö.


Last updated on 2025-27-01 at 19:14