Digital Social Sciences
Articles in this Issue
Human Digital Twins and the Reconfiguration of Social Interaction
Human Digital Twins (HDTs) are a new concept that has become part of the wider picture of Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0, and aim to simulate a representation of a human being that is dynamic and encomp...
The Future of Digital Companions: Intimacy, Attachment, and the Reconfiguration of Human Connection
Digital companions, or conversational agents, have arisen in the wake of generative AI and their ability to support continuous social and emotional engagement. From science fiction emerge AI companion...
Digital Inequality and Digital Oppression: Mapping the Divide, Its Mechanisms, and Pathways to Equity
The gap in access, skills, use, and benefits from digital technologies that were initially identified as “digital inequality” has grown into a “digital oppression” the systematic exclusion, exploitati...
Digital Harassment Against Women: Need for a Gender-Sensitive Legal Framework
Human Digital technological advancement has transformed the way women experience gender-based violence to a larger extent, that it has moved from the physical world of harassment to the almost unsecur...