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Generative AI, data markets and the (re)commodification of communication.

Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming media and cultural industries by reconfiguring the value, governance and exchange of information work. To gain access to large-scale archives of cultural products, tech companies have appropriated cultural content without consent from or compensation for copyrig...

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Published in:Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 457 - 475
Main Author: Neilson, Tai
Format: Article
Published: Pluto Journals 2026
Subjects:
Visual communication
Cultural industries
Copyright
Generative artificial intelligence
Commodification
Data brokers
Mass media industry
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