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To examine how the transition from offline media to digital platforms and large language models transforms the collection, analysis, and theoretical framing of mediated texts.

August 19, 2026Linguistics VanguardOpen Access

Researching mediated texts from offline to AI: continuities and disruptions

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HKHelen Kelly‐HolmesUniversity of Limerick

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Conceptual review uncovers methodological challenges in analyzing AI-driven media texts, highlighting the impact of mass individualization on linguistic data collection.

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To examine how the transition from offline media to digital platforms and large language models transforms the collection, analysis, and theoretical framing of mediated texts.
Conducted a conceptual and methodological review tracing the trajectory of media text research from communal speech community models to AI-driven environments.
Evaluated structural shifts across text production, mediatization frameworks, and data collection tools spanning offline, digital, and artificial intelligence domains.
Identified a paradigm shift from treating media as a static site of communal texts to a framework where a single digital technology functions simultaneously as the site, source, and analytical tool.
Demonstrated that mass individualization and real-time interactive text generation via large language models create fragmentation, complicating empirical capture and standard analytical workflows.

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Helen Kelly‐Holmes (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85634f03308d306e2d668e https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2025-0214

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Conceptual review uncovers methodological challenges in analyzing AI-driven media texts, highlighting the impact of mass individualization on linguistic data collection.

Researching mediated texts from offline to AI: continuities and disruptions

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Researching mediated texts from offline to AI: continuities and disruptions

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