Beyond the Tool: Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Information Ecosystems

The articles in this issue examine how artificial intelligence (AI) transforms both the practices of information actors and the structures of media and cultural industries. For the information actors, contributions focus on fact-checkers, journalists, platform users, and linguistic communities, showing how AI reshapes professional routines and everyday information work. For the media and cultural industries, contributions explore how AI reconfigures creative production, entertainment, sports broadcasting, and journalism, revealing how it reorganizes authorship, labor, audience engagement, and business models. Together, these studies move the conversation beyond questions of AI adoption toward a more pressing concern: how AI can be deployed responsibly within the social, professional, and industrial contexts in which it operates.