Artificial Intelligence Mediating the Everyday Information Practices of Young People

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies shape the ways information is created, delivered, accessed, evaluated, and used, but empirical research on AI and human information practices has remained scarce. This study makes use of a nexus analytic research strategy and co‐research methods to study AI systems in the everyday lives of young people with an emphasis on the information practices that are reshaped due to the use of these technologies. The overall aim is to better understand how AI systems mediate young people's information practices and thereupon shape their autonomy, wellbeing, possibilities to participate in society, and access to rights. The empirical research will engage young Finnish people in meaningful conversations about their everyday encounters with AI systems and, using co‐research methods, explore these interactions in their information environments and in connection to their practices, agency, and identities.