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, Contact: CIS CNRS, 59/61 rue Pouchet, 75849 Paris cedex 17, France. E-mail: felix

, Dominique Trudel is associate professor in media and communication at Audencia Business School in Nantes, France, and a member of the Center for Internet and Society (CNRS), the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (CRIHN) and the Centre de recherche Cultures -Arts -Société (CELAT). His work explores the cross-genealogy of 'new' media, political theory and communication studies

, Contact: Audencia Business School, p.44200

F. Nantes, E-mail: dtrudel@audencia

, Since 2019, she is the director of the Center for Internet and Society, a research unit of CNRS, and since 2020, she also directs a CNRS-national research network on Internet, AI and society, Her research focuses on digital commons, regulation by technology, information technology law and policy. She is a board member of Internet Policy Review and OpenEdition publishing platform. Contact: CIS CNRS, 59/61 rue Pouchet

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